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    May 31, 2020
    Target closes several stores indefinitely, including 2 in Minnesota
    ST. PAUL -- Target has announced the indefinite closure of six stores, including two in Minnesota. One of these, the store on Lake Street in...
    business/retail4 hours 13 min ago
    After unrest, some businesses will remain closed despite Monday’s reopen
    ST. PAUL — Like so many businesses up and down West Seventh Street in St. Paul, Cafe Astoria lined their doors and windows with plywood over...
    business/small-business5 hours 52 min ago
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    Active COVID-19 cases reach 1,094 in South Dakota
    PIERRE, S.D. — The number of positive COVID-19 cases in South Dakota reached 1,094 as of Sunday, May 31, according to health officials. Three...
    business/agriculture13 hours 8 min ago
    May 30, 2020
    Feds extend Twin Metals prospecting permit; environmental groups push back
    DULUTH, Minn. -- The Bureau of Land Management has extended 13 prospecting permits within the Superior National Forest to Twin Metals, a move...
    business/energy-and-miningMay 30, 2020 - 5:12pm
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    Cattle feeders look for market fix
    Cattle feeders are looking for a change in the cash cattle markets, and a new bill looks to force additional negotiated cash cattle.
    business/agricultureMay 30, 2020 - 8:30am
    Avera Health lab workers test for the coronavirus in this image submitted March 23, 2020. The Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based health system has the ability to process up to 200 tests a day. (Submitted/Avera Health)
    Tale of 2 Dakotas: Why ND is a top COVID-19 tester and SD isn't
    When it comes to COVID-19 testing, North Dakota is the best Dakota, and one of the top states in the nation. But why?Shortly after North Dakota’s...
    business/agricultureMay 30, 2020 - 7:42am
    May 29, 2020
    A B-52 from the Minot Air Force Base flies over Sanford Medical Center Fargo as a salute to essential workers Monday, May 18. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
    Sanford Health gets $71.9 million in federal COVID-19 bailout
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sanford Health took in tens of millions of dollars from a federal bailout package meant to help companies struggling with...
    business/healthcareMay 29, 2020 - 4:46pm
    Coronavirus tests will be processed at the Sanford Health laboratory in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the health system announced March 23, 2020. Previously, tests had to be sent to the state health department or commercial laboratories for processing. (Submitted/Sanford Health)
    COVID-19 claims 5 in South Dakota, death toll rises to 59
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed five more South Dakotans, bringing the state's death toll from the virus to 59, state...
    business/agricultureMay 29, 2020 - 12:41pm
    A worker washes radishes at a farm in Hudson, New York on Monday, May 18. Angus Mordant / Bloomberg
    Every worker has COVID-19 at one Tennessee farm on eve of produce harvest
    All of the roughly 200 employees on a produce farm in Tennessee tested positive for covid-19 this month. In New Jersey, more than 50 workers...
    business/agricultureMay 29, 2020 - 12:25pm
    May 28, 2020
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    Direct payments for farmers will help but maybe not enough
    MANDAN, N.D. — Agriculture producers have started applying for direct payments through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, but it’s...
    business/agricultureMay 28, 2020 - 2:46pm
    May 27, 2020
    A new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service finds that healthy diets also benefit the environment. (Pixabay photo)
    Healthier diets would make better use of resources, report says
    More Americans eating healthier diets would help the U.S. food system make better use of some natural resources, according to a new federal government...
    business/agricultureMay 27, 2020 - 6:00am
    May 26, 2020
    The food box program through the USDA will provide $5.5 million in funds to WG Provisions to buy live hogs, which President Darren Dies said he hopes will "mitigate some of the excess inventory" that exists currently. Noah Fish / Forum News Service
    Millions in federal aid given to Midwest meat and dairy distributors
    AMES, Iowa — Operations at both plants ran by WG Provisions were suspended for over a month because of COVID-19, according to Darren Dies,...
    business/agricultureMay 26, 2020 - 6:00am
    Troy and Kristine Deberg of Watertown, S.D., have posted signs on their hay barn along U.S. Highway 212, warning consumers about the effects of packer control of livestock and the price of beef. Photo taken May 14, 2020, near Watertown, S.D. Mikkel Pates / Forum News Service
    Cattle feeders up against a wall
    WATERTOWN, S.D. — The signs on the Deberg Farm along U.S. Highway 212 west of Watertown, S.D., always say “EAT BEEF.” But an unhappy cattleman,...
    business/agricultureMay 26, 2020 - 6:00am
    May 25, 2020
    Velofix owner Allan Watts explains a bike repair while inside one of his mobile shops in Bloomington. The mobile bike repair service has seen a boom in demand after the coronavirus outbreak led to stay-at-home orders. John Autey / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Pandemic has led to surge in business for bike shops
    ST. PAUL — You have reached Bicycle Chain at Lexington and Larpenteur. We are open. If you want to check out our hours, they are on bicyclechain.com....
    business/small-businessMay 25, 2020 - 6:45pm
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    Too early to buzz about threat of 'murder hornets' to North Dakota honeybees, experts say
    FARGO — North Dakota experts are concerned “murder hornets” could decimate honeybee populations if the pests make their way to the top...
    business/agricultureMay 25, 2020 - 7:00am
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