Sleep Number executive Melissa Barra embraced hybrid work long before the pandemic wreaked havoc on traditional office schedules. Barra, who joined Sleep Number in 2013, has been traveling for the
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Reducing poverty is the No. 1 objective of the Greater Twin Cities United Way in awarding $12.1 million in grants that were unveiled Wednesday. “A growing segment of our population
In March 2009, the New York Islanders traded Bill Guerin to the Pittsburgh Penguins, which became a pivotal transaction for the future U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer. On June 12,
Dave Kansas, a key executive at American Public Media Group (APMG) since 2011, will leave the nonprofit because of a leadership reorganization developed by new CEO Jean Taylor. Kansas, who
Julie Sullivan, who became the first woman and first layperson to serve as president of the University of St. Thomas in 2013, will leave Minnesota’s largest private university to become
After leading the organizing efforts for the 2019 NCAA Men’s Final Four Basketball Tournament in Minneapolis, Kate Mortenson turned her attention to creating a media website. Mortenson chose the name
Bill Guerin was a four-time Stanley Cup winner when Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold chose him to become the hockey team’s fourth general manager in August 2019. Leipold was looking
Less than a month after awarding $10.4 million in profit-sharing to its employees, Marvin on Thursday announced plans for an ambitious expansion to its operations in Fargo. The window-and-door manufacturer
Businesses have learned to adapt to an economy that’s still being affected by Covid-19, but their resiliency hasn’t kept them out of legal conflicts. As companies approach the end of
A week before Christmas Eve, Andersen Corp. employees are celebrating profit sharing payments of $3,200 per employee. If they want to continue the celebration into 2022, they will need to
On a balmy December day, the future of downtown Minneapolis will be given a skyline boost Tuesday when the RBC logo will be attached to the top of the RBC
Not long after Beth Ford became CEO of the Land O’Lakes cooperative in 2018, she toured agriculture co-ops and farms across rural America. By early 2019, she was alarmed that
The drive to rebuild Lake Street to better serve the Minneapolis neighborhood took another step forward on Tuesday. U.S. Bank announced it will donate its branch property at 2800 E.
One year before Americans got embroiled in an ugly debate about the validity of the 2020 election results, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts unleashed a warning flare about
MSP Communications, long a fixture in downtown Minneapolis, recently opened a new office in St. Paul near the University Avenue home of Hubbard Broadcasting. The new office at 953 Westgate
On her first day as president and CEO of American Public Media Group, Jean Taylor led a Zoom call discussion that was open to all of the nonprofit’s 700 employees.
In a huge boost to its life sciences division, Ecolab announced Thursday it has reached a deal to acquire Pennsylvania-based Purolite for $3.7 billion. Purolite provides ion exchange resins that
Just days ahead of a United Nations Climate Change Conference, the McKnight Foundation announced Monday that it wants to make a bigger impact on climate change by fully leveraging its