Local SEIU Votes To Strike If Contract Isn't Reached By Feb. 14
Thousands of janitors and other service workers in the Twin Cities could soon walk off the job as contract negotiations continue with employers.
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Thousands of janitors and other service workers in the Twin Cities could soon walk off the job as contract negotiations continue with employers.
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This weekend's winter storm on the East Coast has stranded about 200 Minnesota students. A group of 200 teenagers from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis traveled to Washington, D.C. this week for an anti-abortion rally.
A Minnesota-based aircraft development company has chosen Maine's Brunswick Landing as the site where it will develop a new amphibious aircraft. The Lewiston Sun Journal reports that the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority announced the lease with MVP Aero on Friday.
The search for a new Minneapolis Public Schools superintendent will continue with one less candidate. Interim Superintendent Michael Goar sent a letter to the school board requesting that his name be withdrawn from consideration, which they respectfully accepted.
The St. Paul Police Department is hiring. They held a job fair Saturday in the hopes of finding people who are willing to protect and serve. It was held at the Western District Department on North Hamline Avenue.
A first-in-the-nation business officially opened in Minneapolis Saturday, giving non-meat eaters a reason to go into a butcher shop. Siblings Kale and Aubry Walch are the brains behind The Herbivorous Butcher in northeast Minneapolis.
A vehicle crashed into the Maple Grove North SuperTarget store early Saturday morning. Police say the crash happened just before 5 a.m. at the store on the 15300 block of Grove Circle North.
Democratic Sen. Jim Metzen, whose 42 years in the Legislature make him one of Minnesota's longest-serving state lawmakers, said Saturday that he won't seek re-election. Metzen said in September that he was being treated for a recurrence of lung cancer.
Majestic wild elk once roamed most of Minnesota before hunters killed them off. Now the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe hopes to bring them back to the tribe's ancestral territory in northeastern Minnesota. The Ojibwe name for elk is "omashkoozoog," or "prairie moose."
A Minneapolis woman was taken to the hospital after a fire started in her kitchen Friday night. Officials say the fire happened on the 4400 block of Snelling Avenue around 6 p.m. last night. Officials believe it was cooking-related.
A Minnesota man accused of starting a fire that heavily damaged a Somali restaurant in Grand Forks had pleaded not guilty in federal court. Twenty-five-year-old Matthew Gust of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, is charged with malicious use of explosive materials.
A number of flights out of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport have already been cancelled Saturday morning because of the bad weather on the East Coast. Thousands are delayed or cancelled nationwide. Anyone with plans to fly out this weekend is advised to check the airline's website for any changes before heading to the airport.
The History Theatre in St. Paul is being recognized for its work with military veterans. The theater will receive $5,000 from the Blue Star Theatres Grant Program. Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for theater, and Blue Star Families recently announced the second round of program grants.
Every Saturday, Mike Augustyniak dives into the local craft cocktail scene and brings you the best of the best. This week, he stopped by The Alchemist in White Bear Lake to try a few of the bar's most popular recipes.
