Target's Cat & Jack kids apparel brand is now being sold in Hudson's Bay stores in Canada.

Cat & Jack in Canada: Target expands kids brand in Hudson Bay and considers other international markets

The private-label children's line will be expanded at Hudson's Bay stores as international retailers show interest in selling the Minneapolis-based Target's brands.

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Duluth electric utility owner Allete to go private after $6.2 billion sale

May 6
Allete President and CEO Bethany M. Owen posed for a portrait in the board room in the ALLEETE headquarters in 2020. She will remain at the helm of th
A Canadian pension board and an investment fund partnered to buy the company, which will keep its headquarters in Minnesota.
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May 6
Ryan Cos. will provide Narcan at all of its construction sites across the U.S.

Ryan will equip worksites with Narcan as more construction companies address mental health

The Minneapolis-based developer worked with a White House effort to address overdoses. The industry has one of the highest rates of opioid abuse, federal statistics show.
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May 6
Drone system engineer and developer Mikkel Tiller, center, and pilot Warren Grange, both with Heimdall Power, discuss their flight to install an orb o

Balls, orbs or neurons: The pioneering tech helping Great River Energy manage transmission lines

A small sphere Norway's Heimdall Power created aims to free up space and reduce congestion, potentially eliminating the need for new infrastructure.
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May 6
Attorney General Keith Ellison speaks during a press conference in April. Ellison filed fraud Medicaid fraud charges against a group of Faribault admi

Minnesota AG Ellison brings charges in Faribault area Medicaid fraud scheme

Co-conspirators are accused of fraudulent billing for transportation, interpreter and specialty clinic services.
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May 6
Jessica Waller works on making a cashew peanut butter in an industrial kitchen at the Cornerstone Creek Apartments in Golden Valley.

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Planters recalls honey-roasted peanuts, mixed nuts packages over possible listeria contamination

The recall affects Publix distribution sites in four states and Dollar Tree warehouses in two.
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Worker expectations change at Minnesota firms as pandemic retreats.
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Minnesota Power agrees to smaller bill increase for customers in settlement

If utility regulators approve the deal with state officials, residential customers' electric rates would increase 4.9% instead of the originally posed 12%.
Business
May 4
Jerome Riley networks and gets some mentorship from a U.S. Bank representative during the annual People of Color Career Fair at the Minneapolis Conven

Ramstad: In a tight labor market, job fairs have changed to find people on the margins

Organizers are trying to help people who have been on the margins of the labor market, as demand for workers remains high.
Business
May 4
Project volunteers Jeff Sele, front, and Erin Manning, who work for Greiner Construction of Minneapolis, work on installing a new shower stall door fo

Remodeling your home is easier when you put it in writing first

Once you find a stellar home improvement company, you need a firm written agreement that will help you eliminate common sources of disputes with contractors.
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May 3

U.S. Bancorp names Gunjan Kedia new president

Kedia, whose previous title was vice chair of wealth, corporate, commercial and institutional banking, takes the role previously held by chief executive and chairman Andy Cecere.
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May 3
“You kind of have one shot to really do things right,” said Steve Schreader of opening a new outdoors shop as he stood in his St. Paul basement on

Midwest Mountaineering alum opens outdoor store to fill void

Lake State Mountaineering offers paddling and climbing supplies for Minnesota outdoors enthusiasts.
Minneapolis
May 3
Mayor Jacob Frey now sees it almost impossible to stick with his planned property tax levy increase of 6.1% or less.

Minneapolis residential property taxes could rise steeply in 2025

With federal COVID funds drying up and downtown commercial values falling, homeowners and renters will be asked to shoulder the burden, Mayor Jacob Frey cautions.
With $324.2 billion in revenue, UnitedHealth again tops list of Minnesota public companies
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The top 50 companies as a whole posted revenue of $750.7 billion, up 7% from the year before. However, growth was slower than in 2021.
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May 3
Best Buy CEO Corie Barry greeted employees and then customers as the the Richfield Best Buy store opened on Thanksgiving.

Best Buy CEO Corie Barry's compensation fell more than 20% to $10.3M last year

The company failed to meet financial goals, triggering lower payouts for executives.
Business
May 3
A Dairy Queen location at the Shenzhen Bao’an Airport in China. About 300 new Dairy Queen locations opened in China last year as part of a push to e

Sundaes in Shanghai: Dairy Queen expands global empire

The Minnesota-based franchisor is seeing sales and profits steadily climb as its international ambition grows.
Business
May 2
Glen Taylor and Alex Rodriguez in January 2023 at Target Center.

After failed mediation, Timberwolves, Lynx ownership dispute heads to arbitration

Arbitration process will take place in Minneapolis and must be completed within six months, according to contract.
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May 2
3M headquarters in Maplewood.

3M paying back nearly $1M in overpayments improperly deducted from employee paychecks

The company reached a settlement with the state Attorney General's Office to issue about 1,700 checks.
Business
May 2
Copeland Cold Chain makes grocery refrigeration similar to this and is laying off 91 workers at its Eden Prairie facility.

Eden Prairie refrigeration facility laying off 91 workers

St. Louis-based Copeland Cold Chain is moving manufacturing and distribution operations to other North American locations.
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May 2
Eric Theriault, left, RJ Singh, Freddy Akradi and Aleks Westlund play a match at Life Time Chanhassen Pickleball in April. The facility next to the co

Life Time goes full wellness, with spa offering weight-loss management, including Ozempic

The Chanhassen-based company continues to expand, including pickleball facilities.
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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May 2
One of the packages of ground beef recalled by Cargill in May over E. coli contamination risk.

Cargill recalls 16,000 pounds of ground beef over E. coli risk

None of the affected products were sold in Minnesota, and no illnesses were reported.
Cannabis
May 2
Bridgette Pinder, owner of Grounded Gardens in St. Paul, said she packed up her booth and left last week's Lucky Leaf cannabis expo after she learned

Minnesota hemp businesses feeling burned by Lucky Leaf cannabis expo organizers

Local entrepreneurs say they were misled by the Texas-based event company about whether they would be allowed to sell their THC and CBD products at the show last week in Minneapolis.
St. Cloud
May 2
HLRBO founders Cookie Lithyouvong, Heath Schubert and Matt Simon.

Barely any venture capital makes it to greater Minnesota. Meet the folks trying to change that.

Over the last decade, less than 4% of venture capital invested in the state went outside the Twin Cities.

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