October 6, 2021
Peter Dorsey

Attorney Peter Dorsey, a legal powerhouse whose reach went far beyond the courthouse, dies at 99

A successful trial lawyer for 45 years with the powerhouse Minneapolis-based firm who often represented the titans of the Twin Cities business community, Dorsey valued and nurtured relationships.
Business
October 6, 2021
Hormel headquarters in Austin, Minn. The company, one of the largest sellers of meat in the nation, is taking another step in the meat alternative bus

Hormel takes another big step in plant-based meat alternatives

Minnesota-based food giant Hormel is partnering with Better Meat, a specialist in proteins from potato fermentation.
Duluth
October 6, 2021
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State settles gender-identity discrimination lawsuit with CSL Plasma

The company can't turn away donors if their "self-identified gender identity is different or inconsistent with their assigned sex at birth."
Variety
October 6, 2021
A CHX meal featured hand-breaded chicken, biscuits, fries, cajun honey slaw and their signature sauce.

After only 90 days with a storefront, CHX has closed in Uptown Minneapolis

The restaurant began as a ghost kitchen and took a chance on brick-and-mortar.
Business
October 5, 2021
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Twin Cities landlords to voters: Just say 'no' to rent control

Landlords say measures would strain housing market, limiting or discouraging new construction and investments in existing properties.
Business
October 5, 2021
This is the sign outside the headquarters of UnitedHealth Group Inc., in Minnetonka, Minnesota, April 14, 2005.

UnitedHealth Group to require COVID-19 vaccine for many U.S. employees

Move by the nation's largest health insurer broadens an ongoing trend toward mandate in the health care sector.
Business
October 5, 2021
In a file photo, a researcher holds a canola sample at Calyxt. The Roseville-based company announced a strategic change of direction.

Calyxt, firm that edits genes in plants, will offer its technology to other firms

The Roseville company until now has focused on using gene-editing technology to develop its own products, including a soybean that had a trans fat gene taken out.
Politics
October 5, 2021
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Front-line worker pay, farm relief caught in Capitol stalemate

Gov. Tim Walz is pushing legislators to pass additional pandemic response measures.
Business
October 5, 2021
Evereve has opened a new flagship store at 50th and France with double the sales space.

Retail trends evident in new Evereve flagship store in Edina

The new space in the 50th and France shopping district has more ways to help customers connect in-person and online.
Business
October 5, 2021
Pete Deanovic of Buhl Investors is one of the developers that has sparked a fast turnaround of the 50th and France shopping area on the border of Minn

50th and France is quickly moving on from the pandemic

A wave of luxury apartments, shops and restaurants have energized an urban shopping district.
Local
October 5, 2021
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New center for monoclonal antibody COVID-19 treatment opens in St. Paul

Pandemic patients in the metro have been traveling hours for the treatment due to a shortage in the Twin Cities.
Business
October 5, 2021
Sandra Ocampo of Maplewood, with her daughter Sandy, 2, at the Eagan Best Buy.

Best Buy rolls out new tech support membership nationally

After beta testing the service, the retailer is rolling out the membership nationally ahead of the holidays.
Business
October 5, 2021
James Dada, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Park Supply of Minneapolis.

St. Anthony: How a small business is fighting off foreclosure from its bank

Park Supply, a Minneapolis wholesaler of plumbing parts, is in a bind with its longtime lender, Sunrise Bank, after the collapse of a customer left it with $1 million in unsold goods.
Business
October 4, 2021
Downtown Sioux Falls, S.D. In South Dakota, assets in trusts more than quadrupled over the past decade to $360 billion.

Foreign money flows to South Dakota and other U.S. tax havens

Business
October 4, 2021
Mathew Korte, an attorney on the legal team representing Otto Bremer Trust trustees, in a file photo taken last week at the Ramsey County Courthouse i

Identities of potential buyers of Bremer Bank emerge in hearing

BMO Harris made a non-binding offer for Bremer in August 2019. Trustees also discussed a possible sale with Old National Bank and Huntington Bancshares.
Business
October 4, 2021
Photo provided by Market Wagon

Market Wagon brings Twin Cities farmers market groceries to customers' doors

E-commerce company adds the metro to its growing list of markets.
Business
October 4, 2021
Craig Evans, co-founder and president of Energy Storage Systems Inc., at the company's facility in Wilsonville, Ore., on Sept. 28, 2021. MUST CREDIT:

Iron battery breakthrough could eat lithium's lunch

Innovative battery that's a cheaper alternative to lithium-ion technology.
Local
October 4, 2021
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Oil flows through Line 3, but cleanup work remains

Enbridge has launched a major cleanup effort in Clearwater County to repair an aquifer crews punctured during construction in January. Artesian groundwater has been welling up for more than eight months, wasting at least 24 million gallons and threatening to dry out two rare and protected wetland areas nearby.
Business
October 4, 2021
Dry wallers at work on the first floor of the 204-unit Astor House Apartments in Eagan.

Home building permits in Twin Cities down for second month, but still high

'Fervent pace' dropping, but construction remains above historical averages in part because of strong demand earlier this year.
Business
October 4, 2021
Northern Tool + Equipment CEO Suresh Krishna in the retailer’s Burnsville flagship store. He’s with store manager Jordan Kenyon and senior assista

New Northern Tool boss 'ready for the major leagues'

Suresh Krishna plots an aggressive growth strategy as the first outsider to become CEO at the family-owned retail chain.

Business

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