WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Rural Development (RD) awarded the following funds totaling $8,758,523 in North Dakota:

  • $3,944,111 grant to Polar Communications to install a fiber-to-the-premises network in rural North Dakota.
  • $2,380,882 loan and a $2,380,882 grant to the Halstad Telephone Company to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network in rural North Dakota.
  • $52,648 grant to Strengthen ND to help grow Native American businesses involved in providing tourism and travel related products and services.