Officials are warning that funds for WIC, a program that provides food for women, infants, and children, could run out. The program is being threatened by the ongoing government shutdown. Minnesota ...

The Minnesota Department of Health Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program today announced it will begin offering new, healthy food choices on August 1. The 141,000 women, infants and ...

Minnesota’s food shelves are bracing for increased business — and many are worried a shutdown could impact Minnesota’s supplemental nutrition program, also known as WIC. CATHY WURZER: We are just days ...

Thousands of Minnesota women, infants could lose access to WIC due to stagnant funding On Thursday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Minnesota to urge Congress to fully fund the Women, ...

Minnesota’s federally funded breastfeeding support programs are at risk of not receiving enough funding next year, advocates of the initiative say, meaning new prospective participants could be turned ...

GRAND FORKS — North Dakota and Minnesota generally did better than the rest of the nation enrolling residents in the federal WIC program, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released this month ...

BRAINERD — Breastfeeding and pumping to feed babies breast milk is important for babies, mothers, other birthing parents, and families. Crow Wing County supports breastfeeding in any amount and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 28—PRESTON, Minn. — There will be a lot of hungry people in Fillmore County if the federal government doesn't reopen soon.

The Women, Infants and Children nutrition program has been keeping families healthy nationwide for 50 years. In Renville and Kandiyohi counties alone, thousands of families have benefited. The front ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, during a Thursday visit to Minnesota, called on Congress to act on funding for the federal food program for mothers and young children before increasing ...