Brainerd, Willmar and Warroad are among the cities set to benefit from the grants, which come from a federally-funded program to help small communities rebuild.
Economy
The state has slid consistently over the years from its first place ranking in 2015.
Two years after participating in the business growth program, Minneapolis-based quality control and monitoring software company Inspectorio attracts top companies in fundraising round.
Since 2000, Barnesville has been attracting new residents at a steady pace, growing 18 percent to today's population of about 2,500. Many have easy commutes to jobs in Fargo-Moorhead, just 25 miles away.
State data shows the more than 6,000 employees laid off in the first five months of the year surpassed those affected in the same period of 2015, 2016, 2017, and all of 2014.
Minnesota joins New York as just the second location for the Jackpocket app.
The five businesses across Minnesota will use a total of $706,000 in state funding to help grow their companies, with a collective commitment to consequently add 131 total jobs.
The more than 10,000 jobs added throughout the state in May brought the unemployment rate to a milestone mark of 3.1 percent.
The state has added only 1,900 jobs in first four months of 2018.
Nineteen companies from the North Star State now populate the annual list ranking businesses by revenue.
The unemployment rate was stagnant, remaining at 3.2 percent for the third consecutive month.
On the heels of Nicollet Mall’s restoration, the 45-year-old plaza outside Orchestra Hall is next in line for a much-needed renovation.
The ambitious proposal aims to increase affordable housing options, but coming up with the dollars will be a challenge.
The Meet Minneapolis-issued report found the numbers of visitors increased for the second straight year, as spending also hit a record high.
Labor shortage knocked the state out of consideration.
A special report on how the city's growing economy is attracting businesses at the fastest rate in decades.
Chief among them: finding and keeping good talent,
and intensifying trade conflicts
The more than $560,000 in grants will aid expansion projects for businesses in four different cities throughout the state and create 49 jobs.