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The mild and rather quiet January is changing its tune starting right now.

Chef Malone took over Grand Cafe in 2017. Eastside is the next step.

Central American migrants in Tijuana are in desperate need of continued medical care, according to a mission group from the University of Minnesota.

In Minnesota we have a governor who was a teacher.In Los Angeles, teachers are striking in a district whose superintendent has never been a teacher, has no training of any kind in education, and is single-minded in his commitment to privatizing public schools.

Plus: polygamous religious group relocating to Minnesota hemp production on hold in Minnesota due to shutdown Minneapolis clears homeless encampment near Lake of the Isles and more.

Beyond paying for social programs with state dollars for now, the governor and his administration is relegated to keeping an eye on things and to being the sympathizer in chief.

Earlier this week, CommonGrounds announced it had secured $100 million in Series A funding to support the companys growth goal of opening 50 locations in the next two years.

The Wirth Cooperative Grocery in North Minneapolis has permanently closed, North News reports. The co-op opened its doors in August 2017. It was only in operation for eight months. In April 2018, Wirth Co-op announced it would close temporarily while it reconfigured its store operations. It never reopened, and Devean George, the co-ops landlord, decided to break the lease in November 2018. Pat Paulson, a co-op board member, told North News that the store simply didnt make enough money. To be

Caribou Coffee Co. has appointed John Butcher as its president and CEO. Butcher has served as Caribous president since June 2017, and takes over for former CEO Sarah Spiegel, who is leaving the company for personal reasons, a Caribou spokesperson said. Before joining Caribou, Butcher spent 20 years at Minneapolis-based Target Corp., holding several merchandising leadership roles. Spiegel had been CEO since mid-2017.Since John joined our company, weve witnessed an increased focus on Caribous

Preservationists say the black curtains behind the western glass doors will be more deadly to migrating birds.

Uneven performance by Minnesota hospitals and clinics in a national experiment on accountability in health care shows that the state has a long way to go.

Its unclear when the canceled cases will be rescheduled.

OKLAHOMA CITY Beer snobs are raising their mugs to a stronger brew in three states that once forbade grocers from selling anything but low-alcohol brands, and the changes could indirectly chill the industry in two others where such regulations remain. Until October, Oklahoma grocery and convenience stores could stock beer with only up to

Maureen Taylor is joining a mass movement just by sitting in her rocking chair. A generation ago, a 67-year-old emphysema patient like her would have been forced to move into an institution charging thousands of dollars a month. But Thursday, she relaxed in her Burnsville apartment her oxygen machine whirring, a cuckoo clock

West St. Paul officials have known for some time that beneath the old Thompson Oaks Golf Course lies a mess. Parts of the course, especially the swampy areas, were a county dumping ground for construction debris. But how much trash and where it is buried are the big unknowns for Oppidan Investment Company, an Excelsior-based