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January 16, 2014 6:11 AM

Skeptics greet St. Paul's effort to turn golf courses over to private management

The Como and Phalen golf courses together lose about $400,000 every year. Prom Management Group, the Oakdale-based catering firm that has offered to pay the city at least $65,000 dollars a year to take over the operations, promises to erase that deficit.

by Curtis Gilbert

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January 15, 2014 10:02 AM

Vikings pick Mike Zimmer as new coach

Zimmer will replace Leslie Frazier, who was fired after the team finished 5-10-1 this season. Zimmer will be the ninth head coach in the franchise's 54-year history, according to reports that emerged Wednesday.

by The Associated Press

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January 15, 2014 8:28 AM

Everything’s coming up Vikings

Give credit to Minnesota Vikings fans. Few other teams’ fans do more with a little hope than them. On social media this afternoon, Vikings fans appear to be riding high (by whatever definition you want to ascribe to that phrase) after the team apparently cut a deal for a new coach. Mike Zimmer, the defensive…

by Bob Collins

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January 14, 2014 3:12 PM

St. Paul hires private firm to manage Como, Phalen golf courses

St. Paul currently loses more than $400,000 a year at the Como and Phalen courses. Under the agreement, Prom Management Group would pay the city a fee to operate them.

by Curtis Gilbert

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January 14, 2014 1:34 PM

Minnesota Supreme Court wants to see Vikings stadium bond arguments

The Minnesota Supreme Court says it wants the two sides in the constitutional battle over financing the new Vikings stadium to submit their paperwork. The justices said stadium opponent Doug Mann and Minnesota Management and Budget need to make their arguments in writing to the court by the end of business on Thursday. They’ve got Read more →

by Tim Nelson

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January 14, 2014 12:04 PM

Judge says $765M NFL concussion settlement may be too small

U.S. District Judge Anita Brody has asked for more financial details from the parties, a week after players' lawyers filed a lengthy payout plan.

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January 14, 2014 8:20 AM

MMB response to Vikings stadium legal challenge

Here is the response from the Minnesota Department of Management and Budget to the legal challenge to the financing of the new Vikings stadium. From the Associated Press: A state agency that was set to sell public bonds for the Minnesota Vikings stadium said in a legal filing Tuesday that a lawsuit holding up that $468 million Read more →

by Tim Nelson

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January 13, 2014 12:17 PM

Sports Facilities Authority moves to intervene in bond suit

The agency managing construction of the new Minnesota Vikings stadium says it has filed motions to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the project’s financing method. Former mayoral candidate Doug Mann, his wife Linda Mann, and former school board member David Tilsen sued the state on Friday. They claim it’s illegal to use city sales taxes Read more →

by Matt Sepic

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January 13, 2014 9:04 AM

Vikings search for coach tough to decipher

The Minnesota Vikings are narrowing the field in their search for a new head coach. MPR News' Cathy Wurzer spoke with Howard Sinker, a digital sports editor for the Star Tribune, about that story.

by Cathy Wurzer

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January 12, 2014 10:07 AM

Second lawsuit from opponent threatens to stop Vikings stadium

A last-minute legal challenge to the financing of the new Vikings stadium is delaying the process yet again. A petition for a writ of prohibition was filed in the Minnesota Supreme Court to restrain Jim Showalter, commissioner of Minnesota Management and Budget, from selling bonds to pay for construction of a new Vikings Stadium. The Read more →

by Tim Nelson

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