Minnesota’s Border-to-Border Broadband Development grant program gave Stearns County another $1.25 million to support expansion projects in Paynesville Township and the Wakefield and Luxemburg areas, according to a county media release.
The combined cost of the expansion projects is $2.8 million, according to the county.
Stearns County has received $21.3 million in Border-to-Border Grants and $16.7 million in County and Township American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds, according to the release. The county said the grants incentivized more than $60 million in broadband infrastructure investments.
The grants from the state will help bring high-speed internet access to most parts of Stearns County.
