Bremer Bank is ramping up its presence in south Minneapolis. On Tuesday, the bank announced plans to open a new branch at the Hi-Lake Shopping Center in the city’s Phillips
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Does Minneapolis need another performance venue? Local developer Ned Abdul certainly thinks so, and he appears to have won the confidence of Uptown promoters. For months, rumors swirled about the
Minnesota medical startups didn’t raise quite as much venture capital in 2021 as they did in the prior year, but they more than made up for it in capital acquired
Nothing gets Minnesotans quite as worked up as an increase in state fair ticket prices. On Monday, nearly every media outlet in the state – and a few in neighboring
Bloomington-based outdoor equipment manufacturer The Toro Co. on Friday announced that it has acquired Arkansas-based Intimidator Group for $400 million. Primarily catering to rural customers in southern states, Intimidator sells
From an outsider’s perspective, Minnesota’s medical cannabis market probably doesn’t seem like the most promising business opportunity. Today, the state’s medical cannabis program serves just shy of 30,000 patients, a
Medtronic plc on Monday announced that it has inked a deal to acquire Boston-based cardiac technology firm Affera Inc. Affera develops technology aimed at treating irregular heartbeats. Specifically, the company’s
Is there another organized labor movement afoot? Workers at the Half Price Books store in St. Louis Park started the new year off by winning union recognition. Joining workers at
A longtime electronics retailer. Then, an outdoor furniture seller. Now, an advertising agency? Richfield-based Best Buy Co. Inc. continues to move beyond its identity as a place for the latest
Minnesota is now home to yet another publicly traded company. On Jan. 1, RV maker Winnebago Industries Inc. officially reincorporated as a Minnesota company, according to a filing with the
Shelisa Demuth didn’t necessarily expect to take the top spot at Beta, the Twin Cities’ startup advocacy group. She spent the last few years running her own public relations and
Rudy Curtler is frank when talking about the business of running mobile home parks. “For many years, people looked down their nose at mobile home parks as a whole,” he
Two years into a global pandemic that has roiled the world economy and driven sharp divides in an already fractured American populace, our readers were eager for some diversion. That’s
Minneapolis-based financial tech company JustiFi last week announced it has raised $6.6 million in its seed round of funding. Rally Ventures, a Minneapolis-based venture capital firm, co-led the round with
Felipe Athayde has stepped down as president and CEO of Minneapolis-based hair salon company Regis Corp., the company announced Thursday morning. He started the position in October 2020 after years
Minnesota’s unemployment rate dropped again in November, though the state still hasn’t gained back all the jobs it lost at the outset of the pandemic. Last month, Minnesota’s unemployment rate
Hormel Foods Corp. spent much of its 130-year history selling meat and other animal products, but, within recent years, the company has been slowly preparing for a plant-based future. The
A Dec. 8 report lambasting Amazon’s labor practices has already spurred one Minnesota lawmaker to take action. Last week, the National Employment Law Project (NELP) released a report showing high