And more than one out of five women in Minnesota have been raped, according to a new report from the CDC. About a quarter of men have had partners who were sexually violent. The numbers are higher than previously reported after the CDC expanded its definition of sexual violence.

The animal care products manufacturer will also move its 15 employees to their facility in Glencoe. Frandsen officials say they're moving in order to be closer to the company's headquarters in North Branch.

The owner of ADC Telecommunications has told employees that it will close its Shakopee manufacturing division, the Shakopee Valley News reports. Another 230 marketing, sales and management jobs will remain in the company's Telecom Networks division.

The CEO of a Minneapolis company says letting low-wage jobs drift overseas could be a slippery slope. Patrick McHale of Graco Inc. told a manufacturing conference in Bloomington companies that provide low-skill jobs today often develop more sophisticated work. McHale called it a red flag that countries taking manufacturing jobs from the U.S. are also developing middle classes.

"You didn't build that" is something the burgeoning number of students at Dunwoody College of Technology won't have to hear. Enrollment at the Minneapolis school is at a 15-year high as manufacturers - especially in Minnesota's medical device industry - clamor for more skilled workers. Dunwoody has even added a six month fast-track program to help meet the demand.

Nearly a third of the executives overseeing Minnesota's factories say finding skilled help is among their biggest worries, according to a report in the Pioneer Press. Many manufacturers are raising wages but still can't fill jobs because of poor perceptions of the industry and dwindling interest among young people.

Factory managers in a new survey say they’ve seen 26 straight months of growth, but that’s flagging now. One economics expert tells MPR the report suggests pink slips could be coming for some factory workers.

A Minnesota School Readiness Study says only about 55 percent of incoming kindergarten students are ready for school. State education officials say a child's readiness entering school is the biggest indicator of future academic success.