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âAs warming centers close for the season, the people who used them may return to sleeping outside, in cars, and in places not meant for human habitation,â Courtney Cochran, the coordinator of the countyâs Continuum of Care Department, said in a news release.
In a recap of the winter season, Cochran reported that 82 individuals got emergency hotel vouchers in the winter to sleep in warming center beds in northern St. Louis County, and 566 people used emergency shelter at the Duluth Warming Center and Chum Drop-in Center.
Reached by phone on Tuesday, she confirmed there was an 18 percent increase in homeslessness from 2019 to 2020 in the county, and, after these past months, she anticipated new data will show another rise.
Minnesota County Leaders Unite in Push for Internet Access
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St. Louis County Board commits to broadband expansion
After seeing firsthand how rural parts of the county lag behind when it comes to internet service, St. Louis County commissioners said this week they would help foster expansion. 1:23 pm, Mar. 17, 2021 ×
A family pulled up to McDonalds in Chisholm, using the free Wi-Fi.
Development in the city of Rice Lake suffering for lack of requisite internet.
During a workshop session Tuesday, St. Louis County commissioners weren’t voting on anything, but they committed to one thing for certain broadband internet expansion.
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“We’ve got to be better than this,” Board Chair Mike Jugovich, of Chisholm, said. “We need to do better. We have seen firsthand that broadband is lacking in so many areas.”