The Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal reports the new facility will create nearly 300 new jobs. FedEx has also selected Mendota Heights-based R.J. Ryan Construction to build the facility.
Walz was referring to the destruction rioters caused after George Floyd's death.
Cases and hospitalizations are on the rise again.
The latest from Minnesota health officials.
The state took action against Lisa Monet Zarza for violating COVID-19 executive orders.
The deputy had worked for the county since 1995.
There will be 12 more pop-up clinics by the end of April.
Minnesota faces unseeded Pittsburgh on Sunday.
He had been involved in a separate crash prior to running onto the freeway.
The fire department lost visual of the person Thursday evening.
No tear gas or any other crowd control munitions were used.
The military presence in the Twin Cities has been wearing on residents, but the decision to ask them to leave has been criticized by Gov. Tim Walz and GOP leaders.
St. Jude Medical Inc. said Thursday it is cutting 300 jobs as part of a corporate restructuring that the medical device company says will save it $50 million to $60 million annually starting next year, the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal reports.
Connextions, a subsidiary of Minnesota-based UnitedHealth, announced Thursday that it will be opening a new facility similar to a call center in Irving, Texas. The opening of the facility will likely create hundreds of new jobs in the area.
Union leaders joined Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak to promote a stadium project they say would create 7,500 construction jobs in the city. Rybak is still working to convince city council members to back his plan to build a new home for the Vikings.
More mail will soon be processed in the Twin Cities under a plan to consolidate facilities in Rochester, Duluth, Waite Park, Mankato and Bemidji. Some of the positions will be eliminated, but the Pioneer Press reports more than 200 new jobs could be available at the St. Paul Processing and Distribution Center in Eagan.
FedEx is ready to break ground on a 60,000 square-foot distribution center in southeast Minnesota, about 12 miles from Rochester. The Post-Bulletin reports the company chose Stewartville because of its proximity to major highways and the Rochester International Airport.
Anti-war protesters and peace activists at Camp Ripley rallied against the construction of a new, $3.9 million drone training facility Friday. Drones have been a source of controversy since U.S. military began using them in the Iraq and Afghanistan war. Recently, U.S. law enforcement began using drones including the Grand Forks Sheriff's Department in North Dakota.
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