Dennis Pap admitted in federal court to stealing approximately $1.8 million from two entities for which his firm provided agricultural insurance services.

The Minneapolis-based bank acquired First Community Bank, which was closed Friday by New Mexico regulators.

The company's first-ever Super Bowl spot will feature celebrities Ozzy Osbourne and Justin Bieber-and according to media reports, the 30-second ad will carry a price tag of roughly $3 million.

Shortly after wrapping up a criminal case surrounding several of the company's faulty defibrillators, the government has filed a related civil lawsuit.

A judge's ruling states that plans for the Central Corridor light-rail line don't adequately address the resulting loss in revenue to area businesses, but it is in the public interest to move the project forward.

A company spokesman said that the move will result in "some reduction in jobs," but a portion of the affected employees has already found other positions within the company.

Minneapolis is the first stop on a national tour that aims to help small- and medium-sized businesses break into new markets abroad.

According to the developer, the Ackerberg Group, the project is expected to be completed within a year.

Ten Caribbean nations are participating in the program, for which 3M automated a border-crossing process that enables faster and safer travel between them.

The state's rural phone companies say that cutting the "access charges" that they get from long-distance companies would force them to raise rates for consumers-but AT&T says those companies have to address a shrinking revenue stream anyway as mobile phone use displaces land lines.

Park State Bank, which operates branches in Duluth and Minneapolis, has agreed to comply with a consent order.

The owner of S&P Foods, Inc., pleaded guilty in March to one count of willful failure to account for and pay taxes.

CEOs from seven of the state's major health systems and health plans have created a report that proposes ways to cut the state's Medicaid deficit.

The Twin Cities was ranked fourth for hospital care by HealthGrades on its first-ever list of America's Top 50 Cities for Hospital Care.

Ericvan and Renee McDavid fraudulently obtained loans for properties and then used the proceeds for personal use.

Investors who lost money by investing with Frank Vennes-a businessman whose companies put funds into Tom Petters' entities-will recoup some of their money.