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    October 22, 2018
    Nathan Beck, 11, and Erin Beck, 9, of Goodhue enjoy lunch during the 10th annual KCUE Harvest Lunch Broadcast and Tour on Friday, Oct. 19 at Tipcke Farms in Goodhue. Matthew Lambert / RiverTown Multimediaplay button
    Lunch at the Tipcke Farm
    The 10th annual KCUE Harvest Lunch Broadcast and Tour was held on Oct. 19 at the Tipcke Farm in Goodhue. Residents were able to enjoy a delicious...
    business/agricultureOctober 22, 2018 - 11:03am
    October 18, 2018
    Sogn Valley Orchard in Dennison has many different kinds of apples available for purchase. Pictured here is a honeycrisp apple, waiting to plucked off the tree. Matthew Lambert / RiverTown Multimedia
    How do you like them apples? Area apple orchards to check out
    Offerings: • U-pick apples, grapes and pumpkins; • Daily wagon rides and corn mazes; • Animal barnyard with alpacas, peacocks...
    business/agricultureOctober 18, 2018 - 2:00pm
    October 17, 2018
    Beginning Farmer Tax Credit available
    The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is offering a tax credit for beginning farmers interested in using that money toward the sale or lease of land, equipment, machinery and livestock. The Beginning Farmer Tax Credit was started in 2018, as a way to held Minnesota residents with...
    business/agricultureOctober 17, 2018 - 12:00pm
    Tony Peterson and Sina Hill are the new owners of Snowball’s bar on Wall Streetin East Ellsworth. The bar has been in business for 60 years. Rebecca Mariscal / RiverTown Multimedia
    Snowball's open once again
    The familiar East Ellsworth bar Snowball's has turned its lights on again after being closed for more than a year. The bar, which has been in...
    business/restaurants-and-barsOctober 17, 2018 - 8:00am
    October 15, 2018
    The Rebel Chef in Farmington serves Farm to Table cuisine with ingredients from local farms. Chefs Gerald Martin (left) and Javonte Ealey present two entrees, a chicken feta apple salad served with roasted chicken, sweet tango salsa, feta cheese and a pomegrante vinaigrette and a homemade apple crisp served with maple bourbon ice cream. Kara Hildreth / Contributor
    Farm to Table: Rebel Chef restaurant serves fresh, locally-sourced meat, produce
    Farm to Table cuisine is being served up at local eateries by chefs who create the freshest in fine culinary creations. Home cooks and chefs...
    business/restaurants-and-barsOctober 15, 2018 - 6:00am
    October 11, 2018
    The former SuperAmerica on Woodland Avenue in Duluth, Minn. is now Speedway following a parent-company merger. Adelie Bergstrom / Forum News Service
    Minnesota-born SuperAmerica becomes Speedway
    SuperAmerica, a convenience store chain founded in 1960 in St. Paul, will now be known as Speedway. The change follows the recent merger of Marathon...
    business/announcementsOctober 11, 2018 - 1:34pm
    October 8, 2018
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    New scam on Facebook urges you to forward this message to all your friends. Don’t do it.
    If you’re a Facebook user and you’ve received a suspicious message in your inbox recently that urges you to forward a message onto your other...
    business/technologyOctober 8, 2018 - 8:54am
    October 2, 2018
    Bye, Goff & Rohde Welcomes New Attorney
    Bye, Goff & Rohde Welcomes New Attorney August 24, 2018 - River Falls, WI Bye, Goff & Rohde, personal injury trial lawyers, is pleased to announce...
    business/announcementsOctober 2, 2018 - 9:14pm
    Chris Clark, president of Xcel Energy in Minnesota and the Dakotas, addresses a crowd of area government and business representatives at a community breakfast Oct. 2, 2018, at Treasure Island Resort & Casino. Michael Brun / RiverTown Multimedia
    As wind replaces coal, Xcel says nuclear will remain an important part of energy mix
    WELCH — Xcel Energy aims to grow the share of carbon-free energy in its overall generating mix in the next decade, and Prairie Island nuclear...
    business/energy-and-miningOctober 2, 2018 - 1:54pm
    September 27, 2018
    Want to learn about fiber farms?
    11 area farms in Minnesota and Wisconsin will be holding self-guided tours from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sept. 29 and 30 to show people what it's like to be a modern day fiber farmer. The North Star Farm Tour will include farms from Goodhue County like Berryhill Farm in Pine Island and Clear...
    business/agricultureSeptember 27, 2018 - 8:59am
    September 24, 2018
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    Prairie Island nuclear plant has new resident inspector
    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Kevin Pusateri as the new resident inspector at the Prairie Island nuclear plant. Pusateri joined...
    business/announcementsSeptember 24, 2018 - 5:00am
    September 20, 2018
    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/workplaceSeptember 20, 2018 - 2:29pm
    September 19, 2018
    Farmers for America will be shown Saturday, Sept. 22 as part of Spring Valley Dam Days. Submitted image
    Dam Days film screening aims to shine a light on farmers
    A local organic farming group hopes an uplifting documentary on the challenges of the farming industry can bring area farmers together.
    business/agricultureSeptember 19, 2018 - 10:00am
    September 18, 2018
    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
    September 13, 2018
    Minnesota's uninsured rate rose in 2017
    ST. PAUL — The number of Minnesotans without health insurance climbed by 17,563 last year, driving up the uninsured rate to 4.4 percent, but the state continues to have one of the best rates of overall medical coverage in the nation. Altogether, 242,509 Minnesotans lacked health...
    business/healthcareSeptember 13, 2018 - 6:00am
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