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Be the first to shop the bigger and better Willmar Goodwill store at the preview sale today from 4 to 7 p.m. The new store wi...
(St. Paul, MN) -- A minimum wage increase in Minnesota is all but a sure thing, with just days left in the legislative sessio...
Minnesota's unemployment rate fell to5.3 percent in April, according to figures released today by the MinnesotaDepartment...
April unemployment numbers come out later this morning(10am). In March, Minnesota employers shed 52-hundred positions, and st...
The Willmar City Council yesterday listened to a report on problems in the city's governmental structure and suggestions ...
After nearly 17 hours of debate and a very close vote, the Minnesota Senate approved a bill that allows some daycare provider...
The Willmar City Council this afternoon will be hearing the preliminary report on the city's government organizational st...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Citizens on both sides are at the State Capitol as the Senate prepares to vote on a bill allowing licensed ...
(Washington, D.C.) -- A bill passed in the U.S. House would allow workers to take comp time, or paid time off, rather than ov...
The state Senate voted Wednesday evening to increaseMinnesota's minimum wage to 7-75 an hour by 2015. Republicans warn th...
Area businesses are getting together to find ways to keep their employees healthy. Theresa Wittenberg of the YMCA is Chair of...
-- Minnesota exports set a second straight record in 2012, climbing one-point-two percent to 20-point-six billion dollars. Em...
The Minnesota Senate is set to debate and vote today(11am start) on a bill that would raise the state minimum wage for largee...
A St. Paul science edcuator has been namedMinnesota's Teacher of the Year. Megan Olivia Hall was presented with thehonor ...
(St.Paul, MN) -- House Republicans tried today (Fri) to scale back a proposed increase in Minnesota's minimum wage but De...
The Minnesota House is set to debate and vote today (10amstart) on increasing the state's minimum wage from the current 6...
(Cottage Grove, MN) -- The Minnesota National Guard is a leader in identifying ways to help active and reserve members of the...
(St. Paul, MN) -- A vote is set for Friday in the Minnesota House on increasing the state's minimum wage from the current...
Minnesota's unemployment rate is nearly back to where it stood before the recession. In just the last six months the stat...
(St.Paul, MN) -- A technology provider...a business start-up consultant...a General Mills executive...a human services direct...
(St.Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota House Ways and Means Committee passed a bill today (Mon) that would raise the state's mini...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Labor groups are trying to figure out why the DFL-controlled Minnesota Senate pulled a measure out of a bud...
Not the time to raise taxes, say Republicans as the latest numbers show Minnesota lost 52-hundred jobs in March and job growt...
The Minnesota unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of apercent in March to 5.4 percent, according to figures released today by...
State officials release Minnesota's March employmentnumbers later this morning (10am). For the past two months, Minnesota...
The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Department is investigating a break-in at New London City Hall. According to the Lakes Are...
(St.Paul, MN) -- The jobs bill passed by the Minnesota House invests $46 million to help spur job creation throughout the...
Department of Employment and Economic DevelopmentCommissioner Katie Clark Sieben was on the road today promoting GovernorDayt...
Now that locked out American Crystal Sugar workers have voted to ratify a new contract from management, the process begins to...
(Grand Forks, ND) -- After a 20-month lock-out, American Crystal Sugar workers have voted to ratify the company's latest ...
(Moorhead, MN) -- Locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers are scheduled to vote again Saturday on the company’s last ...
(Alexandria, MN) -- The proposal in the Minnesota legislature to raise minimum wage is not sitting well with some restaurants...
The RC Hospital Board of Directors has decided to terminate the employment of CEO Glenn Haugo. The Renville County Register s...
Rice Memorial Hospital CEO Mike Schramm says the Willmar hospital is still waiting for answers on how President Obama's A...
Governor Mark Dayton stopped in St. Cloud yesterday evening with his tour around the state he's called his "Budget f...
Area lawmakers say allowing daycares to join a union won't cause daycare rates to rise for parents or customers. Senator ...
Minnesota lawmakers are looking at legislation that would allow restaurant workers who make tips to be paid less than the min...
In just the past six months, Minnesota has gained nearly 51-thousand jobs. Minnesota's unemployment rate held steady last...
Home day care workers rallied at the State CapitolThursday afternoon, supporting bills that would allow them to form a union....
Minnesota employers added 14-thousand-500 jobs in Februarybringing the unemployment rate to 5.5 percent. Professional and bus...
