Senate Signs off on More Funding for Preston Vets Home

Senator Miller and Fillmore County Veterans Services Officer Jason Marquardt testify on behalf of the bill. Photo: Senator Jeremy Miller’s office

ST. PAUL (KWNO)-The Minnesota Senate signed off on providing more funding for the construction of a veteran’s home in Preston.  

The additional funding was included in a veterans, state government, and transportation bill. In March Senate Majority Leader Jeremy Miller said the price tag to build the home has gone up.  

“With COVID and everything else the original costs for those projects have increased,” Miller said. 

Miller’s office says the bill provides $26 million to be divided between homes in Preston, Bemidji and  Montevideo for the design, construction, and equipping of the site and building improvements that were not funded through the initial appropriation.