Pavek said she worked with a Bremer Foundation representative as well as with the local bank and United Way to prepare a two-page application for the funding. Hillstead said SART is a program whose time has come. Nelson said that the Bremer Foundation is administered by an appointed board. Funding requests are reviewed by a committee of three employees, one of whom works with the fund applicant. The two areas of focus for Bremer Foundation giving are youth projects and human rights issues, according to Nelson.
Employees own the other eight percent.
There are 11 bank charters in three states, with 17 locations in Wisconsin. With the St. Croix River due to crest again next Monday or Tuesday, thousands of northern St. Croix County residents are wondering how long the 1930s vintage Stillwater lift bridge will be closed. According to Minnesota Department of Transportation spokesman Todd Kramasz, no one knows the answer to that question except for Mother Nature. Heavy rains blanketed the region last weekend. According to Mike Demulling, manager at New Richmond Municipal Airport, a total of 2.56 inches of rain fell in New Richmond during a 24-hour period ending Monday morning at about 10 a.m.