The number of jobs in the state is up 19,000 compared to a year ago. And 40 percent of the small and medium-sized businesses surveyed say they plan to hire in the new year. That's up from 27 percent a year ago.
Ryan Hartman scored twice to earn the first game of a back-to-back.
The Royals held their own in a battle of the nation's best.
They face a combined 31 felony counts, all tied to carjackings and related crimes.
The Republican said a man grabbed his arms and yanked him from the room.
The mysterious streaks were not UFOs and they weren't pieces of an asteroid.
Mike Zimmer may be gone, but the tradition lives on.
The loud sounds are most likely to happen during the middle of the night.
The federal testing site comes as demand for testing remains high.
He told his 10,000 followers he was a Homeland Security agent — authorities say it was a lie.
Ryan Poles of the Chiefs and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah of the Browns.
The game will feature a pair of top recruits in the Class of 2022.
Teachers and support staff are demanding smaller class sizes, mental health support and better pay.
Duluth-based Cirrus plans to bring up to 60 jobs at its Grand Forks, N.D., plant as it partners with a company that makes a new type of small "sport" plane. The Grand Forks Herald report Cirrus is taking over manufacturing for a large portion of the Icon A5 -- a plane that can take off and land on water.
More Minnesota school teachers are turning to the leave of absence. A survey by the state's school boards shows a 27 percent increase in two years. The school boards think bigger class sizes and additional scrutiny are behind an increase in teacher mental health leaves.
Job vacancies were up nearly 50 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared with the same period a year earlier. Employers reported nearly 50,000 job openings, according to the latest figures from the Department of Employment and Economic Development.
The odds of finding a job in Minnesota are getting better, the Pioneer Press reports. Job postings climbed 15 percent in the second quarter compared with the same period a year ago, the state reported on Thursday. Employers reported nearly 63,000 openings, up from 54,700 last year.
The latest Manpower Employment Outlook survey shows 17 percent of Minnesota employers plan to increase their workforce in the final three months of 2012, Finance & Commerce reports. Twenty percent of employers in the Twin Cities plan to hire in the fourth quarter.
Minnesota employers added 6,200 jobs last month, but the state's jobless rate still went up a tenth of a percent to 5.7 percent. Minnesota's jobless rate remains well below the U.S. rate of 8.3 percent. Education and health services added the most jobs.
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