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The Kandiyohi County Board heard a presentation on three new broadband projects, which will be partially funded by American Rescue Plan Act dollars.
The New Vision Foundation offers coding, software engineering and digital literacy classes to middle and high school students and young adults. The Willmar location will be its second outstate.
The Kandiyohi County Board meeting starts at 9 a.m. Thursday in the board room of the Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services building in Willmar. The meeting was rescheduled to Thursday because of the July 4 holiday.
The Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Commission on Wednesday announced two additional funding sources to assist in building out broadband in the county's most rural areas.
With the help of state and federal funds, homes and businesses in Lake Elizabeth, East Lake Lillian and Harrison townships in Kandiyohi County could have broadband connections within two years.