State officials release Minnesota's February employmentfigures today (Thurs10am) in Saint Paul. Last month, Minnesota'...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton this morning (Wed) signed the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange bill into law, and offici...
Governor Dayton signs a controversial "health insuranceexchange" bill into law this morning (10am) at the Capitol. ...
Legislation is headed to Governor Dayton's desk that setsup a health insurance marketplace that will offer policies pre-s...
(Undated) -- A new study shows three Minnesota job sectors are having trouble filling open positions. They are production ser...
(Moorhead, MN) -- Moorhead-based American Crystal Sugar is asking the North Dakota Supreme Court to reconsider its decision g...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Health Insurance Exchange approved last week in the Minnesota House is slightly different from the bill...
After long debate going well into the night (Thurs), theDFL-controlled Minnesota Senate passed a bill to set up a health insu...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Debate is expected to go into the evening in the state Senate on a controverial "health insurance exch...
(St. Paul, MN) -- A proposed minimum wage increase in Minnesota continues moving forward at the state legislature, with a bil...
A new report shows there are three-thousand more administrators, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and other support staff work...
Minnesota's unemployment rate inched up slightly in January following revisions to December's jobless numbers. State ...
Local lawmakers have differing views over raising Minnesota's minimum wage. A proposal to bring the minimum wage up to &#...
Education, business and politics converged at a meeting at the Oaks At Eagle Creek in Willmar Friday. Officials from Ridgewat...
The minimum wage increase legislation had a final hearingin the Minnesota House Labor, Workplace and Regulated Industries Com...
(St. Paul, MN) -- A proposed increase in the state's minimum wage is on lawmakers' plate at the Minnesota Capitol as ...
(St.Paul, MN) -- A new report by the Minnesota Department of Health shows more than half of third-graders have tooth decay. S...
This month's special election for Willmar City Council will be the last of it's kind. City Clerk Kevin Halliday says ...
The Willmar and Kandiyohi County Economic Development Commission his hired a new fulltime Ag Business Specialist. EDC Directo...
(St. Paul, MN) -- A plan adding more than 35-thousand people to government-subsidized health insurance rolls in Minnesota is ...
(Washington, D.C.) -- The youth unemployment rate for 18-29 year olds last month was at 13.1 percent, but an additional 1.7 m...
The focus on jobs and the economy in President Barrack Obama's State of the Union address is the proper way to move the c...
On Monday, a bipartisan group of legislators announced legislation that would offer tax credits to businesses that hire unemp...
2-10-13 This past week the Family and Medical Leave Act turned 20, and while 16 percent of Minnesota workers took advantage o...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Unionized state employees would get a two-percent pay raise retroactive to the first of the year and effect...
Swift County has hired Michael Pogge-Weaver to be their new County Administrator. Pogge-Weaver has most recently been working...
The Willmar City Council Monday will consider hiring a Twin Cities company to perform a study of the governmental structure o...
The Willmar and Kandiyohi County Economic Development Commission has decided to hire a full time agribusiness and renewable e...
(St. Paul, MN) -- "We're taxing sick puppies and sick kittens," says Preston Republican Greg Davids about Gover...
(St. Paul, MN) -- A minimum wage increase tops the Minnesota AFL-CIO's agenda at the now DFL-controlled state legislature...
(St. Paul, MN) -- After a couple years of hiring freezes, the U.S. Postal Service is accepting applications for letter carrie...
A Twin Cities company gets the nod to perform a study of the governmental structure of the City of Willmar. Steve Ahmann, Cha...
(St. Paul, MN) -- State officials say Minnesota has received 39 million dollars from the federal government to continue devel...
-The state added another 9,100 jobs in December, according to figures released today by the Minnesota Department of Employmen...
The state Department of Employment and EconomicDevelopment announces the December employment figures today (Thurs 10am).Minne...
Starting March 1st, all Social Security payments will bepaid electronically. The switch-over has been in the works over the p...
Minnesota manufacturers are optimistic about the comingyear. Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic DevelopmentCommi...
After getting a mandate from county voters in November, the Swift County Board is moving forward with changes in county gover...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Starting March 1st, all Social Security payments will be paid electronically. The switch-over has been in t...
(Buffalo, MN) -- The man arrested and released in the killing of Cold Spring police officer Tom Decker is now charged with fe...
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is predictingsteady growth for the Minnesota economy in 2013. Fed Economist Toby Madd...
