ST. CLOUD, Minn. Through plays, The Great River Educational Theatre, known as  the “Great” has been promoting meaningful and long lasting experiences for people of all ages in the community. “We get a lot of people who audition for the shows, so we have a large amount of people who help with every aspect of the theatre”, King & I [...]

ST. CLOUD, Minn. At the corner of 5th and 6th Avenue in St. Cloud, is home to popular restaurants like Chipotle, Bo Diddley’s and Noodles and Company, but due to the popularity has some business owners fighting over parking spots and business. “My concern is the parking”, Owner of Movies Etc. and The Wine Shop, Steve Pickard said. “We end [...]

The Minnesota Department of Revenue says problems have been addressed with electronic tax filing services that caused delayed state tax returns for some people. The department said Tuesday that tax software contractor Intuit has fixed errors with TurboTax and other online tax filing programs and that Minnesota taxpayers may start using them again. Earlier this month, the department revealed that [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The increase in job vacancies encourage state labor leaders. The Department of Employment and Economic Development has figures that shows an 18 percent rise in job opportunities in the last quarter of 2012. This made the job openings leap to about 59,000. Fewer of these vacancies are for part-time work. Commissioner Katie Sieben said that the [...]

RICHFIELD, Minnesota (AP) — Best Buy is eliminating 400 jobs at its headquarters in Richfield. The electronics retailer says it notified employees Tuesday of the job cuts as part of its plan to eliminate about $150 million in administrative expenses. At an investors meeting last November, Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly promised to remove $725 million in annual costs in [...]

Consumers may find it inconvenient, but current liquor store laws give liquor store employees a break on Sundays. Senator Roger Reinert of Duluth would like to see a change in the Minnesota law that bans liquor stores from opening up on Sundays. Minnesota is one of only twelve states left in the United States that prevents its liquor stores from [...]

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Devin and Melissa Cesnik and their five kids packed up their things and started a new life here in St. Cloud. The family spent twenty hours together in a vehicle on their way from Washington. That twenty hours was the first of many hours that they’ll now get to spend together here in St. Cloud. The [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn- The Mayo Clinic proposal for government aid towards the expansion in Rochester is making its first stop in the state Legislature. The House Jobs and Economic Development Committee are beginning to disect the proposal come Thursday. Mayo says it will put billions towards a substantial development plan as long at the state commits to providing funding for local [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Some recently enacted federal deductions could also be extended to Minnesotans filing their state as well. The House on Monday voted unanimously to match some deductions. The catch is that state lawmakers aren’t embracing the federal changes across the board. The bill has a bearing on more than 250,000 returns. It includes teachers claiming deductions [...]

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – New opportunities are coming to town for high school students in the St. Cloud school district to help prepare them for their future. The St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce and District #742 have partnered together to unite local businesses and underserved students during an 80-hour summer internship program.