Nort Johnson, President/CEO of the Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism touched on a topic today near to his heart.

Public school education funding.  Johnson told KDHL AM Minnesota listeners he would like to see more equity in the per pupil funding formula.

Johnson says the state has billions of surplus dollars and school districts like Faribault are making cuts.

Johnson added the word equity gets used a lot and there are different translations for the word.

The Faribault Area Chamber Trust is looking into getting funding for a new position surrounding inclusion and diversity within the community.

Johnson emphasized the Chamber has strong relationships with the Public Schools and South Central College as well as Shattuck and Bethlehem Academy.

Johnson also reminded us May is Small Business Month and the local Chamber will celebrate business on May 12, 2022 at the Faribault Golf and Country Club, 1700 17th Street NW with their annual Chamber Business Awards Luncheon.

Registration is required, Johnson recommends you register before the day of the event.

The lunch and program are from Noon to 1:00 p.m.

The three finalists chosen for Business of the Year in Faribault will be honored along with some people providing outstanding service to customers of various businesses.

Businesses celebrating milestones and an Education Award will also be announced.

Register here

This is interesting even if you are not a big beer fan.

LOOK: Best Beers From Every State

To find the best beer in each state and Washington D.C., Stacker analyzed January 2020 data from BeerAdvocate, a website that gathers user scores for beer in real-time. BeerAdvocate makes its determinations by compiling consumer ratings for all 50 states and Washington D.C. and applying a weighted rank to each. The weighted rank pulls the beer toward the list's average based on the number of ratings it has and aims to allow lesser-known beers to increase in rank. Only beers with at least 10 rankings to be considered; we took it a step further to only include beers with at least 100 user rankings in our gallery. Keep reading to find out what the best beer is in each of the 50 states and Washington D.C.

More From KDHL Radio