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Early in December, the United States Small Business Administration released all Payment Protection Program (PPP) loan data for loans less than $150,000.
A total of $949,517.25 went to 277 Marshalltown employers in loans less than $150,000, while a total of $1,574,792.81 in funds went to 37 Marshalltown employers in loans more than $150,000.
Funds from PPP loans have helped businesses keep their employees on payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Small Business Administration will forgive loans if business’s meet employee retention criteria and funds are correctly used for eligible expenses.
The funds must be spent within a 24-week period, and 60 percent of those funds must be spent on payroll while generally maintaining their usual employee count and payroll costs.
Don t miss the reading of the Christmas City Express story.
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Cheryl Skafte of Duluth reads “The Christmas Express” story to passengers big and small at the Duluth Depot in 2014. This year s event will be online. (File / News Tribune)
This year the holiday trains at North Shore Scenic Railroad and Lake Superior Railroad Museum will be sitting still amidst this pandemic shutdown so for the first time ever, the annual holiday reading of the Christmas City Express
story will be done via live webcast at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19. If viewers choose, they will be able to order the Christmas City Express book, ornament and teddy bear during the webcast. Money raised will support the mission of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. The performance features the actors who are also the authors of the book:
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO - Pastor Jack Mithelman of Elim Lutheran Church delivers communion to a church member during a drive-in service.
Churches in Marshalltown have innovated to keep connected with congregations during the pandemic, with special events planned for the holiday season.
The Elim Lutheran Church stopped holding in-person services in March when COVID-19 hit. Since then, the church has held brief communion services in their parking lot along with broadcasting a weekly service on local radio station KFJB.
Winter weather has halted drive-in communion for now, but the church is preparing a special radio broadcast Christmas Eve. The pre-recorded service is done by a masked and socially distanced small group inside the church’s sanctuary, recorded over a length of time and at different locations to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread.