The Duluth News Tribune reports the $297 million deal could bring anywhere from 200 to 400 new jobs to northern Minnesota.
The death toll has reached 1,629 in Minnesota.
Minnesota Management and Budget is asking lawmakers to allocate more than $250 million to help schools reopen.
The newborn babies were found between 1999 and 2007.
The memo sent to employees was shared online, and prompted angry responses.
Vivian Jones will make her first court appearance Wednesday.
Non-conference games aren't happening this year, so it's straight into the teeth of the Big Ten for Minnesota.
Two 21-year-old men from Moorhead were traveling in the BMW.
The final score is closer than the game actually was.
The DFL is accusing Melton-Meaux's campaign of violating federal election law.
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a $5,000 reward.
P.J. Hall was acquired from the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday.
The company says Minnesota's strict pollution rules are forcing it to look beyond the state for a possible site for a new iron ore plant. State officials tell the Duluth News Tribune they're upset Magnetation executives would consider such a thing after the state gave them $1 million in taxpayer money.
Members of the United Steelworkers union and Cliffs Natural Resources have agreed on a new three-year labor contract, the Duluth News Tribune reports. The deal covers about 1,100 workers at ore plants in Eveleth and Hibbing. Both sides failed to reach an agreement by the Sept. 1 deadline, but agreed to a contract extension that kept the northern Minnesota plants operating while negotiations continued.
The Duluth News Tribune reports state health officials found more than a dozen additional cases by checking death records in other states for former Iron Range residents who moved out of Minnesota.
The Associated Press reports new technology will allow miners to reach down nearly 4,000 feet into the earth to tap into possibly one of the largest untapped nickel and copper mines in the world. Twin Metals executives say the project will bring thousands of new jobs to the Iron Range.
Backers of a proposal to build a new racing center north of Hibbing say the track could host car, horse, and snowmobile races. They also think it would generate as many as 500 jobs. More details are expected Wednesday.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission unanimously agreed permits issued to Excelsior Energy two years ago for a flexible-fuel power plant in the city of Taconite should suffice for the construction of the natural gas-fired power plant, the Duluth News Tribune reports. Opponents of the controversial project argued that the permits should not be approved without further review.
The Duluth News Tribune says some taconite mines are running out of room and looking to expand, and much of the land ringing the mines belongs to the public, which could mean millions of dollars flowing to the state of Minnesota and St. Louis County.
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