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    Brett and Kyle Voltin, brothers who inspire one another, are the force behind Xtra Apparel Co. Special to the Forum
    Clothing brand caters to people with Down syndrome
    MOORHEAD — Kyle Voltin almost didn’t go that night, the Friday night two years ago when everything changed. If he hadn’t, Xtra Apparel...
    business/small-business6 hours 53 min ago
    February 15, 2020
    Small Minnesota creamery produces more digestible milk
    Tenn Finns Creamery is making a name for itself with a new product aimed at helping those who can't drink milk. Watch the full episode of...
    business/agricultureFebruary 15, 2020 - 8:30am
    February 14, 2020
    Rita Young of Emerald Spring Dairy in far northern Winona County greets one of the many cows in the farm's operation on Feb. 7. Brian Todd / Forum News Service
    Regulations can be ‘very frustrating’ for Minnesota dairy farmers
    PLAINVIEW, Minn. — “People hear cows pollute the earth,” said Rita Young, shaking her head in frustration over what she calls a major misperception...
    business/agricultureFebruary 14, 2020 - 5:45pm
    Bismarck photographer Shane Balkowitsch took this image of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg when she visited the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on Oct. 8, 2019. The artist's plan to install the image as a mural on the outside of a Bismarck bakery was thwarted after Facebook commenters threatened to boycott the business. Shane Balkowitsch / Special to The Forum
    Fargo business welcomes controversial mural of climate activist Greta Thunberg
    FARGO — Front Street Taproom in downtown Fargo announced Friday, Feb. 14, that it will provide a home to a controversial mural featuring Greta...
    businessFebruary 14, 2020 - 3:49pm
    Tim Nolte looks out over his herd of cattle on his family's farm near Sebeka, Minn., in early February. Nolte's children want to continue farming, but he says the environmental review process and delays have financially strapped him. Kirsti Marohn | MPR News
    In long-running dispute over water and land in north-central Minnesota, a farmer is caught in the middle
    SEBEKA -- Cattleman Tim Nolte thought he was doing everything right by the land in Wadena County that his family has been farming for decades....
    business/agricultureFebruary 14, 2020 - 2:34pm
    GroShed technical engineer Jake Stern shows off one of the company's sheds at the Home and Remodeling Show in Minneapolis Jan. 31. Stern said plants grow fast under special LED lights, which also keep the inside of the structure warm. Martin Moylan | MPR News
    Winter veggie gardens bloom in Minnesota
    A short growing season. Sudden, killing frosts. Minnesota is tough territory for gardeners, but an Emily-based company is enabling folks to grow...
    business/agricultureFebruary 14, 2020 - 2:11pm
    The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Forum News Service file photo
    Mayo’s oil and gas wells are pumping out revenue, while climate change activists call for divestiture
    ROCHESTER, Minn. -- As climate change activists call for the wholesale divestiture of fossil fuel investments, Mayo Clinic’s 87 Texas wells...
    business/energy-and-miningFebruary 14, 2020 - 11:17am
    Carpenter foreman Steve Ives, left, and Mortenson's Construction project manager Jason Toso compare notes at the site of the RiverView Health Clinic and Hospital, under construction in Crookston. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    RiverView Health construction moving forward in Crookston
    CROOKSTON, Minn. – Construction on RiverView Health’s new hospital and clinic is on schedule, and the new facility is expected to be open...
    business/healthcareFebruary 14, 2020 - 10:00am
    February 13, 2020
    The Kawishiwi River flows near Ely, Minn., in June 2019. Twin Metals is proposing to build an underground copper-nickel mine near Ely and close to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Much of the mining would take place on the left side of this image in the forested land. Derek Montgomery for MPR News
    In northern Minnesota, neighbors navigate the bitter fight over copper-nickel mining
    ELY, Minn. -- Northeast Minnesota is canoe country. It's the gateway to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, where motors are limited and...
    business/energy-and-miningFebruary 13, 2020 - 2:30pm
    Eckert Youth Homes in Williston will become the only publicly-funded adolescent treatment program in the state. (Photo provided by Eckert Youth Homes)
    North Dakota expands addiction and mental health treatment for teens
    WILLISTON, N.D. — Western North Dakota will soon have the only state-funded addiction and mental program in the state that will allow teens...
    business/healthcareFebruary 13, 2020 - 12:11pm
    Newspaper giant McClatchy files for bankruptcy, hobbled by debt and declining print revenue
    McClatchy, one of the nation's largest newspaper publishers, filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday, another harbinger of America's deepening local-news crisis.
    businessFebruary 13, 2020 - 8:31am
    February 12, 2020
    Plans for PolyMet include building dams to increase the storage capacity of tailings basins. One would be built in the distance to raise the basin on the right to the level of the area on the left. News Tribune file
    DNR appeals court decision that reversed three PolyMet permits
    ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to review last month's Court of Appeals decision...
    business/energy-and-miningFebruary 12, 2020 - 8:10pm
    Only publicly funded adolescent residential treatment program in state to open in Williston
    WILLISTON, N.D. — Western North Dakota will soon have the only state-funded residential adolescent treatment program in North Dakota. Eckert...
    business/healthcareFebruary 12, 2020 - 5:44pm
    More than half of North Dakota's 2019 corn crop still is in the field. Ann Bailey / Forum News Service
    'Amaizingly' prolonged corn harvest plagues farmers as spring approaches
    GRAND FORKS -- As North Dakota farmers gear up for the 2020 growing season, more than half of the corn they planted in 2019 still is in the field....
    business/agricultureFebruary 12, 2020 - 5:21pm
    Bruce Hill of Worthington, Minn., is president of the board of Minnesota Soybean Processors LLC, a Brewster, Minn., company. (Mikkel Pates / Agweek)
    Race is on to build ND’s first soybean crush plant
    JAMESTOWN, N.D. — The race is on to build North Dakota’s first soybean crush plant. The only question will be who gets it done. Gov. Doug...
    business/agricultureFebruary 12, 2020 - 4:28pm
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