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Minnesota economy remains stable despite layoffs, tariffs, DEED says
St. Cloud Live - Minnesota
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August 15, 2025
ST. CLOUD — Minnesota's economy remains stable despite federal turmoil, with a 1.2% over-the-year job growth outpacing the national average, according to a recent report from the state's Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)....
Minnesota jobless rate reaches highest level in nearly four years
Echo Press - Minnesota
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August 15, 2025
ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s unemployment rate is the highest it’s been in nearly four years. New figures from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, released Thursday, Aug. 14, show the seasonally adjusted rate ticked up to...
Minnesota AG files complaint against owners of six Rochester apartment complexes
InForum - North Dakota
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August 15, 2025
ST. PAUL — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has joined a whistle blower lawsuit against the landlord and property management company of several Rochester apartment complexes, the AG’s office announced in a press release. A complaint from...
Minnesota National Guard cyber team finishes mission helping City of St. Paul after ransomware attack
KSTP - Minnesota
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August 15, 2025
Nearly three weeks ago, the City of St. Paul detected a cyberattack that eventually impacted a variety of city services. RELATED: St. Paul cyberattack: Organization takes credit for ransomware attack on city, releases some data The Minnesota...
Minnesota Warriors to take on Grand Forks team to spread awareness about disabled veteran’s hockey program
Grand Forks Herald - North Dakota
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August 15, 2025
GRAND FORKS — When Curt Wilson returned from his service with the Navy in Iraq, he felt something was missing. He rediscovered it on a sheet of ice about eight years later. Wilson joined Minnesota Warriors Hockey in 2016, recapturing the...
Minneapolis City Council to consider $650,000 in contracts for controversial pastor
KSTP - Minnesota
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August 15, 2025
The Minneapolis City Council will consider whether to extend two contracts for a pastor who was cut out of a violence interrupter contract earlier this year. The Rev. Jerry McAfee, head of New Salem Missionary Baptist Church and nonprofit Salem...
Minnesota OKs first large-scale battery plant, taking another step toward carbon-free goal
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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August 15, 2025
The batteries address the biggest challenge of shifting to weather-dependent solar or wind power: maintaining a reliable, around-the-clock energy supply.Gregg Mast, the executive director of Clean Energy Economy MN, said standalone battery storage...
Minnesota Fisherman Accidentally Catches Key Evidence in 1967 Cold Case
The Daily Beast
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August 15, 2025
A cold case has been cracked nearly six decades on after an unwitting fisherman found a car at the bottom of a lake. Brody Loch was using a sonar device to help him when it picked up something strange at the bottom of a lake in Sartell, Minnesota....
Minnesota golfer goes from No. 4,292 in the world to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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August 15, 2025
“Being the underdog, I feel like there’s way less pressure on me to perform well,” he said after winning two matches Thursday over more well-established opponents to reach the quarterfinals. “I feel like I can go out there and play pretty free....
Minnesota weather: Tropical feeling Friday, strong evening storms loom
FOX 9 - Minnesota
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MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - It’s a hot and humid Friday in the Twin Cities metro ahead of possible strong storms later in the evening. Storms possible in MN FOX 9 meteorologist Keith Marler has the full Friday forecast. Local perspective: Several rounds...
Why a successful redistricting effort in Minnesota is unlikely
Pioneer Press - Minnesota
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August 15, 2025
Minnesota has thus far stayed out of the “redistricting fight” as states like Texas and California butt heads over potentially gaining more congressional seats ahead of the midterm elections. The push was prompted by President Donald Trump...
Where to watch Liberty vs. Lynx: TV channel, live stream, what to know as Minnesota looks to stay hot at home
CBS Sports - Florida
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August 15, 2025
The Minnesota Lynx is hosting the New York Liberty on Saturday afternoon for their second meeting in the past week. The game is set for 2 p.m. ET on CBS. The Lynx are riding a five-game winning streak despite Napheesa Collier -- a top candidate...
Patriots On The Road To Take On Minnesota
WHYN - Massachusetts
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The New England Patriots will be on the road this weekend as they get ready for the 2025 NFL season. The Patriots are set to take on the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis for a preseason showdown. New England is coming off a 48...
July jobs report: Minnesota economy strong but slowing as shifting federal policy creates uncertainty
Albert Lea Tribune - Minnesota
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August 15, 2025
Published 4:54 pm Friday, August 15, 2025 A new report suggests that Minnesota’s economy is slowing down in response to national challenges but still remains one of the strongest in the country.“We have a very resilient economy in Minnesota, but...
Michigan autoworker's wallet found underneath hood of car in Minnesota 11 years after he lost it
KNSS - Kentucky
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August 15, 2025
“Once in a life time thing happened yesterday while I was working on a car,” said Chad Volk of LC Car Care in Lake Crystal, Minn. – around two hours outside of Minneapolis – in a July 1 Facebook post. Volk’s headline-making discovery – a wallet –...
Old Dominion Hosting Pop-Up Event At Minnesota State Fair
B105 - Minnesota
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August 15, 2025
You probably know by now that country supergroup Old Dominion is headed to the Minnesota State Fair! It is insane to think that the big Minnesota event is less than a week away and there is so much to look forward to! New foods, new drinks and so...
Southern rust “blowing up” in southern Minnesota corn
Brownfield Ag News
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News Southern rust “blowing up” in southern Minnesota corn August 15, 2025 By Mark Dorenkamp Filed Under: Crops, Minnesota, News An agronomist with Syngenta says conditions have been ideal for crop disease development in southern Minnesota. Tim...
Driver injured in vehicle rollover near Paynesville, Minnesota
West Central Tribune - Minnesota
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August 15, 2025
PAYNESVILLE — A driver was injured in a single-vehicle crash Thursday southeast of Paynesville. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 2006 Jeep Liberty was eastbound on Minnesota Highway 55 when it crossed the westbound lane of traffic,...
Opinion | Once an expo of farm progress, the Minnesota State Fair now celebrates consumption
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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August 15, 2025
Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of guest commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here.I have a long history with the Minnesota State Fair. It goes back more than 60 years now. That means the fair and the...
Service set to honor Guido Kauls, who helped bring soccer to Minnesota high schools
Fergus Now - Minnesota
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August 15, 2025
A memorial service for Guido Kauls, a pioneer of high school boys soccer in Minnesota who was 90 when he died Aug. 8, is scheduled for Aug. 23. Kauls started the boys soccer program at Minnehaha Academy in 1960 and coached the Redhawks for 40...