Business & Economy

The Minnesota State Patrol reported that the crash happened Saturday night along State Highway 15 between Hutchinson and Dassel.

The project signifies the council's increased interest in wastewater reuse as concerns mount about the long-term sustainability of Minnesota's water resources.

Following the speech, audience members gathered to discuss topics such as public safety, fair housing, a minimum wage ordinance, college savings accounts, citywide garbage service and city budgets.

The stress of farming — especially during springtime planting — can take its toll. Farmers have one of the highest suicide rates of any job in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Disputes over immigration and food stamps doomed the measure. Every Democrat and 30 Republicans voted against the bill.

The Wednesday night incident came as the city is seeking state funding to rebuild the 48-year-old parking ramp.

More than half of the state's 7 million acres of corn is in the ground now. Some farmers are waiting for rain, but not in the southeastern part of the state where planters have had an abundance of precipitation.

Jerry Lynch told a crowd of agribusiness and food industry executives gathered in Minneapolis Thursday that healthy soil can help address everything from climate change to erosion -- and that savvy consumers are beginning to pay attention.

Some on the Hennepin County board showed their displeasure Thursday over the latest cost increase for the proposed Southwest Corridor light rail line that puts the projected cost at more than $2 billion.

Scientists and leadership trainers says it's nearly impossible to train people out of their biases, but organizations can develop ways of mitigating the effects of it. Often, it involves teamwork.

Minnesota employers cut 3,200 payroll jobs in April, but the labor market remains tight with unemployment steady at 3.2 percent.

A 30-year-old nonprofit bakery that exists to teach life skills to Minneapolis kids is opening a second location in St. Paul.

The bill would bypass regulators' processes for deciding the fate of Enbridge Energy's contentious plan to build an oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.

Officials say rising labor and commodity prices have added another $145 million to cost of the Minneapolis-to-Eden Prairie project. Hennepin County taxpayers will be asked to shoulder the expense.

Uber says victims of sexual assault or harassment will now have the option of going to court. The ride-hailing company will also publicly release data about sexual assaults that happen in Ubers.

First spotted in 2010, a space rock is zooming toward Earth, making a close pass on Tuesday that will see it fly safely by - about halfway between our planet and the moon.

Mosaic Company announced it would move its headquarters from Plymouth to Hillsborough County, Florida.

Southeast Minnesota officials aren't sure why an Indiana company has spent more than $3 million acquiring property in their area.

Some 200 people use Metro Transit's rail system each night as a rolling shelter. That homeless population is rising at an alarming rate. A late night ride-along reveals challenges that have no easy answers.