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    April 4, 2018
    Letter: Lewis should join in overturning FCC ruling
    In December 2017, the Federal Communication Commission eliminated rules that prohibit internet providers from slowing down/blocking content or charging for access to certain sites. The ruling only benefits large internet service providers. For the rest of us, it results in censorship...
    opinion/lettersApril 4, 2018 - 4:52pm
    March 28, 2018
    Gov. Mark Dayton watches Danna MacKenzie on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, discuss broadband needs in rural Minnesota. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Dayton pushes for more broadband expansion money
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota's broadband situation is better than some other states but 12 percent of Minnesotans, mostly in greater Minnesota,...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 28, 2018 - 1:17pm
    October 17, 2017
    Data breach at Twin Cities-based Catholic financial services provider affects nearly 130K accounts
    ARDEN HILLS, Minn. — A data breach at an Arden Hills-based financial services company serving Catholic Church members in the upper Midwest has affected nearly 130,000 current and former members. The unidentified hacker accessed the first and last names, mailing addresses, dates...
    businessOctober 17, 2017 - 10:16am
    October 6, 2017
    Hiawatha Broadband sold to Schurz
    The name will stay the same but the ownership will change. At the end of 2017, Hiawatha Broadband Communications will be part of Schurz Communications....
    newsOctober 6, 2017 - 1:36pm
    January 12, 2017
    Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith (left) talks with Cheryal Lee Hills, Region Five Development Commission executive director at a 2015 broadband panel discussion in Brainerd, Minn. FORUM NEWS SERVICE FILE PHOTO
    State grants $34 million to expand rural broadband in Minnesota
    ST. PAUL — A new round of state grants could extend broadband to thousands of businesses and households throughout areas of rural Minnesota...
    newsJanuary 12, 2017 - 10:30am
    August 11, 2008
    City gears up for fiber push
    Red Wing city officials are winding up to pitch a citywide fiber optic network to the public. The Red Wing City Council on Monday allocated $5,000 for a grassroots education campaign touting fiber benefits. A fiber optic network could provide the fastest possible Internet, TV...
    newsAugust 11, 2008 - 12:00am
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