Rainy Weather Slows Minn. Corn, Soybean Harvests
Cool, wet weather has slowed Minnesota's corn and soybean harvests in the past week.
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Cool, wet weather has slowed Minnesota's corn and soybean harvests in the past week.
The city of Minneapolis says the city council has authorized a lawsuit against the owner of a luxury apartment building that is accused of discharging groundwater into the Chain of Lakes, affecting both the environment and public safety.
Some businesses buy costumes, fake blood and dry ice, and declare themselves "haunted" for a few weeks each year. But a hotel in central Minnesota has mysterious happenings year-round, and there are no costumes.
This Halloween, some Minnesota doctors have a warning, and it has nothing to do with candy. The Minnesota Optometric Association is warning people to be leery of festive eye contact lenses. People use them to look like cats or zombies and other costume-inspired looks. The association says there's a black market for the non-prescription kind.
UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s third-quarter earnings inched up 1 percent in a rare performance that failed to trump Wall Street expectations. The nation's largest health insurer also gave a less-than-reassuring vibe to investors by narrowing its 2013 forecast instead of raising it.
Supervalu returned to a profit in its fiscal second quarter after posting a loss in the same period a year ago due to a large charge. Its adjusted profit and revenue beat analysts' expectations. Shares climbed more than 6 percent premarket trading Thursday.
While Thanksgiving is still more than a month away, travel experts said you should've started solidifying your travel plans -- yesterday. Travel websites predict the average cost for a round-trip ticket this year will be $415. That's a jump of nearly 7 percent from last year.
Before you know it, it will be ski season, and the people at Lutsen are hoping you can help them name two new ski runs.
It should come as no surprise that the financial website CreditDonkey.com ranks Minneapolis number five on a list of the 10 best places to start over. Mary Tyler Moore had a hit TV show doing just that -- playing a single woman who moved here after being dumped by a boyfriend.
A federal lawsuit filed Monday in Minneapolis' U.S. District Court claims 46 Minnesota chiropractors engaged in an illegal kickback scheme and possible violations of the federal racketeering laws over six years.
When trash collection day comes to your neighborhood, you just might notice a difference in the sight, sound and smell of the trucks.
St. Jude Medical says it will announce Monday that it received European approval to market the first pacemaker that does not require wires to attach to the heart. The first-of-a-kind device was developed by California-based startup, Nanostim, with funding from St. Jude.
For the first time after his accidental death, Jim Kowalski's family is talking publicly. Last month, the founder of the popular local grocery died from a head injury while on a fishing trip in Alaska. After a tough month for the family, Kowalski's wife, Mary Anne Kowalski, and daughter Kris Kowalski Christensen celebrated 30 years of business Saturday by making the rounds at their area stores, which treated customers to food, drinks, and music.
Believe it or not, we're just three weeks away from Halloween, and that means this is primetime for pumpkins. So we asked for your help finding the Best in Minnesota. In the end, your votes sent me to New Prague to visit Barten Pumpkins.
Having the Super Bowl return to Minneapolis was part of the sell for the new $975 million Vikings stadium. On Tuesday, that hope came closer to reality as the NFL announced Minneapolis is on short list to host the 2018 Super Bowl. The city is competing with Indianapolis and New Orleans, the 2012 and 2013 hosts.
