Hotels Hustling for Labor Day
DULUTH, Minn.-For those who don't want to spend the three days outdoors, there's always indoor camping in a hotel room this Labor Day Weekend. For area hotels like Pier B, Labor Day…
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How to Become a Better Public Speaker
DULUTH, Minn.- Do you have a fear of speaking in front of large crowds or presenting an idea at work? One local group aims to help improve your communication skills so you can…
General Mills Expands Paid-Time off Policy
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — Food giant General Mills is giving its employees more paid time off to care for an aging parent or ill family members and to bond with their newborns and adoptive children. The Star Tribune reports…
Back to School Fashion Show Struts Through the Miller Hill Mall
DULUTH, Minn. - Schools are back in session across the country and families are finding school supplies at stores and malls everywhere. A back to school fashion show was…
Wisconsin Helps Veterans Settle Down
MINONG, Wis. - Hundreds of thousands of veterans return home from service each year, which they say is both rewarding, and daunting. State officials think Wisconsin would be an excellent place to transition,…
Sears to Close Another 46 Stores in November
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Sears Holdings Corp. is closing another 13 Kmart stores and 33 Sears stores as sales shrink and losses grow. The ailing company said Thursday that liquidation sales at the 46 unprofitable stores marked for closure…
Herbalife Distributors Claim in $1B Suit Events Were a Sham
MIAMI (AP) — Patricia and Jeff Rodgers figured they did everything right to get rich beyond their wildest dreams selling Herbalife health and personal care products. They attended all of the “Circle of Success” events, brought in new recruits, met…
Minnesota Task Force Addresses Affordable Housing Shortage
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota housing task force is recommending broad changes in funding, technology and regulation to meet a statewide demand for affordable housing. Minnesota Public Radio News reports that the task force has made 30 recommendations…
Tips to Avoid Back-to-School Budget Busters
DULUTH, Minn. - Pens, pencils and notebooks are just the tip of the icebery for families stocking up on back-to-school supplies. Every year, surprise budget busters catch shoppers off…
Local College Students Create $77 Million in Economic Impact
DULUTH, Minn.- College students returning not only add an energy to the city but also a large economic impact. College students create more business for local shops, those students are a staple…
PepsiCo Buys SodaStream for $3.2 Billion
JERUSALEM (AP) — PepsiCo bought carbonated drink maker SodaStream for $3.2 billion on Monday, a move the beverage giant hopes will further help it adjust as consumers drink less traditional soda and opt more for flavored waters and other drinks.…
Entrepreneur Fund Gets Big Donation from GRE
DULUTH, Minn.- Northland entrepreneurs now have more financial resources available. Great River Energy is donating a million dollars to the Entrepreneur Fund. That fund has been helping entrepreneurs with funding and business…
Nursing Home Residents Take a Field Trip to Gordy's Warming House
CLOQUET, Minn.- Residents from a nursing home at the Cloquet Memorial Hospital were treated to some free scoops of ice cream at Gordy's Warming House in Cloquet. The residents were transported to…
Jury Awards $289M to man who Blames Roundup for Cancer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury’s $289 million award to a former school groundskeeper who said Monsanto’s Roundup left him dying of cancer will bolster thousands of pending cases and open the door for countless people who blame their suffering…
Lawmakers vow Action on Google Location Tracking
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. An Associated Press investigation shows that using Google services on Android devices and iPhones allows the company to record your whereabouts as you go…
Trump Tweets About Harley-Davidson Boycott
NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump is backing calls for a Harley-Davidson boycott amid an ongoing steel tariff dispute. Harley-Davidson drew Trump's wrath in June after the manufacturer announced it is moving production of motorcycles sold in Europe to…
Crocs to outsource manufacturing of clogs, other footwear
NIWOT, Colo. (AP) — Colorado-based footwear company Crocs Inc. is closing company-owned manufacturing plants in Italy and Mexico by year’s end and replacing its chief financial officer. The company announced the outsourcing of additional manufacturing and the closure of a…
Cost To Move Irvin From Slip Rises Past Budget To $850,000
DULUTH, Minn. - The city of Duluth needs $250,000 more than budgeted to move the William A. Irvin out of the Minnesota Slip. The mayor's office says it wants to borrow…
General Electric Laying off 200 Workers at Turbine Plant
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) - General Electric says it's laying off 200 hourly workers at its upstate New York plant that produces steam turbines for the company's power unit. Boston-based GE announced Tuesday that the layoffs include unionized manufacturing and assembly…
Apple surges to $1 trillion in market value
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is worth $1,001,679,220,000. The maker of the iPhone and other gadgets became the world’s first publicly traded company with a market value of $1 trillion on Thursday. The company reached the milestone a couple of hours…