The issue of wage cuts to 66-hundred Minnesotans whocare for disabled relatives may end up in the state Supreme Court, theleg...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota employers added nearly 11-thousand jobs in November -- lowering the state's jobless rate from...
(St. Paul, MN) -- A group of personal care attendants wants to be able to form a union and gathered in Saint Paul today (Wed)...
12-8-12 "What we warned people about," says the group Minnesota for Marriage about Governor Dayton's push to in...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton's push to include same-sex domestic partner benefits in state employees' contracts ...
Looking for a job? Why not apply at Willmar City Hall? Willmar City Administrator Charlene Stevens says they are in the proce...
Locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers have said "no" to management for the fourth time in 16 months. On Saturda...
The hiring of a new Willmar Police Officer has suffered a setback. Willmar Police Chief Dave Wyffels says they did background...
Willmar School District Superintendent Jerry Kjergaard confirms that 5 Willmar School District Technology Department Employee...
(St.Paul, MN) -- 11-28-12-- Around 200 full-time employees of the Minnesota Wild willhave their hours and wages cut if the N-...
American Crystal Sugar union workers -- look set to vote again on the company's contract offer. A union source close to t...
Analysts speculate there could be another push to unionize home daycare workers in Minnesota. An earlier effort to organize t...
Minnesota's unemployment rate remained unchanged at five-point-eight percent in October. Last month, employers cut just o...
We'll find out later this morning (10am) if more Minnesotans are back at work when state officials release the October un...
(Owatonna, MN) -- Caterpillar Inc. announced today it will close its plant in Owatonna next spring and about 100 people will ...
(Undated) -- The U-S Postal Service plans to hire two-hundred more workers in Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin. Spoke...
(New York, NY) -- 11-7-12-- The NHL and its Players' Association met for over sevenhours on Tuesday at an undisclosed loc...
(New York, NY) -- 11-6-12-- Talks between the NHL and the Players' Association willresume Tuesday in New York. The two si...
The three-way House District 17B contest between Republican incumbant Bruce Vogel of Willmar, DFLer Mary Sawatzky of Willmar ...
A new survey shows Minnesota's workplace injury andillness rate reached an all-time low last year. The state Department o...
Ann Stehn can erase the word interim from her office door as the Kandiyohi County Board has decided to make her permanent dir...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton has appointed Katie Clark as the new commissioner of the state Department of Employment and...
State officials are set to release September'sunemployment numbers later this morning (10am). In August, Minnesota'su...
It remains a stalemate over sugar. Moorhead-based American Crystal Sugar says its final offer remains on the table in a contr...
A battle of words is under way between Sixth-District Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Lyle Fleck, union head at the now-cl...
The U.S. Department of Commerce announces a $1.2 million Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to the city of D...
The AFL-CIO is making good on its threat and calling fora nationwide boycott of American Crystal Sugar beginning October 15th...
(Moorhead, MN) -- The AFL-CIO is making good on its threat and calling for a nationwide boycott of American Crystal Sugar beg...
The Willmar City Council last night agreed with Police Chief Dave Wyffels argument that the police department needs a gang sp...
The Litchfield City Council agreed to continue moving forward with an electronic sign proposal. The sign with scrolling commu...
A scan of counties throughout Minnesota shows Augustunemployment numbers the highest in the northern half of the state -- whi...
(Moorhead, MN) -- Locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers demonstrated outside company headquarters today (Wed) in Moorhead...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Minnesota voters polled on the federal health care law are split on whether it should stay in place or b...
When it comes to the use of replacement referees in theN-F-L regular season, Minnesota Vikings legend Fran Tarkenton isn'...
(New York, NY) -- 9-26-12--The NFL announced yesterday that Monday's controversialfinish in Seattle's 14-12 win over ...
(New York, NY) -- 9-26-12-- After more than a week of silence, the NHL and players'union will resume talks for a new coll...
Locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers have called on their children, inan effort to get the company to negotiate an end t...
9-23-12 Minnesota employers cut two-thousand jobs last month. State jobs analyst Steve Hine says the unemployment rate inched...
Minnesota's unemployment rate inched up one-tenth of a percent in August to five-point-nine percent. State jobs analyst S...
After a slight uptick in July, state officials are hopingAugust's unemployment numbers, due out later this morning, make ...
The City of Willmar this week took action to try and fill some gaps created by recent resignations of city staff. The council...
