The Lake County News Chronicle reports…

At the end of April, an official from the Rural Utilities Service paid a visit to Lake County. RUS is the entity that awarded grant and loan monies to the county to install its broadband network. According to County Administrator Matt Huddleston, an auditor spent a few days in the courthouse, reviewing the financial records for the broadband installation. At Tuesday’s county board meeting, Huddleston said RUS returned a clean bill of health for the project’s finances and found no oversights—a rare result after a RUS audit, Huddleston added.

And there’s more good news that seems to speak to the primary purpose of the idea of the ARRA stimulus funding…

Lake Connections, the brand under which Lake County is building and will operate the broadband network, has begun advertising for jobs as well. Contractors are currently renovating the Two Harbors headquarters, work that is expected to be complete by July.