BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Rural Development awarded the following two grants to improve distance learning and telemedicine: 

  • $985,399 to Avera Health to provide telemedicine in 66 counties across the upper midwest, and
  • $83,955 to Maddock Public School to purchase distance learning equipment.