At the next Willmar City Council Meeting on October 1st, a hearing will be held to repeal the city's Local Option Sales T...
(Undated) -- 9-17-12-- The National Hockey League is in a labor lockout. The league has locked out the players after the two ...
(Chicago, IL) -- Striking teachers in Chicago are set to vote today on a tentative agreement that would put them back to work...
(New York, NY) -- 9-14-12-- There is still no movement in the NHL labor talks. Players Association head Donald Fehr (FEER)say...
Students in the Automotive Service Technology program at Ridgewater will be able to work on some advanced equipment, thanks t...
(New York, NY) -- 9-13-12-- Representatives from the National Hockey League and itsplayers association met for three hours ye...
(New York, NY) -- 9-12-12-- It looks like the NFL's replacement officials will beworking games through at least October 8...
Minnesota employers are a little more hesistant to hire new workers in the fourth quarter of this year. Anne Edmunds, regiona...
The City of Willmar is losing another department head, and this time there is not assistant to fill-in until a replacement is...
9-5-12 State Fairgoers are evenly divided on whether thelist of legal fireworks should be expanded in Minnesota. Just under48...
9-4-12 The Swift County Board has hired a firm to look for a new County Administrator. Last month the board voted to hire Spr...
8-31-12 New figures show job openings in Minnesota increased more than15-percent during the second quarter. Orian Casale (orr...
8-29-12 New Willmar Municipal Utilities General Manager Wes Hompe says one of his first priorities is to hire some key people...
8-28-12 The Willmar Municipal Utilities Commision yesterday chose Wes Hompe to be the next manager of Willmar Municipal Utili...
8-18-12 The latest jobs report shows consumer confidence remains weakin Minnesota. Kyle Uphoff at the Department of Employmen...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Despite Minnesota employers adding nearly seven-thousand jobs in July, the state's unemployment rate in...
8-16-12 July unemployment numbers for Minnesota will be releasedlater this morning (10am). Over the last couple of months, th...
8-8-12 Union leaders say they'll meet today (WED) and tomorrowwith management at the now-closed Verso Paper Mill in Sarte...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Officials say 123 thousand Minnesotans will receive rebates averaging 160 dollars on their health insurance...
8-2-12 The Paynesville City Council has changed their mind and decided against hiring Stanley Ross as their new police chief....
7-30-12 Willmar's two new police officers are on the job. At the recommendation of the Willmar Police Commission, Mike Ca...
7-29-12 A one-million-dollar Department of Employment and Economic Development grant will help the University of Minnesota bu...
7-23-12 Last week it was announced Minnesota's unemployment rate was still at 5.6% for the third straight month. That'...
(Collegeville, MN) -- The latest employment numbers show Minnesota gained 72-hundred jobs in June. St. John's Economics p...
7-19-12 June's Minnesota unemployment numbers remained unchangedat five-point-six percent for the third straight month, w...
7-17-12 (Minneapolis, MN) -- A state employee has been indicted for allegedly using a fake identity to receive 18-thousand do...
7-15-12 July is "Hire a Veteran Month" in Minnesota and the Dayton administration is promoting veteran employment i...
7-11-12 In Washington, House Republicans are taking another shot at repealingthe 2010 healthcare reform law. A two-day debate...
7-10-12 (Washington, DC) -- Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison moved to adjourn today (Tues) as the GOP-controlled U-S House...
6-28-12 (Minneapolis, MN) -- The U-S Supreme Court has upheld President Obama's health care law. If the law is not repeal...
6-25-12 For a third time, locked out American Crystal Sugar workershave rejected a contract proposal from management. The uni...
6-15-12 The state's unemployment rate held steady in May at five-point-six percent. State labor analyst Steve Hine says a...
6-11-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- With economics, it seems there's a downside for every upside. In Minnesota, the unemployment ra...
6-8-12 Negotiators for American Crystal Sugar and its locked-out union workers go back to the bargaining table today (am), th...
6-6-12 Governor Dayton said Tuesday he will *not* appeal a judge's decision striking down his executive order to hold a u...
6-5-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- The amount of time that jobless Minnesotans can collect unemployment is shrinking. The maximum lengt...
5-31-12 Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission President Dave Baker sees good times ahead as they move forward with hirng a n...
5-23-12 Willmar is one of more than 40 locations in the state where public discussion on healthcare reform will take place. A...
