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Southpoint Credit Union to add Mankato location in former restaurant site

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Southpoint Financial Credit Union is planning a second location in the Mankato area. The credit union has purchased the former Bakers Square property in Mankato. The new branch will join its existing North Mankato location. The CEO says the second branch will give members greater access...

Mankato, MN · 17h

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These 11 Minnesota Hobby Shops Are So Packed You’ll Lose A Whole Afternoon Inside

Some stores you pop into for one thing and leave in ten minutes. The shops on this list are not those stores. From Duluth to Mankato, Minnesota has hobby shops stacked with model trains, RC trucks, plastic kits, miniatures, paints, comics, board games, and trading cards. If you build, paint, race, collect, or play, these are the places where one quick errand turns into a full afternoon of browsing.

Mankato, MN · 3d

ksum.com

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Proposed High Voltage Transmission Line Drawing Strong Opposition

A proposed high-voltage transmission line drew strong opposition during a Minnesota Public Utilities Commission hearing in Sherburn Thursday. The PowerOn Midwest project would bring a 765-thousand-kilo-volt transmission line from South Dakota across southern Minnesota, including Martin County, before ending in Dakota County. The project must receive a state Certificate of Need before moving forward. Representatives from Great River Energy say the line is needed to maintain electric reliability as power consumption is expected to increase by about 25-percent over the next 20 years. However, all 24 people who spoke during Thursday’s hearing opposed the project. Concerns included the impact on farmland, whether the line is actually needed, and the possibility it could attract large data centers to the region. Martin County Commissioner Richard Koons questioned the project’s benefits to southern Minnesota, saying local counties are losing population and the electricity would largely pass through the area rather than serve local needs. Another speaker, retired Xcel Energy employee Kent Scholl, argued that a smaller transmission project could meet near-term reliability needs with less disruption. Administrative Law Judge Joseph Meyer will issue a report with recommendations by February 15th. The Public Utilities Commission is expected to make a decision on the Certificate of Need around March or April of 2027. Comments can be submitted to the email consumer.puc@state.mn.us, mailed to Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, 121 7th Place East, Suite #350, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55101, or faxed to 651-297-7073. The written form to fill out can be found at https://mn.gov/puc/get-involved/public-comments/.

Martin County, MN · 22h

fastfoodclub.com

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Retirees Say This Minnesota 55+ Community Already Feels Like Home, Thanks To Welcoming Neighbors And A Rooftop Fire Pit Overlooking The Lake

Moving after decades in one house is a big deal, and most people expect the first months in a new place to feel a little strange. In one Burnsville apartment building, new residents keep saying the opposite happened to them. One couple came all the way from Rochester and said...

Burnsville, MN · 4d

Sun Patriot

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Immigrant-founded start-up latest venture from local couple

Juan Llerena emigrated to Waconia from Peru more than 25 years ago knowing very little about the culture or the business opportunities in this country. But he latched on at Mackenthun’s Fine Foods stocking shelves, and over the next several years advanced through the local grocery store organization eventually becoming its marketing director. He left there in 2021 to start his own business with his wife Guisela Pinto. It’s called JLLB Media, a consulting agency focused on marketing and business development. Primarily small businesses and nonprofits with a special focus on Latino and diverse businesses — persons like himself when he was navigating unfamiliar territory The couple also helped launch a fair-trade gift shop, offering sustainable fashion, home decor, and global accessories from small-scale artisans in developing countries to help them gain new markets and fair prices for their goods. And they founded a home daycare business “Bienvenidos Home Daycare” which operated in Waconia from 2019-2025. Now Llerena has started Vamos Impact, a Carver County–based 501©(3) nonprofit launched in late 2025. Vamos means “let’s go,” an encouraging phrase reflective of its two-pronged mission. The first, bilingual business coaching, delivering free, hands-on business workshops, digital marketing strategy, AI technology training and

Waconia, MN · 1d

Carver County Local News

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Longtime Wine Shop Moves into Chaska Depot Building

Chaska’s historic depot has sprung back to life following a damaging fire on June 30, 2025. The newest anchor tenant is River Bend Cellars & Spirits, formerly Excelsior Vintage, which has moved from its previous location on Highway 7.

Chaska, MN · 2d

People

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Dave Cossetta, Owner of an Iconic 115-Year-Old Italian Market in Minnesota, Dies Unexpectedly at 70 During Visit to Rome

The Italian market owner was described as “the heart” of the fourth-generation family business, which opened in 1911

St Paul, MN · 19h

unearththevoyage.com

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This Century-Old Meat Market In Minnesota Still Cuts, Smokes, And Wraps Everything By Hand Like It Did Generations Ago

A Minnesota meat counter once rolled out dill pepper sticks nicknamed Dilly, and they went flying out of the case. That alone got my attention. The same shop sells Swedish sausage, deboned hams, and lingonberry jam from Sweden. It also still cuts porterhouse steaks, which fewer butcher counters seem to bother with these days.

