December 31, 2020

How safe is 'outside' restaurant dining this winter?

The popular Seattle restaurant San Fermo allows only two people inside each of its enclosed dining igloos at a time — to reduce the risk […]
December 31, 2020

Wood and water make Wadena distillery shine

Their creations of vodka, rum and bourbon are going over well with guests to the store, according to general manager James Muston, who shared about […]
December 31, 2020

Chef Kwame Onwuachi and journalist Jonathan Bloom on 'Food for Good'

“Food for Good” is the topic of this year’s Faith, Reason and World Affairs Symposium at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn. We all share the […]
December 31, 2020

Tokyo trading closed for holiday, other Asian indexes mixed

TOKYO — Major Asian bourses were closed for the New Year’s holidays Thursday while the handful that remained open was mixed. Australia’s S&P/ASX fell 0.8% […]
December 31, 2020

How a Lake Street shopping center and the lives behind it are rebuilding after riots

At the corner of Lake Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, workers are erasing the scars left by one of the most turbulent weeks in […]
December 30, 2020

Trump push on $2K checks flops as GOP-led Senate won't vote

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell all but shut the door Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks, declaring Congress […]
December 30, 2020

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday

Energy and materials companies helped lift stocks modestly higher Wednesday, nudging the Dow Jones Industrial Average to an all-time high. Industrial and financial stocks also […]
December 30, 2020

Edina native and CEO of online grocer named entrepreneur of the year

Nick Green’s mom didn’t buy the fun kids cereals and sugary juice drinks that his friends had growing up. “She was maniacal about health and […]
December 30, 2020

GOP-led Senate rejects vote on Trump's push for $2K checks

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell shut the door Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks, declaring Congress has provided […]
December 30, 2020

Hoyer insists Cubs plan to compete after dealing Darvish

CHICAGO — Jed Hoyer insists this time won’t be like 2011 for the Chicago Cubs. The team’s new president of baseball operations said Wednesday that […]