5-22-12 Willmar is one of more than 40 locations in the state where public discussion on healthcare reform will take place. A...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota's unemployment rate is going down even though the latest monthly estimates show we lost 31-hu...
5-17-12 The relocation of employees continues as an ironicsituation unfolds in southeastern Minnesota. Complaints of headache...
5-16-12 Nearly 91-percent of the 35-hundred members of amedical union voted to strike at eight Twin Cities hospitals. Five he...
5-7-12 The eleventh and final wave of 34th Infantry Red Bull soldiers returned from Kuwait over the weekend. Lt. Col. Kevin O...
5-1-12 Paynesville is going to be seeing some changes in the people that run their police department and school system. Payne...
4-25-12 A more focused snapshot of unemployment around Minnesotahas been released. The state's seasonally-adjusted jobles...
4-24-12 (St.Paul, MN) -- Democrats tried to get Governor Dayton's proposed business tax credit for returning veterans and...
(Duluth, MN) -- Northeastern Minnesota's economy is often compared to the four legs of a table: mining, shipping, tourism...
4-20-12 The Montevideo VA Clinic and Central Minnesota Legal Services have teamed up to provide recurring legal consultation ...
4-6-12 According to the Paynesville Press, The Paynesville Area Health Care System has approved the sale of Hilltop Care Cent...
4-6-12 During discussion with health care professionals at Rice Memorial Hospital this week, U.S. Senator Al Franken said he ...
4-4-12 U.S. Senator Al Franken visited the Rice Regional Dental Clinic and toured Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar yesterday...
3-30-12 Best Buy last night announced they were closing their stores in Hutchinson, Edina, Lakeville, Brooklyn Centerand Roge...
3-28-12 Yesterday was the last officialday on the job for Willmar Municipal Utilities General Manager Bruce Gomm, although he...
3-27-12 (St. Peter, MN) -- State Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson has fired the embattled director of the state sec...
3-22-12 The state's jobless rate edged up slightly in February to five-point-seven-percent -- that's a tenth of a poi...
3-22-12 February's unemployment numbers come out this morning (9am). Minnesota's jobless rate currently sits at five-...
3-20-12 Local lawmakers say there never would have been legislation giving people the choice on joining a union at a union sh...
3-12-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton is asking Republicans to close what he calls a tax loophole for corporations that o...
3-12-12 A State Capitol hearing room will likely be packed this morning (8am start) as a Senate committee debates a proposed ...
(MNN)-- Minnesota has had a run of good economic news in recent weeks. Dave Brennan is with the school of business at the Uni...
3-7-12 The Willmar City Council has approved a new, 4-year-contract with 40 to 50 city AFSCME workers. The contract covers 20...
3-7-12 The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has awarded a $49,673 grant under its Minne...
3-2-12 The state's unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percent in January to five-point-six percent. Minnesota employer...
3-1-12 January's unemployment numbers come out later thismorning (10am). In December, Minnesota's unemployment rate f...
3-1-12 January's unemployment numbers come out later thismorning (10am). In December, Minnesota's unemployment rate f...
2-29-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- The latest forecast shows the state budget has a modest 323-million-dollar surplus, but the money i...
2-28-12 The Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission Monday voted to terminate Utilities General Manager Bruce Gomm. Gomm was g...
2-15-12 At the Minnesota Capitol today: There's a House hearingthis morning (8:15am) on a controversial bill that would l...
2-13-12 Two state senators from this area have sent President Obama a letter protesting a federal bill forcing people to pay ...
2-13-12 Republican Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar had some good words to say about the recently-unveiled DFL jobs plan. The pla...
2-10-12 A former business manager for Chokio-Alberta PublicSchools has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for stea...
2-3-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Republican state Senator David Hann (HAN) says Governor Dayton is spending nearly 800- thousand doll...
2-3-12 (Edina, MN) -- Existing home sales in the state ended the year on a positive note. December closed sales increased mor...
2-3-12 Labor organizations are mounting a lobbying effort at theMinnesota Capitol against a proposed constitutional amendment...
2-2-12 Three democrat House members were in Willmar today to talk about the DFL and Governor's jobs plan. Representative ...
2-2-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Republicans in the Minnesota House and Senate are pushing to put a constitutional amendment on the b...
2-1-12 House D-F-L lawmakers are in Rochester, Saint Cloud, Willmar and Mankato today (Thurs) and they'll be in Brainerd,...
1-31-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota Senate Republicans want to phase out the statewide business property tax over 12 years or...
