ROCKFORD, MI – Just weeks after it was included on a list of projects that had state funding cut, the city of Rockford’s Krause Memorial Library has received $1 million from the federal government to assist with its $11.7 million expansion project.
City Manager Thad Beard said the funding announcement was a “welcome surprise.”
The project, which began in fall of 2025 and is expected to wrap up by December 2026, will more than double the size of the Kent District Library branch at 140 E Bridge St. NE…