Robbinsdale, MN · 3d

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News Minneapolis-St. Paul MN

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Agritourism booming in Minnesota

It’s a sign of the changing seasons. The pumpkins from the patch now food at Joyer Adventure Farm at Waldoch Farm in Lino Lakes.

Lino Lakes, MN · 3d

1065lakesfm.com

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Proposed High Voltage Transmission Line Drawing Strong Opposition

A proposed high-voltage transmission line drew strong opposition during a Minnesota Public Utilities Commission hearing in Sherburn Thursday. The PowerOn Midwest project would bring a 765-thousand-kilo-volt transmission line from South Dakota across southern Minnesota, including Martin County, before ending in Dakota County. The project must receive a state Certificate of Need before moving forward. Representatives from Great River Energy say the line is needed to maintain electric reliability as power consumption is expected to increase by about 25-percent over the next 20 years. However, all 24 people who spoke during Thursday’s hearing opposed the project. Concerns included the impact on farmland, whether the line is actually needed, and the possibility it could attract large data centers to the region. Martin County Commissioner Richard Koons questioned the project’s benefits to southern Minnesota, saying local counties are losing population and the electricity would largely pass through the area rather than serve local needs. Another speaker, retired Xcel Energy employee Kent Scholl, argued that a smaller transmission project could meet near-term reliability needs with less disruption. Administrative Law Judge Joseph Meyer will issue a report with recommendations by February 15th. The Public Utilities Commission is expected to make a decision on the Certificate of Need around March or April of 2027. Comments can be submitted to the email consumer.puc@state.mn.us, mailed to Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, 121 7th Place East, Suite #350, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55101, or faxed to 651-297-7073. The written form to fill out can be found at https://mn.gov/puc/get-involved/public-comments/.

Martin County, MN · 22h

smokesignalsnews.com

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Scala Design & Construction Launches New Home Remodeling Website Featuring Owners and Design-Build Process

SHOREWOOD, MN - November 13, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Scala Design & Construction has launched a new website that, for the first time, introduces the company's owners and details how they run their residential design-build firm. The site gives Minneapolis and Twin Cities homeowners a central resource on Minneapolis home remodeling, covering kitchen, bathroom, and whole-home projects along with local guidance on costs, financing, and typical timelines.

Shorewood, MN · 1d

CBS Minnesota

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Dave Cossetta, owner of iconic St. Paul Italian market, dies in Rome

Dave Cossetta, the man who helped guide his family's turn-of-the-century Italian market in Minnesota's capital city through a major 21st century renovation, died in Rome Wednesday at age 70, according to Cossetta's social media.

St Paul, MN · 1d

Bring Me The News

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A month after fire, longtime St. Paul coffee shop announces reopening date

JS Bean Factory faced multiple delays as it worked to open its doors again.

St Paul, MN · 3d

Bring Me The News

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Ski apparel brand opens its first standalone store in Minnesota

Ski apparel brand Spyder has opened its first standalone retail space at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.

Bloomington, MN · 2d

takingthekids.com

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This Massive Minnesota Vintage Paradise Packs More Than 65 Antique Dealers Under One Roof

More than a million items. Three floors. Over 65 dealers all stocking the same building with their best finds. That number stopped me cold. The stock also shifts daily, so the shelf you browsed last month may look totally different now. Coins, leaded glass windows, vintage maps, cast iron, and dolls all share the space.

Stillwater, MN · 5d

bestattractions.org

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5 Minnesota Enclosed Malls That Opened Before 1970 and Still Operate in 2026.

On October 8, 1956, Southdale Center opened in Edina, Minnesota. No shopping mall in the United States had been fully enclosed and climate-controlled before it. The Dayton family had hired the architect Victor Gruen, and his plan set two levels of stores around a garden court under a large skylight, with Dayton's anchoring one end and Donaldson's the opposite one.

Edina, MN · 5d

hoodline.com

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St. Paul's 900-Ton Mansion Crawled Five Blocks to Dodge the Wrecking Ball

A 900-ton Victorian duplex once crept through downtown St. Paul at a crawling 20 feet per hour, lifted with hydraulic jacks and conveyed on wheeled dollies past onlookers, to escape a date with the wrecking ball. Twenty-five years later, the Armstrong-Quinlan House still stands in the Irvine Park neighborhood — though its path there, and the years of struggle that followed, make for one of the stranger chapters in the city's preservation history.

St Paul, MN · 6d

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This Giant Minnesota Craft Warehouse Has Aisles of Supplies That Are Hard to Resist

Some sewing projects start with a pattern, and others start with a single bolt of fabric that refuses to be left behind. South of the Twin Cities, in Burnsville, there is a store where that second kind of project happens all day long. Shelves run row after row with cottons,...

Burnsville, MN · 6d

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The Historic Scandinavian Shop In Minnesota Feels Like Stepping Into A Real-Life Frozen Fairytale

There’s a shop on East Lake Street in Minneapolis that smells like smoked salmon, looks like a Nordic dream, and feels like someone bottled up an entire culture and put it on a shelf for you to browse. Ingebretsen’s Scandinavian Gifts and Foods is that shop, and if you...

Minneapolis, MN · 7d