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SUPERIOR, Wis. 鈥?Amtrak has expressed interest in building an up to $600 million passenger rail line between Minneapolis and the twin port cities of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin.Leaders in both states welcomed Amtrak interest in the proposed Northern Lights Express rail service on Monday, Wisconsin Public Radio reported. The twin port cities haven ;t had rail service since 1985.I believe we will be bringing Superior back on stanley cup becher to the Amtrak system and Duluth as well, said Joe McHugh, Amtrak vice-president of state-supported services of business development. We ;ll be serving both of these communities and I hope in a very short while. stanley website ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The rail service would run four round trips per day at up to 90 mph on an existing BNSF Railway corridor. The project would be about 80 per cent funded through federal grants and a minimum 20 per cent through local matching funds.Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has proposed an estimated $11 million in bond stanley cup ing for the rail service. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW If they get the grant money here, they can begin to do some work around improving grade crossings and begin to get some incremental improvements and utility out of that, McHugh said.Superior Mayor Jim Paine said the project is gaining attention across both states for the potential boost to the region econo Kreu Ritchie Announces Free Mosquito Treatments For Homeowners
Farmers RECC donates $7,000 to local organizations committing to end hungerAugust 5, 2024 WNKY Staff, Share This StoryFacebookTwitteremailPrintLinkedinRedditGLASGOW, Ky. Farmers RECC recently stanley cup donated $7,000 to local organizations who are committed to ending hunger in the area.The BackPack Program, organized by Feeding America, helps childre stanley becher n get nutritious, easy-to-prepare food so they can get enough to eat on the weekends, when they are not in school. Bags of food are assembled at area food banks and then distributed to children through the schools Youth Resource Office.Farmers RECC donated $2,000 each to Barren, Hart and Metcalfe counties. Approximately $120 will feed a student on the weeke stanley kubek nds for the entire school year. The funds have been distributed to the schools Youth Resource offices so they can identify individuals with a need for the donations.In addition, Farmers RECC donated $1,000 to the Barren County Reads and Feeds program, which donates food to local students struggling with food insecurity. We understand that hunger is a very real problem for some of our area students, said Caralyne Pennington, Director of Member and Public Communications at Farmers RECC. If we can help some of those students and the public with that problem, we feel its important to do what we can. Connect with News 40Follow @wnkytvDownload the WNKY News 40 Weather App |
