On Oct. 1, six Minnesota health insurance companies announced they would pull their Medicare Advantage (MA) plans from dozens of counties in 2027—leaving hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans searching for
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Since 2017, breweries and wineries across the country have relied on Ben Jordan’s St. Paul-based ABV Technology. Its technology adjusts the alcohol content of craft beverages without changing the flavor.
Billions of posts are made across social media every day worldwide, from cat videos to threats. That’s a lot of data shared, organic or not. Minneapolis-based startup Gudea (pronounced goo-DAY-ah)
From Scratch ’n’ Sniff Stinky Stickers to colorful bulletin board displays, Kay Fredericks’ work can be seen in school classrooms across the United States. Fredericks, the founder of Trend Enterprises,
Duluth-based Essentia Health and Bloomington-based HealthPartners announced on Tuesday the two nonprofits will combine to form one large health system under the HealthPartners name. The combined organization will include 22
When the news broke last week that St. Paul-based Summit Brewing was facing foreclosure because it allegedly owes BMO Bank more than $8.2 million, it was yet another example of
Minneapolis medical-device startup Octin Health won the 2026 MN Cup grand prize on Monday, giving the five-person company $76,000 in non-dilutive funding as it prepares to submit its aortic-surgery device
Integer Holdings’ catheters, pacemaker batteries, and cardiac leads end up inside medical devices made by some of the world's biggest healthcare companies including Abbott, Boston Scientific, and Medtronic. In July,
Bloomington-based Fasikl is on a mission to improve the lives of 7 million people in the U.S. living with essential tremor, a neurological movement disorder that causes involuntary muscle quivering
Firaoli Adam was sitting in the lobby of a Twin Cities hospital five years ago with her aunt who was scheduled for an MRI. Adam had come along to help
The scent of butter, not sugar, is the calling card. A Twin Cities institution, Candyland has been around since the 1930s, and most customers know it for its “Chicago mix”
Claros Technologies announced on Tuesday it raised $55 million in a series B fund to continue its daunting task of saving the world from “forever chemicals,” commonly known as PFAS
What started as a breakthrough treatment for Type 2 diabetes has evolved into a phenomena reshaping employer health benefits, pharmacy operations, and insurance plans. GLP-1 drugs are more popular than
3M is swerving into the Formula 1 (F1) world by entering a multiyear partnership with the Cadillac F1 team. It joins as its official material science partner. The collaboration provides
When Efrain Torres traveled to Silicon Valley this spring to be a part of Y Combinator (YC), a renowned startup accelerator that offers a three-month mentorship program for early-stage companies,
Medtronic’s latest quest for growth has focused on a key area: acquiring companies to quickly expand into new markets. To do that, it made more acquisitions in the past year
In 2015, when platforms like Airbnb were still reshaping how people thought about lodging, Heath Schubert spotted an untapped niche: private land access for hunters. That year, he co-founded HLRBO
Pharmacy deserts are popping up across the state. Approximately 61% of independent Minnesota pharmacies have closed in the past decade, leaving around 120 at the beginning of 2026, according to