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Julianne Hough at the 2017 Emmy Awards.

Minnesota wine company, with Julianne Hough as partner, files for an IPO

Fresh Vine Wine Co. is seeking $15 million in an initial public offering.

Post's strong Fruity Pebbles results offset by soggy Malt-O-Meal sales

11:10am
Supply-chain issues affecting a broad range of food companies made for lower profits at Lakeville-based Post Consumer Brands in the past year.
Supply-chain issues dent profit for Lakeville-based Post Consumer Brands.

Survey: Minnesotans, how do you plan to shop on Black Friday?

November 16
File photo: Shoppers browse the aisles during a Black Friday sale at a Target store in 2018.
The Star Tribune wants to know how readers plan to shop this holiday season.
Agriculture
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Farmland filled with a corn crop, in Dawson, Minn., in July.

Wright County farmer to lead Minnesota Farm Bureau

Dan Glessing wins contested race to take leadership at one of state's leading farm organizations.
Business
2:47pm
Doctors can log on to a special Amazon portal to order a PillCam from Medtronic, which can then be shipped directly to a patient’s home.

Medtronic partners with Amazon to bring the PillCam to your door

Remote endoscopy technology signals a new frontier for Minnesota medtech giant
Business
2:15pm

Eden Prairie man arrested in connection with $2.1M in fraudulent COVID-19 relief loans

He fled to Colombia and was arrested in Miami after being sent back to the U.S., according to papers filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota.
Coronavirus
November 18
Mason Nadolney got his second COVID-19 vaccine shot during a mobile vaccine event at Chanhassen High School in July.

What you need to know about COVID variants, Minnesota mask requirements and more

Advice is evolving along with the coronavirus. Here's the latest from staff and news service reports.
Business
November 18
Lunds & Byerly’s offers employees payday flexibility.

Lunds & Byerlys offers same-day pay for workers who want it

The Twin Cities supermarket chain will let employees decide when and how often they want to be paid as a perk to attract more workers.
Is your company on the list of Minnesota's 2021 Top Workplaces?
Business
Is your company on the list of Minnesota's 2021 Top Workplaces?
updated 21 hours 2 mins. ago
Worker expectations change at Minnesota firms as pandemic retreats.
Business
November 18
Employees at Aurelius Manufacturing in Braham, Minn. Manufacturing, professional and business services, and leisure and hospitality led the way with j

Minnesota's unemployment rate drops to 3.5%, matching where it was in March 2020

The job gains are tempered by a reduced workforce participation rate. The state reported 84,000 fewer workers in the labor force compared to before the pandemic.
Business
November 18
Minnesota manufacturers are more confident about the year ahead despite supply chain and hiring concerns.

Minnesota manufacturing is looking up despite supply chain concerns

Latest Enterprise Minnesota survey paints a conflicted picture of the mood among Minnesota's manufacturers.
Business
November 18
Chris Prescott, Minnesota market manager for Redfin’s brokerage, said Redfin’s iBuyer Twin Cities division will have its own staff.

Just as Zillow exits dealmaking business, RedfinNow puts down roots in Twin Cities

The iBuyers aim to upend the traditional brokerage model by offering nearly instant cash offers
St. Paul
November 18
The rendering of The Hollows at 520 Payne Ave.

First-time developer to build 62-unit apartment building in St. Paul

The building on Payne Av. will include deeply affordable units.
Business
November 18
Frozen Jennie-O turkeys were bountiful at a Cub Foods store in St. Paul on Monday.

Jennie-O's new Thanksgiving turkey tactic: TikTok

Minnesota produces more turkeys than any other state. After decades of growth, turkey consumption is slipping. Hormel's Jennie-O brand is looking to reverse that trend.
Business
November 17
University of Minnesota professor Paul Dauenhauer, the co-founder of a startup company that aims to convert corn products into acrylic acid, a common

Minnesota startup aims to make sustainable acrylics using corn instead of petroleum

Lakril Technologies uses U of M-pioneered technology to make acrylics, an ingredient in paints, coatings and adhesives, from corn rather than petroleum.
Companies managed their costs and liquidity through the pandemic, but collectively, the 50 companies saw net income decline more than 12% as the broad
Business
Minnesota's top 50 public companies ranked by revenue – with No. 1 hitting $257 billion
updated 7 hours 55 mins. ago
Revenue for the companies on the Star Tribune 50 list as a whole increased 5.5% to a cumulative $621.8 billion.
Politics
November 17
Gov. Tim Walz is visiting the United Kingdom and Finland to promote Minnesota trade.

Gov. Tim Walz promotes Minnesota on trade mission to United Kingdom, Finland

The trade delegation is one of the first to visit the U.K. since COVID hit.
Business
November 17
CHS HQ in Inver Grove Heights, Minn. CHS Inc. is is the country’s top-grossing agriculture co-op.

CHS creates new capital fund to bolster ag tech startups

The Minnesota ag giant is partnering with Illinois's Growmark on a $50M venture capital fund to advance breakthrough technologies in agriculture.
Business
November 17
Target’s profit rose 47% in its fiscal third quarter, beating analysts expectations, and executives raised their outlook as the busy holiday period

Target traffic continues to increase as execs raise outlook, says it's ready for holidays

Target appears to have managed supply-chain constraints that have affected many industries this year.
Business
November 16
Lambeau Field is seen prior to kick-off of an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

Green Bay Packers kick off 'stock' sale

The Green Bay Packers kicked off a common "stock" sale on Tuesday. But the team, selling 300,000 shares at $300 per share, is quick to note: It's not really stock.
Business
November 16
Trey Brown outside Spergo’s former location in Philadelphia, his hometown.

Philadelphia teen catches eyes of rappers, athletes with clothing line

The journey has been a wild ride for Trey Brown, who launched his Spergo line when he was 12.
Business
November 16
Laura Lewis, left, an environmental engineer, and Kenzie Kester, a geologist, both of whom work for AECOM, an environmental remediation business doing

MPCA to ask hundreds of businesses to begin monitoring for PFAS

The voluntary monitoring, which will focus not only on finding and reducing contamination in rivers and lakes, but also identifying sources of air, soil and groundwater pollution, would begin this winter.
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
Agriculture News and trends about Minnesota's farm economy
updated 12 hours 49 mins. ago
We've created a new destination for everything agriculture in Minnesota and around the country.
Business
November 16
Oil pump jacks in Williston, N.D.

Higher prices benefiting North Dakota oil industry

While production is down, the companies are making more because oil prices are at their highest since 2014.
Business
November 16
U.S. Bancorp is buying TravelBank, developer of a travel-expenses platform.

U.S. Bancorp is acquiring TravelBank, a travel and expenses platform

Will Smith is a key investor in the San Francisco-based fintech just purchased by the Minneapolis-based banking firm.
Business
November 16
The Rev. Alison Buttrick led an online Fellowship hour with parishioners using Zoom from her office at Saugatuck Congregational Church in Westport, Co

The worst of both worlds: Zooming from the office

Experts helping companies navigate this transition period are hopeful that the pains of hybrid work are not permanent.