3M Buying Capital Safety From KKR For About $1.8 Billion
3M is buying safety equipment maker Capital Safety from KKR for about $1.8 billion as demand for protective gear grows. The transaction also includes approximately $700 million in debt.
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3M is buying safety equipment maker Capital Safety from KKR for about $1.8 billion as demand for protective gear grows. The transaction also includes approximately $700 million in debt.
A fatal crash involving a pedestrian has stalled traffic south of downtown Minneapolis Tuesday morning. The crash happened around 7 a.m. on Interstate 35W near 46th Street South.
Two people are dead after their motorcycle crashed into a car in Jackson County Monday evening. According to the accident report, shortly after 6:30 p.m. 67-year-old Richard L. Hedeen and 66-year-old Francois L. Hedeen, both of Davenport, Iowa, were traveling westbound on Interstate 90 when Richard lost control of the motorcycle.
Make plans to visit the Jersey Shore this summer and check out these top five must-see attractions in the area.
ederal prosecutors say a convicted con man accused of passing himself off as an FBI agent in the North Dakota oil patch is wanted on a warrant in Tennessee and should not be released before sentencing. Steven Goldmann pleaded guilty in February to an illegal weapons charge, after federal authorities agreed to drop four counts of impersonating an officer. Authorities say he regularly displayed a badge and gun.
Two women from the Twin Cities area are among guests that were invited to dine with President Barack Obama at an annual White House dinner held in honor of Islam's holy month of Ramadan. Obama welcomed guests to the White House on Monday for a traditional iftar dinner, which follows daily fasting from dawn to sunset.
A judge has approved prosecutors' request for a second psychological exam for a southern Minnesota teen accused of plotting an attack at his school. The exam was ordered by the judge in determining whether to charge the 18-year-old from Waseca as an adult. He was 17 when he was arrested last year. Waseca police say they found him in a storage unit with bomb-making materials and a plan to kill his family and attack his high school.
No, American Pharoah will not be there, but there will still be plenty of horses to see at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds this weekend. The Tanbark Cavalcade of Roses Horse Show is coming to the State Fair!
Science, education and the arts -- you say those three words and you probably think of teachers or researchers. How about comic book writer and sci-fi movie producer? That's the idea behind local company, FutureDude.
Gov. Nikki Haley called for the confederate flag to be moved from its post in front of the state house. As it turns out, back in Minnesota a different confederate flag is displayed from time to time.
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. Minnesota fares better than the rest of the upper Midwest states -- it's the only state to trim trim its obesity rate since 2007.
Chalk up another victory for the talented Taylor Swift -- she wrote an open letter to Apple Music, calling them out for not paying artists for their music streamed during a free trial period, for their new streaming service. But how much do artists make off music streaming, anyway? Good Question.
The lottery process to get tickets for the 2016 Ryder Cup started Monday. The event will be in September 2016 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, and golf fans cannot wait to see the game's best in a team match-play format.
Authorities have recovered the body of a Nebraska man who died after falling out of a boat while fishing on a lake in northern Minnesota.
Spring waterfowl surveys find Minnesota's breeding mallard numbers are down from last year while other species saw increases.
