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Minnesota home sales up as mortgage interest rates fall

Minnesota home sales up as mortgage interest rates fall

Listings rose 4.9 percent across the state while pending sales increased 5.9 percent, according to data from the industry trade group, Minnesota Realtors. In the Twin Cities region, listings were up 5.2 percent and pending sales rose 7.9 percent.
by Alanna Elder and The Associated Press

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City of Buffalo hopes plan to replace old government center with housing, businesses will boost downtown

City of Buffalo hopes plan to replace old government center with housing, businesses will boost downtown

The developer plans to tear down the old Wright County Government Center and build two five-story apartment buildings with about 200 units, plus 16 patio homes, commercial space and possibly a marina on the shore of Buffalo Lake. 
by Kirsti Marohn

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How the craft flour movement could be a boon to farmers and Indian Country

How the craft flour movement could be a boon to farmers and Indian Country

As U.S. wheat farmers face painful losses in the global market due to President Trump's policies, one domestic flour mill on a reservation in Oregon is expanding its production twelvefold.
by Kirk Siegler

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Fergus Falls leaning into homey day care ‘pods’

Fergus Falls leaning into homey day care ‘pods’

Plans are afoot in Fergus Falls to build out a series of adjacent day care pods, which require less overhead than center-based facilities while offering some of the comforts associated with home-based care. 
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Minnesota’s 2 cannabis, hemp testing facilities gear up for boom in recreational market

Minnesota’s 2 cannabis, hemp testing facilities gear up for boom in recreational market

St. Paul-based Legend Technical Services and ChRi Laboratories, Minnesota’s two testing facilities, are preparing for new testing rules to go into effect and the state’s recreational-cannabis market to take off.
by Nicole Ki

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