The cable and internet company says it will add 100 customer service agents to its billing office in St. Paul and 50 to its customer loyalty center in Minnetonka, the Business Journal reports.

Chart Industries Inc., broke ground this week on a $23 million expansion of its facility to make way for 80 new jobs to New Prague, ECM Publishing's Hometown Source reports. The Ohio-based company aims to expand production of cryogenic equipment used for transporting and storing natural gas as a refrigerated liquid.

In Minnesota, the Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based retailer says it will hire more than 900 people at its two dozen stores in the state. The company says they're able to hire more employees than the last holiday season because of strong store growth.

The Star Tribune reports on a company memo outlining a plan to consolidate the airline's warehouse operations to save money. Some state officials feel Delta is going back on its promise to keep jobs in Minnesota.

In total, the state added 28,400 jobs last month as laid-off state employees returned to work following the three-week government shutdown. The state's jobless rate went unchanged, at 7.2 percent.

Construction on the 36-megawatt Big Blue Wind Farm in Blue Earth is already underway. The 18 new wind turbines being installed feature nacelle enhancements and a more aerodynamic blade design that optimizes energy output -- enough to power about 20,000 homes per year. The south-central Minnesota wind farm is scheduled to be operating by the end of the year.

About 150 workers at a Winona foundry are on strike and picketing their employer, the Badger Foundry, but they won't publicly disclose the reasons behind a contract dispute, the Associated Press reports.

Norm Coone, a double amputee and four-time cancer survivor, is planning a trek this weekend from Duluth to the Twin Cities on a cycle he pedals with his hands. The MS 150 ride is a fundraiser for multiple sclerosis. His brother is fighting the disease.