A new benefit for veterans: The Great Outdoors
For this Veterans Day, state lawmakers approved new benefits for our fellow Minnesotans that are currently serving, and veterans with a service-related disability. A small token of our appreciation is being shown by giving...
Minnesota-Grown Black Truffles Might Be Possible as a Result of Climate Change
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have grown black truffles in the inoculated soil of Monmouthshire, Wales. This, admittedly, is much more temperate than Minnesota, but is still by far the furthest...
MN state park events to keep you active in November
Winter is fast approaching. The cold weather has already set in. Many of us can already feel the cabin fever start to set in, and, with the weather often less than inviting, it's not...
Weekly Business Roundup, 11/1 – 11/7
Your business week, 11/1 - 11/7
Minneapolis
Target taking a short break before/during Black Friday.
The retailer will be open at 6PM to shoppers who ostensibly have just finished Thanksgiving Dinner and then close at midnight. Stores...
St. Paul schools trust sleep is the key to success
I think it’s safe to say I’m with the majority who enjoyed the extra hour of sleep we recently gained turning our clocks back for Daylight Saving Time. I will never say 'no' to...
The Elon Musk/Minnesota relationship grows
We already know that the Tesla founder is something of a fan of the North Star State:
And now the billionaire tech giant is...
The 30 Most Influential Teens of 2017
Time magazine has published their annual list of the 30 most influential people under the age of 20.
There's the usual Instagram-famous trendsetters and taste makers, the children of actors and fashionistas, and awesome onscreen...
Indoor rock climbing in the Twin Cities
It’s officially getting cold out. So long, balmy nights of summer, and hello chilly autumn sweater-weather. It is now the awkward turn of seasons as we near daylight savings and the overhaul countdown to...
Seven Ways to Stop that Cold
I sneezed the other day at work and instead of a courteous ‘gesundheit’, when I turned around, the room had practically cleared out. I had to convince my coworkers I was in fact not...
Weekly Events: 11/6 – 11/12
Some local happenings for the week:
Art -
11/9-11/12 Cirque du Soleil Crystal – A Breakthrough Ice Experience, Target Center, MPLS
11/10-11/11 Do the Dow, Dow Artists Building, STP
Music -
11/8 Odesza, Sofi Tukker and Kasbo, Myth,...
