$80,000 YST@DLI Grant Awarded to ISD728 Students in Transportation
Thank you for partnering and supporting the grant application as ISD 728 was awarded their second YST@DLI grant today for $80,000 for Students in Transportation! Seventeen partnerships will receive and split $1.5 million in Youth Skills Training (YST) grants. The grants are part of a Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (YST@DLI) program, which was signed into law in 2017 with bipartisan support, to create and provide employment training for student learners ages 16 and older in high-growth,
Early Mortgage Season: Let Village Bank Help Find the Home of Your Dreams!
Are you in the home of your dreams?We’ve kicked off a new year and Village Bank is here to help you reach your 2020 goals of buying your dream home. A new year (and a new decade) means new goals, and you might want to get an early start on those goals if they include buying a house. Read the latest Villager's Voice Blog HERE for a heads up on the early 2020 mortgage season!
32-year Retirement and Investment Professional Joe Johnston Joins SPIRE
Joe Johnston, a registered representative of Infinex Investments, Inc., joined SPIRE Credit Union as its newest Retirement & Investment Services Advisor. Joe is an Accredited Asset Management Specialist and Retirement Planning Expert with more than 32 years of industry experience. The addition to SPIRE’s team was necessary due to three years of unprecedented growth and earnings for Minnesota’s third largest credit union (by member size). Joe is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas where he
Justin Burleson Joins SPIRE Team as Chief Operating Officer
Justin Burleson recently joined SPIRE Credit Union as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer. A former Supervisory Examiner for the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the agency that insures deposits at federally insured credit unions, protects its members, and regulates federal credit unions. He will oversee Risk Management, Security, Human Resources, and Facilities for SPIRE. Justin was hired by the NCUA in 2005 as a Credit Union Examiner, and rapidly advanced his career to Real
Final Overtime Rule
Final Overtime Rule Standard salary levels will increase from $455 per week to $684 per week (equivalent to $35,568 per year for a full time worker). The new ruling allows employers to count a portion of certain bonuses/commissions towards meeting the salary level. Last updated in 2004, the Department of Labor started to make changes to this policy in 2016. The courts struck down those changes for a variety of reasons. Your chamber was one of many business organization that provided feedback to the DOL
News Release: 1/14/2020
31-Year Industry Professional Alex Mendes Joins SPIRE as Chief Financial & Technology OfficerFalcon Heights, MN Alex Mendes recently joined SPIRE Credit Union as its new Senior Vice President, Chief Financial and Technology Officer (CFO). He comes with 31 years of experience, most recently as CFO with $1.4 billion Inspirus Credit Union. Alex started his career with some of the largest and most prestigious global financial institutions in New York City, NY and has ascended into various roles
SPIRE Receives State Accolades with Two Marketing Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bridget Petersen January 8, 2020 Market VP of Community Outreach, SPIRE CU 651.641.2256 / 888.34.SPIRE
IRS issues standard mileage rates for 2020
IR-2019-215, December 31, 2019 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2020 optional standard mileage rates (PDF) used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on January 1, 2020, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be:57.5 cents per mile driven for business use, down one half of a cent from the rate for 2019,17 cents per mile driven for medical or
Hoggarth, Nelson and Weber Join Initiative Foundation Board of Trustees
Contact: Bob McClintick(320) 631-2008 or bmmclintick@ifound.org Hoggarth, Nelson, Weber Join Foundation's Board of TrusteesJanuary 2020LITTLE FALLS, MINN.--Matt Varilek, president of the Initiative Foundation, has announced that Teri Hoggarth, Edward Jones financial advisor, and Tim Nelson, chief deputy Isanti County attorney, have been appointed to the Foundation's Board of Trustees. Dan Weber, assistant Sherburne County administrator, will join the Board of Trustees on July 1, 2020. “We are thrilled to
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