The expansion would add nearly 300 new jobs. Apogee Retail works with nonprofit groups and operates more than 250 thrift stores in the United States and Canada.
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The suspect committed suicide and two women died of homicide.
The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the tourney-hopeful Gophers.
The Prince estate has been upping its social media game.
A friend has identified the suspected gunman to local media.
The teenager was charged with assaulting a police officer.
Snow is expected to begin in southwest Minnesota late Saturday night.
Lee Radzak has been on the job since 1982.
Dubnyk has allowed 10 goals in his last two games.
It'll start liquidation sales on Sunday.
Marketing chief Michael Francis is leaving Target and will become president of J.C. Penney. Francis has been overseeing Target's plans to expand in Canada, where the company hopes to start opening stores in 2013.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency approved water quality permits needed for the expansion of the U.S. Steel plant. The $300 million expansion is estimated to create 500 construction jobs followed by 120 permanent jobs.
Following a review by the Canadian government to see whether Target's "cultural" sales contain enough Canadian content, the Minnesota-based retailer Friday was given an OK to open stores in the country. With the approval, Target plans to open at least 125 stores in Canada starting next March.
McNeilus Steel, based in Dodge Center, Minn., has broken ground on its 96,000-square-foot expansion in Fond du Lac. General Manager Greg Head tells the Reporter the coil processing facility will also add 50 jobs within the next five years. The $15 million plant expansion is expected to be complete by next summer.
The institute says the $27 million expansion will create 125 high-paying jobs. The Austin Port Authority would pay for half of the expansion and lease it back to the institute. The other half would be paid through state bonding funds.
Polaris says it will add 89 jobs at its sport vehicle plant in Osceola in northwestern Wisconsin, though the plant is still down hundreds of jobs from two years ago, when Polaris announced it would close the site and move the work to Mexico. The expansion comes after the Medina-based company acquired Indian Motorcycles and other brands.
The Minneapolis-based company plans to hire up to 200 people at each Canadian location. Target is getting ready to open more than 120 stores in Canada next year, with the first 12 in Quebec.
The Valspar Corp., a maker of paints and industrial coatings, plans to spend $30 million to expand its research and development campus at its former headquarters building in downtown Minneapolis, the Pioneer Press reports. The project is expected to create up to 135 new full-time jobs over the next two-years. It will also add 87,000-square-feet of laboratory, meeting and office space. The expansion is scheduled to be finished by early 2014.