Northern Minnesota Correspondent

Gene Rebeck

Gene Rebeck, a former Twin Cities Business senior editor, serves as the magazine's northern Minnesota correspondent

Phone: 612-336-9299

Gene Rebeck, a former Twin Cities Business senior editor, serves as the magazine's northern Minnesota correspondent. Now a resident of Duluth, he covers established and emerging businesses in the region and also works as a freelance editor. His writing work has won several awards from the Minnesota Magazine Publishers Association and the American Society of Regional Business Publications. Before joining TCB, he was editorial director for a St. Paul trade publisher, as well as a freelance business and travel writer.

Staff’s archive

How Cheech and Chong Landed in Duluth

How Cheech and Chong Landed in Duluth

Cheech and Chong’s time may finally have arrived, man. In Minnesota, at least. With Minnesota on the verge of formally legalizing recreational cannabis, Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, who became
Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2023

Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2023

From one of the oldest woolen mills in the country to one of the hottest snowmobile makers, manufacturing is vital to Minnesota’s economic well-being. In 2021, manufacturing accounted for $14.16
Shopping Isn’t Dropping

Shopping Isn’t Dropping

Yes, we know: The holiday shopping season is being pushed earlier and earlier every year. So why are we bringing up the year-end holidays right after Halloween? Hear us out.
Marketing in the Digital Era

Marketing in the Digital Era

The pandemic’s arrival forced a huge portion of commerce online, which led companies in nearly every industry to beef up digital marketing of their products and services. While digital marketing
Flexing VC Muscle in Minnesota

Flexing VC Muscle in Minnesota

In December, Eden Prairie-based Itiliti Health announced a $2 million round of seed funding. It was one of 175 venture capital deals in Minnesota in 2021, and certainly not one
New Approaches to Native Business

New Approaches to Native Business

In 2014, Sarah Agaton Howes got a call that changed, well, almost everything.  For several years, Howes had been crafting custom beadwork, quilts, and moccasins out of her home on
Industrial Market Spikes

Industrial Market Spikes

When you think of construction projects within the city limits of Minneapolis and St. Paul, you probably picture condos and rental apartments. In a word, residential.  But the project going
The Malware Pandemic

The Malware Pandemic

In the information technology world, Log4j could become the equivalent of a particularly virulent Covid variant—and for businesses, a potentially bigger danger.  Log4j is an open-source, Java-based utility that logs