DES MOINES, Iowa —

More than a dozen rural Iowa communities are expected to benefit from a $152 million investment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will go towards projects to improve infrastructure and more.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins made the announcement Saturday at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. It happened during the Governor's Charity Steer Show.

"Whether it's better hospitals in rural America, better health care in rural America, better childcare in rural America, better services in rural America — this president, perhaps more than any in our lifetime, isn't just the farmers' first president. He's also the rural America president," Rollins said.

According to a news release, the money will go toward 19 rural development projects in communities across th

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