1-30-12 Willmar Police Chief Dave Wyffels is in the process of collecting job applications from candidates interested in beco...
1-30-12 Willmar Police Chief Dave Wyffels is in the process of collecting job applications from candidates interested in beco...
1-26-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- A study by a conservative think tank, Center of the American Experiment, finds Minnesotans' per...
1-26-12 In an effort to improve Minnesota's employment picture,U-S Senator Al Franken has introduced his "Back to Wo...
1-25-12 In his State of the Union address Tuesday night,President Obama talked about keeping the basic American promise. That...
1-20-12 Minnesota's unemployment rate took a favorable turn in December with the addition of nearly eight-thousand jobs. Regi...
1-19-12 State officials will release the December employmentfigures later this (THUR) morning. Minnesota's unemployment rate ...
1-19-12 On a split vote, the Willmar City Council this week voted to go ahead and hire two more police officers. City Adminis...
1-17-12 American Crystal Sugar has rejected a proposal to end thelockout of its union employees. The company posted a stateme...
1-13-12 Minnesota's export numbers are up. The latest report from the Department of Employment and Economic Development shows...
1-12-12 Top Republicans are cool to Governor Dayton and Democrats' proposal for a one-time tax credit to businesses that hire...
1-11-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton and D-F-L legislative leaders are proposing a one-time, three-thousand-dollar tax c...
1-9-12 Another extension of the payroll tax cut will be one of thefirst things on lawmakers' agenda when Congress goes back i...
1-9-12 The Willmar Utilities Commission meetstoday and will talk about hiring a company to reorganize the utilitiy's leadersh...
1-6-12 (Washington, DC) -- Will Minnesota's employment picture follow another drop in the national jobless rate? That's the q...
12-29-11The Kmart store in Willmar is going to close. Sears Holding Company is out with a partial list of the 100 to 120 Sear...
12-29-11 An economic specialist sees improvement in Minnesota's economy during 2012. Louis Johnston of St. John's University ...
12-28-11 Last night the Willmar Municipal utilites Commission approved a motion by Utilities Vice President Dave Baker to hir...
12-22-11 When the State of Minnesota was cutting and unalloting promised payments to counties, Kandiyohi County employees agr...
12-21-11 Congressman Keith Ellison is blasting House Republicansfor rejecting the bi-partisan bill that would have extended t...
12-16-11 (St. Paul, MN) -- It's a sad day for hundreds of employees at Ford Motor Company in St. Paul as the last Ranger pick...
12-16-11 (St. Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota A-F-L-C-I-O says thousands of Minnesotans are in danger of losing unemployment benef...
12-15-11 (St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota's unemployment rate fell half a percent in November to five-point-nine percent -- the lo...
12-13-11 Minneapolis-based Target is sending about 39-hundred employees out into the "burbs." The retailer says the...
12-13-11 Hiring is expected to increase slightly in Minnesota during the first quarter of next year. Fifteen percent of compa...
12-9-11 (Marshall, MN) -- The Schwan Food Company is reducing its workforce again. Schwan's says they'll cut 60 employees at ...
12-9-11 A southwestern Minnesota foodmaker is laying off 60workers -- or about two-percent of its workforce. Marshall-based S...
12-9-11 Governor Dayton will challenge a judge's decision blocking his order for a union election at some day care providers ...
12-8-11 A Minnesota business analyst says the recent drop in the state unemployment rate is misleading. Hamline professor Dav...
(New York, NY) -- The 2011-12 NBA schedule will be released tonight. TheNBA will unveil its revised 66-game regular season...
12-5-11 Opponents this morning (9am) ask a Ramsey County judge toblock a union election that Governor Dayton ordered at state...
12-3-11 Opponents will be at the State Capitol this afternoon(noon-1pm) rallying against Governor's Dayton's order for a unio...
12-2-11 There are two gatherings tomorrow -- each on opposite endsover the move to unionize state-subsudized daycare provider...
12-2-11 Hundreds of plant workers in central Minnesota are on strike. Opole-based Polar Tank Trailer LLC and its employees ha...
11-30-11 Here it comes again. The latest state economic forecastwill be released Thursday and reports say Minnesota could fac...
(Miller, SD) -- A South Dakota community is having a hard time filling a number of job openings so it has launched a campaign...
11-24-11 For the 73rd straight year, hundreds of Hormel Foods workersyesterday morning received hefty profit-sharing checks. ...
