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A 12-story rental building will be built on what developers say is the last available redevelopment parcel in the Mill District. The project will cost

Developer plans 12-story apartment building in Mill District

Eighteen of the 255 units in the $75 million project will be income-restricted.

Bolstered by federal aid, Mayo Clinic saw operating income of $153 million in Q2

August 21
The Mayo Clinic's Gonda Building in Rochester, Minnesota, in 2014. (Glen Stubbe/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS) ORG XMIT: MIN2008052208164303
Health system says it might return up to $130 million in CARES Act money.

Minn. officials to decide next week on program for extra $300 in unemployment

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President Donald Trump signed an extension of the Paycheck Protection Program in June. But Congress and the White House haven’t agreed on a new aid
Minn. to review federal lost wages program.
Coronavirus
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The Justice Department is seeking tips on COVID-19 related fraud cases through its National Center for Disaster Fraud Hotline at 866-720-5721.

Prosecutors: St. Paul man defrauded COVID-19 business relief program, spent money on Harley

Allegations involve falsified loan and business documents, and a personal expenditure on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Coronavirus
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, shown in March.

More than 1,200 complaints filed to Minnesota attorney general about eviction moratorium

The updated numbers come as tenant and landlord relations have become strained in some cases as the statewide ban on evictions continues.
Business
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Communities and nonprofits need corporate giving now more than ever

Yet, the nonprofit sector is facing unprecedented losses and many will be forced to reduce programs or even close.
Business
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Salespeople must learn to differentiate their products from the competition

Check out these key examples of a sales differentiation strategy.
Business
August 21
Goodyear shares dropped after the company was slammed on Twitter by President Donald Trump.

Market review: Estee Lauder stock falls on earnings report

Bad scentEstee Lauder Cos. fell 7.1% to $197.50 Thursday after it reported fiscal fourth-quarter numbers that fell short of estimates due to the pandemic. Sales…
Agriculture
August 21
Gary Ross stocked vegetables at a free stand near the Midtown Greenway. Help is emerging for farmers that supply local markets.

A block from Lake Street, urban farm tries to meet growing need

City patch near greenway, 4-acre farm supply fresh vegetables for families in need.
Business
August 21
carbon-free goal: Xcel Energy is looking at whether its Prairie Island nuclear plant in Welch, Minn., can cost effectively produce hydrogen.

Xcel looks at new nuclear options as it moves to carbon-free power goals

New technologies could be in the offing as the company looks to extend the lives of its traditional plants.
Is your company a Minnesota top workplace?
Top Workplaces Is your company a Minnesota top workplace?
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Browse full coverage of the companies that made our 2020 list of Top Workplaces.
Coronavirus
August 21
3M has filed several lawsuits and cease and desist orders regarding N95 masks.

3M gains another victory in efforts to thwart N95 price gouging, fraud

California joint case with Amazon results in judgment, injunction against several companies.
Coronavirus
August 21
Seward Co-op and its union came to agreement on a three-year contract that raises hourly pay to $15.

Seward Co-op becomes first Twin Cities unionized supermarket to raise hourly pay to $15

The co-op and its union agreed to a three-year contract this week.
The annual Star Tribune 50 looks at the state's largest public companies. Combined, the companies on the list employ more than 1.2 million people.
Business
State's top 50 public companies – with No. 1 at $242B in revenue
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2019 will likely be remembered as the last full year of an economic expansion that lasted more than a decade. Next year's Star Tribune 50 is likely to look very different because of the coronavirus disruption.
Duluth
August 21
The Edwin H Gott passed under the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth on Tuesday evening as it began its journey on Lake Superior to Nanticoke, Pa., which si

As Duluth port cargos lag, 'lost time can't be made up'

The pandemic's effects on the economy have not spared Great Lakes shipping.
Business
August 21
People shopped at a Target in Brooklyn, N.Y., in May. Target reported record growth in the second quarter.

Schafer: Diverging effects of the pandemic visible in the numbers at Target, Walmart

It has long been understood that these two companies have a different core customer, even with a big overlap in merchandise at similar prices.
Business
August 21

When does it make sense to convert traditional IRA to Roth?

Individual details matter greatly, but odds are conversion may not be the best plan.
Business
August 21

Some colleges eye new student fees to cover virus costs

The level of testing and protective steps, and the associated cost, vary widely by campus.
Agriculture
August 21
Farmers planted potatoes in April on a 10-acre plot leased from Hmong American Farmers Association land in Dakota County.

Some help emerges for farmers that supply local markets in the Twin Cities

Most couldn't take advantage of the federal government's Paycheck Protection Plan loans. Some retailers are lending a hand.
Business
August 21
Sikich’s Priyank Shah worked alone in an office in Chicago. Most of Shah’s colleagues were working from home.

Sikich employees can work from home permanently

It's one of the most dramatic responses to the coronavirus pandemic in Chicago.
The Louriston Dairy near Murdock, built and operated by Riverview LLP, is home to 9,500 cows, 40 times more than the average American dairy. The compa
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We've created a new destination for everything agriculture in Minnesota and around the country.
Business
August 21

With official systems swamped, union gets into contact tracing

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is stepping in where it says the government has failed, running its own coronavirus contact-tracing program for…
Variety
August 21
Minneapolis jeweler Larissa Loden's "Vote" collection.

Michelle Obama's 'Vote' necklace gives local jeweler Larissa Loden a sales boost

Loden got a post-convention bump, thanks to Michelle Obama's fashion sense.
Business
August 21
The Bremer Bank branch at the IDS Center in November 2019.

Bremer trustees fire back at Ellison's attempt to oust them

In legal response, Bremer's trustees say Minnesota attorney general's desire to remove them is a 'political ploy.'
St. Paul
August 21
Crews with Arcadis and Cascade Drilling worked to drill a new monitoring well at Area C on the banks of the Mississippi River just below the Ford site

Ford, state expand probe of toxic waste dump near St. Paul's Ford site

Nine new groundwater monitoring wells are going in along the Mississippi River as part of the cleanup.
Business
August 21
Divorce mediation is for couples who have a few issues to hammer out.

Divorce made friendlier — at half the cost

Mediation is rooted in a system that does not feed off confrontation or a lawyer's motivation to ring up billable hours.