Christi Rowan, meanwhile, is requesting a sentence at the lower end of the zero- to six-month range she faces under federal guidelines.

Dennis Pap admitted in federal court to stealing approximately $1.8 million from two entities for which his firm provided agricultural insurance services.

The Minneapolis-based bank acquired First Community Bank, which was closed Friday by New Mexico regulators.

The company's first-ever Super Bowl spot will feature celebrities Ozzy Osbourne and Justin Bieber-and according to media reports, the 30-second ad will carry a price tag of roughly $3 million.

Shortly after wrapping up a criminal case surrounding several of the company's faulty defibrillators, the government has filed a related civil lawsuit.

A judge's ruling states that plans for the Central Corridor light-rail line don't adequately address the resulting loss in revenue to area businesses, but it is in the public interest to move the project forward.

A company spokesman said that the move will result in "some reduction in jobs," but a portion of the affected employees has already found other positions within the company.

Minneapolis is the first stop on a national tour that aims to help small- and medium-sized businesses break into new markets abroad.

According to the developer, the Ackerberg Group, the project is expected to be completed within a year.

Ten Caribbean nations are participating in the program, for which 3M automated a border-crossing process that enables faster and safer travel between them.

The state's rural phone companies say that cutting the "access charges" that they get from long-distance companies would force them to raise rates for consumers-but AT&T says those companies have to address a shrinking revenue stream anyway as mobile phone use displaces land lines.

Park State Bank, which operates branches in Duluth and Minneapolis, has agreed to comply with a consent order.

The owner of S&P Foods, Inc., pleaded guilty in March to one count of willful failure to account for and pay taxes.

CEOs from seven of the state's major health systems and health plans have created a report that proposes ways to cut the state's Medicaid deficit.

The Twin Cities was ranked fourth for hospital care by HealthGrades on its first-ever list of America's Top 50 Cities for Hospital Care.

Ericvan and Renee McDavid fraudulently obtained loans for properties and then used the proceeds for personal use.