...the recipients in early June. The announcement was made in interviews Thursday afternoon with Mike Engler, United Way Board president, and Heidi Funk, executive director. For the last four or five years the United Way has run into funding trouble...

...We want to see how allocated funding achieves community impact and improves people's lives," Mike Engler, United Way board president, told agency representatives at a meeting this week. "It's all about what matters." Engler said making...

...than was raised in 2005. "It seems like everything is going well," said Steve Lackner, Crow Wing County United Way board president. "The United Way is shifting its emphasis from fundraising to helping community members instead of just raising...