Influential Twin Cites editor and publisher John Cowles Jr. dies at 82
The Star Tribune reports Cowles lost his battle with lung cancer Saturday night at his home. His family ran newspapers in Minneapolis for more than six decades, including the Star Tribune until 1998. A key player in the Twin Cities, Cowles helped create the first Guthrie theater and was a major advocate for the Metrodome.
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Cargill CFO steps down, cites 'personal reasons'
Minnesota-based Cargill's Chief Finanical Officer Sergio Rial plans to leave the company at the end of November after just 16 months in the position, the company said Friday. He plans to return to his native Brazil for "personal reasons." Sudden exits of top executives at the company are unusual, the Star Tribune reports. Rial, 52
Delta moving 160 jobs from Twins Cites to Georgia
Delta Air Lines is relocating Edina-based MLT Vacations from Minnesota to its Atlanta headquarters over the next several months, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The company says roughly 160 employees in the Twin Cities will be offered the option to transfer. Delta is the dominant carrier in the Twin Cities after in acquired Northwest Airlines in 2008.
Acclaimed Twin Cities investigative reporter Paul McEnroe dies
He spent nearly 40 years of his life breaking stories for the Star Tribune and KSTP-TV.
New York Times highlights the quiet, influential 'Itasca Project'
Rene Sanchez named editor of Star Tribune
Feds cite Duluth zoo after farm animals died in flooding
U.S. Department of Agriculture officials on Aug. 28 cited the Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth for inadequate shelter for its farm animals, and the zoo has already taken action to satisfy the USDA's requirements, the Duluth News Tribune reports. Six sheep and four goats died at the zoo in June flooding.
Zillow rent index for Twin Cities metro jumps 11 percent in January
The Star Tribune reports this was the second-highest annual rent price increase among the top 25 metro areas. Meanwhile, Zillow reports home values were down more than 8 percent in January.
"Serial plagiarist" leaves Minnesota newspaper; publisher apologizes
Weekly humor columns that appeared under Jon Flatland's name in the Blooming Prairie Times were apparently swiped from a host of other columnists and bloggers. The paper's publisher apologized to readers for the plagiarism that seems to date back through many years of Flatland's newspaper career.