Julie Siple
The United States Department of Agriculture has predicted food costs will increase three to four percent this year. That worries Minnesota school officials, who likely will have to manage those increases — and consider raising lunch prices.
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David Cazares
The latest data from the County Health Rankings show that healthy living depends on a variety of factors. Share your stories about health care.
Michael Olson
The board of directors for American Crystal Sugar Co. has approved the use of Roundup Ready beet seed for the fourth consecutive year. Opponents to genetically modified food are expected to file a suit against the seed, but that didn’t deter the nation’s largest sugar beer co-op.
Elizabeth Baier
The Mayo Clinic has announced that it will double the size of the Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center.
125 companies in Minnesota that accepted subsidies from local and state government failed to create a single job.
Dan Gunderson
City officials hope the pilot project will stimulate local businesses and homeowner to consider solar energy applications.
Two Duluth city council members will introduce a resolution against a proposed bill in the Minnesota legislature that would require local police to enforce federal immigration law.
National disaster organizations like FEMA and the Red Cross have noticed how well Fargo Moorhead residents bounce back from disasters.
“It is going to kill jobs for generations to come,” Rep. Carly Melin, DFL-Hibbing, said of a plan by Minnesota Republicans to use $60 million from a fund derived from taconite production taxes.