Brooks: Orange farm in Minnesota landed PPP loan with little scrutiny
Early in the pandemic, the federal government tossed a financial lifeline to the struggling orange growers of Minnesota. The struggling what of where, you may ask yourself. Which is more scrutiny than anyone seems to have given a $17,931 Paycheck Protection Program loan to one "Shaila Big Fresh Oranges" of Mantorville, Minn. The loan caught the eye and raised the eyebrows of investigative ...