MN tanning salons getting burned
A federal tax hike has hurt the industry with nearly 14 percent of state salons closing since 2009. Big Government says a proposed bill to reverse the ten percent excise tax awaits a vote from the U.S. House.
A federal tax hike has hurt the industry with nearly 14 percent of state salons closing since 2009. Big Government says a proposed bill to reverse the ten percent excise tax awaits a vote from the U.S. House.
The teen was located around 40 minutes after he had gone under water.
This weekend's performances are still going ahead, History Theatre says.
The National Weather Service confirmed the death on Thursday evening.
Numerous reports of tornadoes and nearly 100 mph straight-line winds.
Of the four, only one was wearing a lifejacket when the boat capsized Wednesday.
The pushback includes loosening restrictions on growler sales for bigger craft breweries and a more direct line of spirit sales to customers.
It's the second night in a row that severe storms are hitting the metro.
Photo above is a view from Marshall as the line of storms moved through Thursday evening.
The tornado watch is in effect until midnight.
The single-story home was fully engulfed in flames when first responders arrived early Wednesday morning.
The warning covers an area of Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska.
A devastating house fire happened early Thursday morning.
The U.S. House is expected to vote Thursday on legislation to eliminate a 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices, included in President Obama's health-reform law. The bill is proposed by Minnesota Republican Congressman Erik Paulsen. The Business Journal notes the tax, set to go into effect next year, would impact large companies like Fridley-based Medtronic Inc. and Little Canada-based St. Jude Medical Inc.
Minnesota now has a salon on wheels thanks to a Twin Cities man. Jon Charles came up with the idea to equip an Airstream trailer into a traveling beauty shop. KSTP reports you can rent the Hairstream for about $1,000 a day.
The new Chief Operating Officer told the Star Tribune the Edina-based company will close less than 10 percent of its 7,500 company-owned stores. An exact figure or locations were not disclosed. Regis also plans to eliminate half of its 50 brand names and convert most of the affected salons. The struggling company wants to reduce costs and simplify its business model.
Congressman Keith Ellison’s Republican opponent calls the 5th District Representative ‘militantly anti-American. Minnesota Public Report reports Chris Fields claims Ellison "attacked the Pledge of Allegiance, voted countless times to throw our troops serving in harm's way to the wolves and teamed up with Barney Frank to destroy the banking industry." Ellison's campaign calls Fields’ email ‘divisive’ and ‘toxic’.
Anytime Fitness Inc., based in Hastings, Minn., has agreed to buy Denver-based Waxing the City, a small chain of salons dedicated to waxing and hair removal services, the Business Journal reports. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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