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    Minnesota's unemployment rate drops to 19-year low
    ST. PAUL—Minnesota's unemployment rate fell to 2.9 percent in August, the lowest it has been in nearly 19 years. The rate was 3 percent...
    business/workplace26 min 21 sec ago
    Owner Larry Milsow stands in his Great Northern "City of Spokane" passenger car at St. Paul's Union Depot on Wednesday, Sept. 19. The city of Spokane is one of eight private luxury passenger train cars belonging to the members of the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners. John Autey / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    A ride into the past: Luxury train cars on display in St. Paul
    ST. PAUL—Eight vintage luxury train cars will be on display Saturday, Sept. 22, in St. Paul. The cars, belonging to members of the American...
    business/transportation1 hour 58 min ago
    September 19, 2018
    Jerry Hennessey (Photo courtesy of the Battle Lake Review)
    Fraud-stricken Minnesota grain co-op looks for quick sale
    ASHBY, Minn. — Ashby Farmers Cooperative Elevator is closed for business but is talking with three other cooperatives in the region to...
    business/agriculture17 hours 56 min ago
    Judy Lee speaks after being honored as the 2018 Legacy Leader during the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber’s eighth annual meeting at the Fargo Holiday Inn on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. David Samson / The Forumplay button
    Sen. Judy Lee honored as Chamber's Legacy Award winner at its annual meeting
    FARGO—Judy Lee, a longtime state senator and Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber board member, was named this year's Legacy Award winner...
    business/announcements22 hours 44 min ago
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    Nearly half of cellphone calls will be scams by 2019, report says
    Nearly half of all cellphone calls next year will come from scammers, according to First Orion, a company that provides phone carriers and their...
    business/technologySeptember 19, 2018 - 12:29pm
    September 18, 2018
    Don Sturtevant addresses the people of Beach in what would become a heated public information meeting regarding his proposed rehabilitation and detox center in the town. James Miller / The Dickinson Press
    Addiction center in western ND postponed following heated city meeting
    BEACH, N.D. — A San Diego-based real estate agent will have to wait a while longer to find out if his proposed drug addiction and recovery...
    business/healthcareSeptember 18, 2018 - 9:39pm
    Charlie Weaver, executive director of the Minnesota Business Partnership, discusses how the opioid crisis has impacted the state's businesses and workforce during a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 18, in St. Paul. Christopher Magan / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Minnesota businesses confront opioid crisis
    ST. PAUL — The opioid crisis has gotten so bad that some employers are struggling to find sober workers. "The drug-testing challenge is...
    business/workplaceSeptember 18, 2018 - 8:47pm
    In less than two years, this patch of dirt is expected to be transformed into an oil refinery. Courtesy of Meridian Energy Group
    Davis Refinery could serve as 'prototype' for future refineries
    DICKINSON, N.D. — In light of a pair of judges siding with Meridian Energy Group over environmental and regulatory challenges earlier this...
    business/energy-and-miningSeptember 18, 2018 - 8:46pm
    Laura Ramirez talks about self-defense and gun safety with local real estate agents on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, at the Heritage Homes Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Premier Properties headquarters in south Fargo. David Samson / The Forum
    Speakers aim to sell real estate pros on safety
    FARGO - Bo Boerner stands over six feet tall, but he doesn't dismiss safety when it comes to his job as a real estate agent. Boerner said he's...
    business/real-estateSeptember 18, 2018 - 6:37pm
    North Dakota stockmen take stand on 'lab-grown' meat labeling
    BISMARCK — Within the next year, "cultured" meat — made from animal muscle and fat cells in a lab rather than coming from slaughtered livestock — could hit the market and the beef industry is expressing concern over how that product is marketed to consumers. At its...
    business/agricultureSeptember 18, 2018 - 4:08pm
    Brittany Tiede, Lloyd's daughter, gives an emotional embrace inside the barn on their family's dairy farm in Le Center, Minn. Special to Forum News Serviceplay button
    'We're absolutely lost': Falling prices, health issues force small southern Minn. dairy farming family to sell 55-year operation
    LE CENTER, Minn. — Lloyd Tiede never cries. "I have never seen my Dad cry besides when his father passed away," said Adrianna Tiede, Lloyd's...
    business/agricultureSeptember 18, 2018 - 11:30am
    September 17, 2018
    Grant County Sheriff Troy Langlie in Elbow Lake, met with the Ashby (Minn.) Farmers Cooperative Elevator board on Sept. 14 and has assigned a deputy to investigate whether general manager Jerome “Jerry” Hennessey stole more than $2 million to support his safari hunting lifestyle.(Trevor Peterson / Forum News Service)
    Did safari hunter kill a co-op? Minnesota elevator manager accused of stealing $2 million
    ASHBY, Minn. — The investigation is only starting into how much Jerome "Jerry" Hennessey could have stolen from the Ashby Farmers Cooperative...
    business/agricultureSeptember 17, 2018 - 8:47pm
    A resurgence in North Dakota's Oil Patch spurred the fifth consecutive quarterly gain in sales tax collections, according to state figures. Unlike the oil boom, however, the current oil expansion hasn't fueled increases in the retail sector. Forum file photo
    North Dakota sales tax collections continue to increase
    BISMARCK — North Dakota's rebounding sales tax collections continued in the second quarter with receipts that were almost 10 percent higher...
    business/energy-and-miningSeptember 17, 2018 - 4:26pm
    Prairie Business magazine accepting nominations for '40 under 40'
    GRAND FORKS—Prairie Business magazine is now accepting nominations for its '40 under 40' publication, an annual contest that honors 40...
    business/workplaceSeptember 17, 2018 - 1:36pm
    Employees inspect cannabis plants at the CannTrust Holdings Inc. Niagara Perpetual Harvest facility in Pelham, Ontario, on July 11, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Cole Burston.
    Coca-Cola is eyeing the cannabis market
    The world's largest beverage company may be the next industry giant to jump into the cannabis drinks business. Coca-Cola Co. says it's monitoring...
    businessSeptember 17, 2018 - 9:45am
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