Thirteen health care companies in Minnesota collectively received $88.3 million in investments in the first half of the year, the most of any state in the region, according to a
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A character from this summer's blockbuster Transformers: Dark of the Moon hails from Minnesota. But it's neither an actress nor an actor: It's an 80,000-pound truck. The Star Tribune reported
A team consisting of students and faculty from South Education Center Alternative (SECA) in Richfield and Chef Todd Bolton of Parasole Restaurant Holdings won the grand championship in a nationwide
Just a week after being indicted for several fraud charges relating to Tom Petters' multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, James Fry-a 57-year-old man from Orono-has reportedly pleaded not guilty. According to the
The University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering announced Tuesday that it has finalized a license agreement with a start-up company whose software analyzes data to identify key traits
A new report from UnitedHealth Group (UHG) states that people from rural areas in Minnesota and throughout the country experience more chronic health conditions and face greater obstacles in accessing
Given the amount that's been doled out to investors during the first six months of 2011, Minnesota appears on track to use up all of the nearly $16 million available
There's a new weekly opportunity for local creatives, entrepreneurs, and the tech-savvy to collaborate and learn from one another-and it's called a "hackathon." Coco-a co-working firm that offers alternative office
Enventis, a subsidiary of Mankato-based HickoryTech Corporation, on Tuesday announced that its $24 million project aimed at expanding broadband access in rural Minnesota is underway. The project, which Enventis calls
Tony Hayward, former CEO of British Petroleum (BP), saw his career at the company dissolve after the Deepwater Horizon explosion that resulted in a catastrophic oil spill. But according to
The U.S. Attorney's office in Minnesota on Monday announced charges in two separate multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud schemes. Derrick Ivan Lance, a 40-year-old mortgage broker from Edina, is charged with one
American Crystal Sugar Company reportedly plans to lock out 1,300 employees at five Red River Valley sugar mills and bring in replacement workers if a new labor agreement isn't reached
Lakeville-based Despatch Industries, a provider of thermal processing equipment, has been purchased by Illinois Tool Works, Inc., the companies announced Monday. Financial terms of the deal, which closed on Friday,
Little Canada-based St. Jude Medical, Inc., was awarded a one-year contract to supply cardiac rhythm management (CRM) products to the Upper Midwest Consolidated Services Center (UMCSC). The organization said that
The stars were out on Sunday for the Starkey Hearing Foundation's 11th annual "So the World May Hear" gala at the St. Paul RiverCentre. This year's event raised $7.2 million-the
As Chaska-based renewable energy product developer SheerWind, Inc., is preparing to start building its first wind farm, it is aggressively being courted by Wisconsin officials who want it to bring
The City of Minneapolis on Thursday announced a series of budget cuts that will make up for $23 million in local government aid (LGA) that was lost under the state
Redevelopment plans for the former home of a Jaguar dealership in downtown Minneapolis appear to be moving forward. Plans for the site, which is located at 222 Hennepin Avenue, call