11-22-11 Union representatives did not show up for yesterday House committee hearing on Governor Dayton's executive order cal...
(Arlington, TX) -- The all-time saves leader in Minnesota Twins historywill no longer be pitching for the Twins. 37-year-o...
11-19-11 The central Minnesota town of Foley is putting the brakes on its plan to hire private security patrols. The City Cou...
11-19-11 The head of the Minnesota Farmers' Union is not happy with the latest trade agreement signed by President Obama. MFU...
11-18-11 The October employment figures for Minnesota suggest the construction industry is on the rebound. That sector gained...
(St Paul, MN) -- The transition from graduation to the work force is difficult for many young people. In Minnesota, college g...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton today (Mon) directed a special task force and members of his cabinet to develop a plan to r...
10-28-11 The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, or DEED, says nearly half of the state's manufactur...
10-26-11 Delta Air Lines is scheduled to pay off the remaining 175-million dollars today (WED) on a loan provided by the Metr...
10-26-11 In Waite Park this week, a group of licensed in-home child care providers and their supporters held a news conferenc...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Say what you want about the recent futility of theMinnesota Timberwolves' basketball team, but reports...
(New York, NY) -- The federal mediator who sat with the NFL and itsplayers during their labor dispute will try to push oppo...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota's latest unemployment numbers are due Thursday. The jobless figure has been hovering around 200-t...
(New York, NY) -- NBA commissioner David Stern announced Monday he hascancelled the first two weeks of the regular season. ...
The Willmar City Council last night voted to hire up to6 more firefighters. The hirings will bring the fire department up to ...
10-4-11 The Willmar City Council last night voted to hire up to6 more firefighters. The hirings will bring the fire departmen...
(New York, NY) -- NBA owners and players talked again yesterday, mostly toset up a bigger meeting for today as the league's...
(St.Cloud, MN) -- Companies plan to hire more college graduates in Minnesota this year, according to a statewide survey relea...
9-27-11 Fall hiring has begun for the holiday sales season ahead.After last week's announcement by Target Corporation that it...
9-27-11 Union workers are now less than three months away from the end of the line at the Ford assembly plant in St. Paul. Th...
9-26-11 A Hutchinson Company is planning to add 60 positions in the near future. Customer Elation, a Minnesota-based call cen...
9-22-11 The City of Willmar is looking at boosting the number of fire fighters. The City Council Labor Relations Committee me...
9-19-2011(St.Cloud, MN) -- A Sauk Rapids woman has pleaded guilty to six felonies for stealing thousands of dollars from her ...
(Undated) -- The construction industry in Minnesota is experiencing some job growth following five dismal seasons. The sector...
9-15-11 (St. Paul, MN) -- The private sector is adding jobs in Minnesota at a rate not seen in more than five years. State jo...
9-15-11 We get the latest read on how our economy is doing thismorning from Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic...
9-13-11 It's hard to be optimistic about the current job situation in Minnesota. The latest Manpower survey shows 14-percent ...
9-12-11 Top Minnesota policymakers are in Berlin this week to learn more about Germany's health care system. State Human Serv...
9-8-11 A company that provides automation technologies will add 100 jobs thanks to the state of Minnesota. The deal from the ...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Veterans organizations want licensing requirements changed to make the employment search less difficult ...
9-2-11 The number of job openings in Minnesota is on the rise. Job vacancies increased more than 32 percent during the second...
9-2-11 A Willmar education reform group has come up with a list of actions they'd like to see district officials endorse befo...
9-1-11 Case IH is expanding it's plant in Benson, and plans to hire dozens of more workers. Plant Manager John Daniels says t...
9-1-11 A state official says Minnesota hasn't had this many job openings in 4 years. Mark Phillips, Commissioner of the Depar...
9-1-11 Beet harvest is set to start in a week and American Crystal Sugar will be running without its 13-hundred union members...
(New York, NY) -- NBA labor talks will resume this week. ESPN.com reportsrepresentatives for the league and union will mee...
(MNN) Home sales are starting to pick up across much of Minnesotaand making big gains in a few markets. July closed-sales inc...
8-26-11 Union leaders who met with negotiators for American Crystal Sugar in Fargo Thursday say the company offered nothing n...
8-25-11 Negotiations are expected to resume today (THUR) betweenAmerican Crystal Sugar and the union representing 13-hundred ...
8-22-11 Affiliated Community Medical Center Administrator, Mr. Terry Tone, was recently recognized for excellence in health c...
