September 30, 2020

Rival small-town Minnesota publishers battle over the revived Chatfield News

At a time when small-town newspapers are dying across the nation, two rival Minnesota publishers are fighting over one that came back to life. The […]
September 30, 2020

Omni opens Nordic-themed hotel in Vikings Eagan development despite pandemic challenges

A pandemic and global downturn in travel didn’t stop the opening of the new Nordic-themed Omni Viking Lakes Hotel, a key component of the NFL […]
September 30, 2020

Rising from the rubble, Liberty's Restaurant in Red Wing to reopen Thursday

Liberty’s Restaurant in downtown Red Wing marks its 45th anniversary in October, but the eatery has a more immediate reason to celebrate. It is reopening […]
September 30, 2020

Schafer: Why bigger companies are faring fairly well in this downturn

The strong stock market in 2020 has been one of the biggest surprises in a year full of them, and we’ve heard the explanations, from […]
September 30, 2020

Farmland prices holding steady, maybe even ticking upward in Minnesota

Despite trade wars, a pandemic and what’s still a five-year slump in corn and soybean prices, farmland in the Upper Midwest has mostly kept its […]
September 30, 2020

Getting warmer: Trump concedes human role in climate change

President Donald Trump publicly acknowledged that humans bear some blame for climate change, but scientists say the president still isn’t dealing with the reality of […]
September 30, 2020

Ex-UAW president pleads guilty in embezzlement scheme

DETROIT — The former president of the United Auto Workers pleaded guilty Wednesday to an embezzlement scheme, saying he suspected that union dues were being […]
September 30, 2020

Judge drops suit alleging racist efforts to oust prosecutor

A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out a federal rights lawsuit filed by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and blasted her claims that she […]
September 30, 2020

Moderna, Synnex rise; Micron, Enerpac Tool Group fall

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Wednesday: Moderna Inc., up 23 cents to $70.75 The biotechnology company released additional encouraging data […]
September 30, 2020

Expanded Medicaid begins in Nebraska after years of dispute

OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska will officially offer expanded Medicaid coverage to low-income people starting Thursday after years of wrangling over it in the Legislature, a […]