The responses are being published, three candidates each day in alphabetical order, beginning Saturday. Click here for the complete series index .] William "Bill" Ostrander , 56, a Democrat, is a farmer from San Luis Obispo who also heads a campaign finance-reform nonprofit organization, Citizens Congress .
St. Paul-based Sunrise Banks, one of the state's largest community financial institutions, will break ground in early June on a 57,000-square-foot headquarters at 2515 Wabash Av., near Hwy. 280 and Interstate 94, a few miles west of its flagship bank and headquarters on University Avenue near the State Capitol.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on May 20 that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding more than $4 million in grants to 23 organizations to support rural economic development projects. Secretary Vilsack also announced that USDA soon will seek applications for the next round of program funding.