ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota’s lead budget official says a new prediction of a small surplus reflects state economic conditions that are “steady and consistent.” Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter released an …
29 Feb 12
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Spirit Airlines said Wednesday it will begin service from the Twin Cities to Chicago and Las Vegas in May. Metropolitan Airports Commission chairman Dan Boivin says Spirit’s low fare business model will …
29 Feb 12
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Gov. Mark Dayton is suggesting he will veto a bill that would let schools lay off teachers by factors other than seniority alone. The legislation would let districts consider teacher …
29 Feb 12
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) – School officials in Rochester say a third-grade student has been disciplined for threatening another student with a fake gun. Letters were sent to parents of students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School …
29 Feb 12
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – The University of Minnesota Duluth and the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College are among the dozens of schools that closed Wednesday as a late winter storm made travel difficult. …
29 Feb 12
BREWSTER, Minn. (AP) – Crews are cleaning up after 23 cars of a Union Pacific freight train derailed near Brewster in southwestern Minnesota. Union Pacific says the cars were part of a 118-car train traveling from St. Paul …
29 Feb 12
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Revenue officials from Minnesota and Wisconsin say they hope to finalize an agreement on tax reciprocity that will allow residents who live in one state and work in the other …
29 Feb 12
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Two people have been convicted for their roles in a $50 million bank fraud conspiracy that spanned several states. A federal jury found 43-year-old Julian Okeayaninneh, of Colton, Calif., and 35-year-old Olugbenga …
29 Feb 12
Winner of KCHK’s Summer Prize Extravaganza prize for June, Mike Maxa of Le Center, receives his prize package. Mike got a Toro Power Push Mower and Stihl Trimmer from UFC Farm Supply in Le Sueur …
