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Duluth seaport's ag exports are at historic low. Could the Moroccans help revive its good fortune?
Poultry businessmen from north Africa toured a century-old grain elevator in the Twin Ports last month, looking to purchase Minnesota-grown soybeans. The key Minnesota commodity has significantly dropped in export volume from Duluth-Superior in recent years.
General Mills CEO: These five brands are key to company growth
Jeff Harmening, chief executive for the Minnesota food giant, ranked the company's brands by near-term growth potential.
Beer mash spill, other pollution violations lead to $250K fine for western Minnesota ethanol plant
The company called the settlement voluntary but said it's making leadership changes to improve environmental controls.
NorthMet copper nickel mine loses key permit over threat to tribal water quality
The mine project launched by PolyMet, now run by NewRange Copper Nickel, may have to significantly change its design to get a new wetlands permit.
Ramstad: In Leech Lake Band, people can use their PTO to get personal loans
Leech Lake Financial Services makes personal loans by taking workers' vacation time as collateral.
Hormel's 'aggressive' global strategy stalls amid international speed bumps
The Minnesota-based food company recently invested more than $400 million in an Indonesian snack food company.
Minneapolis brand turns leftovers from oat milk production into cereal
Seven Sundays is using protein powder left behind in oat milk produced by Eden Prairie-based SunOpta.
Minnesota puts a cost estimate on getting toxic PFAS out of wastewater: At least $14 billion
The study offered a wide range of costs — up to $28 billion — to implement still-new technologies that would remove and destroy "forever chemicals" from wastewater.
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Evan Ramstad
Ramstad: In Leech Lake Band, people can use their PTO to get personal loans
Leech Lake Financial Services makes personal loans by taking workers' vacation time as collateral.
Patrick Reusse
Reusse: Don't expect peace in golf after PGA Tour, LIV merger
PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan has some explaining to do among golfers who remained loyal to the PGA, according to former tour golfers Tom Lehman and Tim Herron.
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Bill Spriggs, economist who championed equality and advised Minneapolis Fed, dies at 68
Spriggs was chief economist at the AFL-CIO and advised the Minneapolis Fed's Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute.
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Use calculators to see how the changes might cause your taxes to go down — or up.
USDA buys $50 million in pork to aid hog farmers in possibly 'the worst year in pork production ever'
With ultra-low pork prices seriously denting hog farm profitability, the federal government made the meat purchase under a Great Depression-era program.
Minnesota alleges Reynolds, Walmart falsely advertised waste bags as recyclable
State Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the lawsuit, which says consumers can't recycle the polyethylene bags at any facility in Minnesota, rendering items within them also non-recyclable.
Reusse: Don't expect peace in golf after PGA Tour, LIV merger
PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan has some explaining to do among golfers who remained loyal to the PGA, according to former tour golfers Tom Lehman and Tim Herron.
Minneapolis floats new vision for downtown's Nicollet Mall
No buses and looser liquor rules were among the recommendations put forth by a task force of advisers that Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey assembled.
Former landlords stripped of properties say Mpls. violated their rights
The landlords say the city owes them millions for forcing them to liquidate their properties.
A load of beet-pulp pellets marks return of Duluth's long-idled Grain Elevator A
Hansen-Mueller is expanding from the use of railroads and will now have direct access to the St. Lawrence Seaway.
C.H. Robinson names former Ford Motor and Amazon executive as new CEO
Dave Bozeman, an executive with industry experience in auto manufacturing and logistics is named CEO at C.H. Robinson.
The future of beverages: Robot bartenders and reusable soda bottles
Janet Johanson is CEO of BevSource, one of the nation's leading suppliers to the beverage industry.