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Minnesota
How a pottery studio owner got creative to diversify her business
by
Minju Park
Nov 1, 2021
When the pandemic halted classes at Jennie Tang's ceramics studio, she turned to other ways to keep the operation thriving.
New wood products plant in Minnesota will create jobs, could help climate
by
Dan Kraker
Aug 9, 2021
The facility would have ancillary benefits for loggers and truckers, and its building materials would keep carbon locked up, expert says.
Minnesota grapples with returning "snowbirds"
by
Dan Kraker
May 25, 2020
More than 44,000 people leave in the winter and return in the summer, boosting local economies but raising COVID-19 fears.
Recreational trails are seen as an economic boon
by
Dan Kraker
Jan 3, 2020
Cities around the country have long had to worry about roads. Now, with the help of volunteers, they’re also investing more heavily in trails.
The market for clean wood-burning furnaces might heat up
by
Dan Kraker
Apr 29, 2019
New environmental rules could transform stove makers' business.
Talkin' trade war at the Minnesota State Fair
Aug 29, 2018
Nearly two million people visit the 12-day Minnesota State Fair every year. Visitors can take in live music, eat a lot of fried food and sweets, hop on carnival rides, and take in exhibits that celebrate the state’s agriculture industry. The fair is also a place for citizens to meet with their elected officials to discuss the big issues of the day, like a trade war.
High price of vanilla sends a chill through the ice cream industry
by
Mike Moen
Jul 12, 2018
Vanilla bean prices have been running between the equivalent of $1,000 and $1,200 per pound, nearly five times what it was a few years ago. And that’s rippling through the ice cream industry. One key reason for the increased cost is last year’s cyclone in leading vanilla producer Madagascar, which created a huge crop shortage. Larger […]
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Reinventing the rural health care system
Feb 2, 2018
A new report outlines the challenges the health care system in rural communities faces.
Passing on a tradition of wild rice harvest in northern Minnesota
by
Dan Kraker
Oct 18, 2017
Native Americans migrated to Minnesota centuries ago “where food grew on the water,” 500 years later, the wild rice harvest tradition is still being passed on.
Wood City: Cloquet, Minn., hopes to keep its identity after last matchstick factory closes
Jul 14, 2017
The Diamond Match factory is one of three major wood products plants in Cloquet, Minn. But it’s slated to close later this summer, leaving Cloquet with a hole in both its history and economy.