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St. Cloud Contractor Banned for Life After $518,000 Remodeling Scam

3800 Braddock Ave. NE — Reported Location of County Prosecution. A court judgment has permanently barred Saint Cloud contractor Ryan Pietron and his company, Affordable Home Remodeling, LLC, from Minnesota's residential construction industry. The judgment also holds them responsible for more than $1 million in restitution, civil penalties, and legal costs.

Minnesota · 3d
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New St. Cloud Store Supplying Seniors Tackles Falls That Send 12,000 to the Hospital

River’s Edge Convention Center — Reported Venue For Celebrate Aging Event. A new St. Cloud shop dedicated entirely to keeping older adults safe and steady on their feet is set to open inside the Music Mall at 619 West Saint Germain Street. Supplying Seniors, owned by longtime St. Cloud-area caregiver Abdikadir “Abdi” Abdinasir, focuses on senior home safety and mobility, and it's timing its debut with a free public event built around one of the most stubborn health risks facing older Minnesotans: falling.

St Cloud, MN · 2d
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In Small-Town Lester Prairie, Near Hutchinson, Garbers’ Meats Is A Butcher Shop Worth The Drive Through Minnesota Farm Country

Smoked salmon is one of the most talked-about items at a small butcher shop in the middle of Minnesota corn country. That alone made me stop scrolling. The surprises keep stacking up. This little meat counter also turns out jerky, cheddar brats, old-fashioned wieners, and bologna with a loyal following.

Lester Prairie, MN · 1d
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St. Cloud Considers Allowing Apartment Buildings Downtown and Along Commercial Corridors

(KNSI) – St. Cloud is moving to make it easier to build apartments downtown and along the city’s busiest commercial roads. The St. Cloud Planning Commission will take its first look Tuesday at a zoning change that would allow stand-alone apartment buildings in three commercial districts. Right now, apartments are only allowed on the second floor and above in those areas.

St Cloud, MN · 6h
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St. Cloud Neighborhoods Named Federal Opportunity Zones

(KNSI) – Investors who put money into projects in east St. Cloud and far northwest St. Cloud could soon get a significant break on their taxes. The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced this week it has approved all 73 Minnesota census tracts Governor Tim Walz nominated as Opportunity Zones. The designations take effect January 1st, 2027, and include all of east St. Cloud and the far northwest part of the city.

St Cloud, MN · 1d

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Stearns County Homestead Filing Deadline Lands December 31 For New Homeowners

If you bought or moved into a Stearns County home in the last year, December 31st is your homestead filing deadline. Worth a few minutes.

Stearns County, MN · 1d

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Schmidty's Soda Shop Pours Into St. Cloud Crossroads Mall With Custom Boba Sodas

Schmidty's Soda Shop opened at Crossroads Mall in St. Cloud in March 2026, bringing customizable sodas and boba drinks to a space near Target between Brow Studio 7 and The Watch Man. It is the brand's second location, following its Alexandria shop. From Alexandria to the Crossroads. The St. Cloud...

St Cloud, MN · 1d

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St. Paul's Latino Business Hub Opens After Surviving Its Own Near-Collapse

Plaza Del Sol, a new commercial hub for Latino entrepreneurs on St. Paul’s East Side, has opened after years of construction delays and a final stretch of disruption tied to federal immigration enforcement nearby. The Latino Economic Development Center’s renovated center on Payne Avenue in Payne-Phalen brings food businesses, event space and small-business support under one roof.

St Paul, MN · 1d

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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 · 1d

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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 · 17h

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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 · 1d

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State grant gave $1.5 million in taxpayer money for purchase of mansion now facing foreclosure

Minnesota taxpayers have a financial interest in the outcome of foreclosure proceedings on the historic Gale Mansion in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, MN · 2d

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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 · 2d

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Minnesota homeowner says solar panels and a decade of driving EVs saved him nearly $40,000

A Minnesota homeowner's solar panels coupled with a decade of driving electric vehicles have saved him nearly $40,000, according to a City of Bloomington profile. He is now helping other residents understand how to make their existing homes more comfortable and efficient. Here's what to know. Steven Hong, a Bloomington...

Bloomington, MN · 2d

Minnesota Reformer

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3M settles chemical contamination claims for $7.35 billion, while admitting no guilt

3M, which is responsible for widespread groundwater contamination from so-called forever chemicals in the eastern Twin Cities metro, will pay $7.35 billion to settle the vast majority of outstanding personal injury claims against it. The Minnesota corporate behemoth and a group of plaintiffs’ lawyers announced the settlement on Tuesday. As many as 120,000 people who […]

Minnesota · 3d

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Farm Suicide Prevention Campaign Wins 2026 NAMI Minnesota Impact Award

St. Paul, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and a broad coalition of farm, food, and commodity organizations have been honored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Minnesota for their work to support farmer mental health and promote suicide prevention efforts in agricultural communities. The MDA’s Farm Suicide Prevention Campaign received the 2026 NAMI Minnesota Impact Award at the organization’s annual conference Friday, Nov. 6 in Waite Park.

St Paul, MN · 2d

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Cetera Acquires $200 Million Firm The SFI Group, Expanding Advisory Presence In Minnesota

Cetera Financial Group has acquired the assets of The SFI Group, a Minneapolis-based wealth management practice overseeing approximately $200 million in assets under administration. The acquisition supports a succession plan for founder and lead financial adviser Terry Sonnenfeld while establishing a physical Minnesota office for Cetera Planning Partners. Following the...

Minnesota · 1d

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Minnesota homeowner says solar panels and a decade of driving EVs saved him nearly $40,000

"An older home doesn't have to be an inefficient home."

Bloomington, MN · 2d

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Shaunie Grigsby builds social enterprise and culture at Flava Cafe

During undergraduate school, Shaunie Grigsby explored independent coffee shops. One place stuck with her: a shop somewhere on the north side of Atlanta with a big, comfortable red couch, games, live music and baristas who looked like her. “I’ve never had this experience at a coffee shop,” Grigsby said....

St Paul, MN · 3d

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MN Christmas Market Returns For 11th Year With Three Holiday Popups

Eleven years of local makers under one roof. The MN Christmas Market pops up in St. Paul, Cottage Grove and Red Wing this season, a dollar at the door.

Red Wing, MN · 4d