8-22-11 The Kandiyohi County Board has rejected granting conditional use permits to allow apartments or dorms for employees o...
8-19-11 Next week Governor Mark Dayton will kick off a statewidejobs tour. Currently more that 200-thousand Minnesotans are o...
8-18-11 (St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota employers cut 19-thousand-800 jobs in July, largely due to the state government shutdown....
8-17-11 The Minnesota Department of Commerce plans to seek inputfrom legislators, insurers, employers and consumers to help d...
8-16-11 -- Republican legislators are criticizing Governor Dayton's plans to move forward with a state health insurance excha...
(MNN) -- American Crystal Sugar executives say they have no choicebut to put their contingency plan in place following the re...
(Undated) -- The U-S Department of Housing and Urban Development is extending the deadline for its Emergency Homeowners Loan ...
7-23-11 The state government shutdown put 80 workers in the District 8 Regional MnDot office in Willmar on layoff, and 180 di...
7-22-11 Minnesota's unemployment rate inched up tosix-point-seven percent last month even though employers added over13-thous...
(New York, NY) -- Lawyers from both sides of the NFL labor dispute met onMonday in New York to continue working on some unr...
7-15-11 Three local Republican lawmakers said they will probably vote for the preliminary budget agreement with the Governor ...
7-14-11 Good news for thousands of families across the state whowere without daycare assistance due to the state government s...
7-14-11 Dozens, maybe even hundreds of local state workers are trying to find ways to occupy their time during the state gove...
(Moorhead, MN) -- As thousands of Minnesota state employees go without paychecks during government shutdown, some people, lik...
7-11-11-- The federal government is meeting resistance fromMinnesota-based General Mills over nutritional guidelines meant to...
(Undated) -- The Minnesota Auto Dealers Association recently surveyedmembers and found that some are starting to hire more sa...
(Undated) -- Employers across the country added only 18-thousand jobs lastmonth, much worse than expected. And the national u...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- The WNBA's Minnesota Lynx are offering discountedtickets to state employees for Saturday's home game a...
7-7-11 St. Paul City Council has voted down a proposed sales taxto help pay for a new Vikings stadium in Ramsey County. Count...
6-18-11 After nearly six-thousand construction-related jobs werelost in April, new employment data shows the sector is slowly...
6-16-11 Minnesota employers added 1,200 jobs in May, according to figures released today by the Minnesota Department of Emplo...
6-16-11 We find out this morning if Minnesota employers added jobs during the month of May -- when state officials release th...
6-15-11 Among those who are not pleased with FEMA's decisionabout aid for north Minneapolis -- city Mayor R-T-Rybak. Rybak is...
5-27-11 The Willmar City Council will be meeting in special session at 4:30 p.m. today at City Hall to consider the contract ...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The cold, wet weather in April is being blamed for the loss of 52-hundred jobs in Minnesota. State jobs ana...
The local unemployment rate,at just over 5%,is nearly back to what it was before the recession began in 2008. Willmar and Kan...
The National Guard Armory in Litchfield will have an open house on Saturday from 9-to-4. There will be all kinds of informati...
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has awarded a $250,000 grant under its Minnesota J...
(St.Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota employment officials say the state lost52-hundred jobs in April. But state jobs analyst Steve ...
Local construction giant Duininck Inc. of Prinsburg has hired Steve Pinney as President-CEO of their Minnesota division. A Le...
Minneapolis-based Best Buy is going on a nationwidehiring spree. The electronics retailer is looking to hire nearly14-thousan...
The Minnesota State Energy Sector Partnership, or MSESP, has awarded 11 green grants totaling $1.3 million to train Minnesota...
The Minnesota State Energy Sector Partnership, or MSESP, has awarded 11 green grants totaling $1.3 million to train Minnesota...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will commemorate Workers Memorial Day April 28, by honoring the 46 workers who die...
The City of Willmar is likely going to be spending $5000 to hire an architect to come up with cost estimates of fixing-up a b...
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On Legislative Review last weekend, the subject of raising the state's minimum wage came up. One area lawmaker suggested ...
6-29-12 The United States Supreme Court this week upheld the most critical part of President Obama's health care plan...t...
Walker survives recount...what does it mean?Everyone and their mother is trying to figure out exactly just what this week'...
A lot of the problems of society end up in teachers' laps. Single mothers, uncaring families, troubled kids, they all cause p...