KAAL-TV reports there are six job-seekers for every full-time job opening in the southeastern part of the state. That translates to about 17,000 people looking for work, when there are only 2,800 job openings.
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The Blue Jays have a hefty asking price for their starting pitcher.
This is not what the Twins had envisioned with an 11.5-game lead in early June.
The man went fishing Friday and was found Saturday.
It happened in the 1500 block of Plymouth Ave. N.
Her dock was among those that took major damage.
The girl's father and another child were in the car.
The 28-year-old is a member of a Twin Cities gang.
The incident happened in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
DISH and Sling are the affected providers, but Sling says talks continue.
Another stormy day in Minnesota on Saturday.
Police have launched a homicide investigation.
Forecasters are predicting snowfall accumulations of 2 to 4 inches for parts of southeastern Minnesota by Wednesday. There is a chance of snow showers in the Twin Cities.
The state's unemployment rate fell half a percentage point in October, despite employers shedding jobs. “Minnesota’s unemployment rate is at its lowest level since the U.S. financial crisis in November 2008,” said DEED Commissioner Mark Phillips in a news release.
Minnesota is creating jobs, unemployment is falling, and the number of workers for every job opening is shrinking. That additional work has not yet turned the housing market around, but experts say the overall outlook for the state is strong.
In Minnesota's metropolitan counties 14 percent of residents receive Social Security benefits. In rural counties it's more than 23 percent.
The unemployment rate fell half a percentage point even as employers cut 13,700 jobs in November. The chief of the state's Department of Employment and Economic Development says the mixed results make it hard to draw conclusions about how the labor market is really doing but says he's "cautiously optimistic."
