ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 22 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following proclamation on Nov. 20, 2024: * * * WHEREAS: Minnesota's geographic landscape and data play a crucial role in the history and cultural heritage of all people in Minnesota, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) serve as a framework for gathering, managing, analyzing, and displaying location-based information; and WHEREAS: An understanding of geography and its applications in GIS provides critical information f  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 22 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following proclamation on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * WHEREAS: Rural health care professionals, hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities throughout Minnesota are dedicated to delivering high-quality, community-based care to all people in Minnesota; and WHEREAS: Rural hospitals and health systems are major employers and economic drivers of rural communities and regions; and WHEREAS: Rural communities are addressing their  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 22 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following proclamation on Nov. 20, 2024: * * * WHEREAS: Transgender Day of Remembrance began in 1999 as a vigil organized to honor the memory of Rita Hester and Chanelle Pickett - two Black transgender women murdered in acts of anti-transgender violence; and WHEREAS: Transgender Day of Remembrance has become an annual observance in November that honors the memory of transgender people around the world whose lives were cut   more

MEDINA, Minnesota, Nov. 22 -- Polaris Industries, a snowmobiles, all terrain vehicles, midsize and heavyweight motorcycles manufacturer, issued the following news release: * * * Combined with the Spring 2024 TRAILS GRANTS, Polaris has donated more than $220,000 in 2024 and more than $3.5 million since the program's inception * * * Minneapolis, Minn. (November 21, 2024) - Today, Polaris Inc. (NYSE: PII), announced it is donating nearly $85,000 to off-road vehicles (ORV), all-terrain vehicles   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 22 -- The Minnesota Department of Agriculture issued the following news: * * * Comments are being accepted through December 18 * * * The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is seeking input on a draft state aquaculture plan. Comments are being accepted now through December 18. Minnesota recognizes aquaculture, which is the practice of privately raising fish or other aquatic life, as agriculture. At its peak in 2005, the direct revenue associated with aquaculture in  more