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HANNIBAL — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Missouri State Director Kyle Wilkens recently announced that the department is awarding a $1 million grant through the Community Facilities Loan
By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Federal funds have been provided across northwest Missouri to help in the mission of getting everyone high speed internet. USDA Rural Development has given 58-million dollars over four different broadband companies to provide high speed internet to rural areas. USDA Rural Development Missouri director Kyle Wilkens says at USDA they try to prevent any overlap with the FCC in providing broadband funds. "We, before there's a problem, try to reach out to both applicants and explain there's overlap, we need to figure out who's going to take what,...
The grant will go toward an over $30 million project to bring internet to Audrain, Boone, Callaway, and Montgomery counties.