Minnesota Orchestra To Return Nearly $1M To State
The Minnesota Orchestra says it will return nearly $1 million to the state arts board as its lockout of musicians continues.
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The Minnesota Orchestra says it will return nearly $1 million to the state arts board as its lockout of musicians continues.
In Hennepin County alone, people paid nearly $60 million in court fees last year -- mostly from people who got caught doing something wrong on the road. Karl Kohn of West St. Paul contributed to that pot with two speeding tickets of his own. Each set him back $145. So, he wondered: "When you get a ticket where does the money from your fine go?"
Two Minneapolis staples will be closing their doors after a combined 164 years in business. Peter's Grill, a favorite among Twin Cities lunchtime diners, first opened its doors in 1914, two years after the Titanic sunk. Halek's Bar, founded over 65 years ago, will also be calling it quits.
A Minnesota-based mail order company has agreed to refund nearly $10,000 in membership fees to dozens of customers in Iowa who claimed the business illegally charged them. Attorney General Tom Miller announced Thursday that Stauer, a jewelry and general merchandise retailer from Burnsville, Minn., would change its marketing practices and provide refunds to more than 50 Iowa customers.
The Crave folks are at it again. Plans have been announced for Kaskaid Hospitality (parent company to Crave, Union, figlio and Urban Eatery) to open a new concept in the soon-to-be former home of Old Chicago in Uptown.
In just about two months, Minnesotans will be able to sink their teeth into bacon, pickles, chocolate, or a combo of them all. On Wednesday, the Minnesota State Fair announced 47 new foods. Among them are candied bacon cannoli, deep fried meatloaf, grilled glazed donuts and cocoa puff cheese curds.
Seven workers at a well-known grocery store are out of a job. They're accused of abusing a shopper rewards program for their own personal use.
Lots of people are still feeling the pinch of Friday's storm, which even changed the landscape of thousands of dinner tables in the Twin Cities.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it's closing its three Twin Cities locks to all traffic including commercial navigation on Thursday morning due to high flows on the Mississippi River.
State regulators blamed farming for rising nitrate levels in southern Minnesota surface waters in a new report Wednesday, citing the increasing use of drainage tiling as a major reason.
Food maker General Mills said Wednesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter net income climbed 13 percent, helped by contributions from new businesses and strong sales overseas. But its fiscal 2014 adjusted earnings forecast came in slightly below analysts' estimates, and General Mills Inc. shares dipped slightly before the market open.
Summertime will bring the annual flood of vacationers onto Minnesota's many lakes and rivers. And for many of them it will mean peaceful paddling in a canoe or kayak - or maybe a gentle ride in a rowboat.
With a cold spring and recent storms, a lot of Minnesota farmers are expecting to lose out on this year's corn crop. Corn in Minnesota is only about 10 inches high on average. It's usually more than double that by now.
Xcel Energy crews are concentrating on restoring power to the final Minnesota customers still without electricity after last weekend's storms.
The Big Brothers Big Sisters organization provides one-on-one mentoring programs for about 200,000 children. But the government says the group needs to keep better track of its money.
