Voting is now open online and at the Minnesota State Fair for the Pentair-sponsored Minnesota Idea Open, which will award $15,000 to help implement an idea for addressing the state's water issues.
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The fair's 350,000 square feet of space are reportedly valued at around $200 million, for insurance purposes. The annual budget for the fair this year is reportedly $38.5 million, and gross revenue is expected to match that amount, according to a recent report.
Ben Fowke, who most recently served as president and chief operating officer, replaces Richard Kelly as chairman and CEO.
The search committee includes several local business leaders, including Bruce Beckman, finance director of General Mills; Lynn Casey, CEO of Padilla Speer Beardsley; and Reatha Clark King, former president and executive director of the General Mills Foundation.
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The search committee includes several local business leaders, including Bruce Beckman, finance director of General Mills; Lynn Casey, CEO of Padilla Speer Beardsley; and Reatha Clark King, former president and executive director of the General Mills Foundation.
The iconic candy maker was sold for an undisclosed sum, and Michael Keller, former chief marketing officer for International Dairy Queen, will take over as president and CEO.
Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close on September 1, were not disclosed-but RBA said that the combined company is expected to generate $35 million in revenue this year.
The Richfield-based electronics retailer is reportedly ready to test a program through which customers can enter rent-to-own agreements.
The company, which previously outsourced its online operations to Amazon.com, will now assume full control over its Web site.
AT&T will partner with Digi International to deliver the Minnesota company's smart grid technology, which allows consumers, businesses, and utilities to monitor energy usage and adjust their consumption accordingly.
Electric vehicles on the rise.
Measuring soil density? Checking patient records?
Delivering data to the board of directors? There’s an app for that.
An Itasca Project initiative helps small, regional IT companies get large Minnesota firms as clients.
For more than 50 years, the Minnesota Inventors Congress has lured lone-wolf tinkerers and garage gadgeteers to Redwood Falls. For some, the event has provided a springboard for starting a business. But with attendance shrinking, can it reinvent itself and stay relevant?
Chris Johnson brings Texas barbecue to the St. Croix.
Three remodeling projects celebrate the clean lines of old buildings.
A Northfield investment and management firm enters a new field: saving historic, smaller-city hotels and inns.
Are Minnesota's tax peculiarities driving people away?
Minnesotaâs business leaders are tackling their most pressing business challenge
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