02/06/2012 - Rochester MN Realtor Lori Mickelson Ranks #1 at RE/MAX Results for Most Home Sales in 2011
Rochester Minnesota Realtor Lori Mickelson announces she attained the highest volume of home sales for RE/MAX Results in Rochester in 2011. Excellent customer service and expertise in Rochester, MN real estate are attributed to her distinguished accomplishment.Rochester, MN (PRWEB) February 06, 2012 Realtor for RE/MAX Results in Rochester, Lori Mickelson, is pleased to announce that she has ...
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02/06/2012 - Ramsey County Board considers pollution cleanup contract at Arden Hills site for possible stadium
Here's one more reason why Ramsey County officials are eager to steal a stadium package for the Minnesota Vikings away from Minneapolis: The eight-month clock is about to start ticking on their pollution cleanup contract in Arden Hills.
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01/31/2012 - Hot action on Mille Lacs; ice woes continue elsewhere
Anglers know that fishing can turn hot or cold unexplainably. And, like real estate, location is key At Lake Mille Lakes, famed Minnesota guide Dick "The Griz'' Grzywinski reports the fishing was blistering hot for him and other anglers last week, fishing the mud flats in the northwest side of the lake.
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01/25/2012 - Minnetonka man accused of mortgage fraud
A Minnetonka man is accused of running a kickback scheme that bilked mortgage lenders out of $3.3 million, according to the Minnesota Commerce Department.
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01/21/2012 - Winona home prices down; properties on market longer
Home sales in Winona and Goodview rose 14 percent in 2011, according to the Southeast Minnesota Association of Realtors, leading some to believe the housing market is well on its way to recovery.
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01/12/2012 - Pohlads acquire stake in California bank
The Pohlad brothers of Minnesota have acquired a 12 percent stake in the parent company of a mid-sized California bank and have asked the company's board to hire investment bankers to "assess all strategic alternatives" including selling the company.
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01/09/2012 - What is this Susan Thornton political story really about? | The Glean
MORNING EDITION What is this Susan Thornton political story really about? By Brian Lambert | Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 Obviously the real story behind the firing/un-firing/non-firing of Susan Thornton has yet to be told. At the Strib, Doug Smith writes: “Susan Thornton, director of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR), hasn't been fired after all. In a letter she received ...
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01/07/2012 - Voters assess Bachmann's future in 6th District
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's decision to drop out of the contest for Republican presidential nominee brought mixed reviews from her constituents in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, where voters are assessing her bid for the White House and weighing her future as their congresswoman.
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01/04/2012 - The most influential people in real estate last year
Several Minnesotans are on the Inman News list of 100 industry power brokers
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01/03/2012 - Lavish Utah ranch with elk herd lingers on market
TABIONA, Utah (AP) - A Minnesota bank is having trouble finding a buyer for a massive eastern Utah lodge featuring 13 bedrooms and its own herd of 50 bull elk. The original owners were unable to sell Tabby Mountain Ranch several years ago and lost it after filing for bankruptcy. A bank is now listing the property for $6.5 million instead of the original price of $10 million. Real estate brokers ...
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12/31/2011 - A brisk 2011 in Twin Cities business
ON THE GLOBAL STAGE, 2011 was a dramatic year, marked by the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and deficits abroad and at home, resulting in protests and a state government shutdown. In the Twin Cities, it was more of a "one step forward, two steps back" kind of time, as the economy struggled toward recovery: the Minnesota unemployment rate dropped below 6 percent but job losses continued ...
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12/30/2011 - Minnesota Republican Party debt could top $2 million
The Minnesota Republican Party's debts total about $2 million, including more than $700,000 in contested legal fees from the 2010 gubernatorial recount.
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12/29/2011 - Four Minnesota Kmarts will close
The closings will add to a glut of empty retail real estate. The good news: No Sears stores in Minnesota were on the list.
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12/29/2011 - 3 candidates audition to take over beleaguered Minnesota GOP
Three candidates vying to run the beleaguered Minnesota Republican Party are trying to convince loyalists they can pull the party out of financial disarray, rebuild public trust and run a strong slate of candidates to maintain control of the statehouse and oust incumbents in historically Democratic districts.
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12/27/2011 - DNR wants to move on lakeshore rules
The Department of Natural Resources hopes to enact long-awaited changes to rules governing shore-land development on Minnesota lakes.
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12/12/2011 - Record split or divided real estate parcels by year’s end
Parties splitting or dividing existing parcels of real estate during the remainder of 2011 must record the documents by year end to avoid prepayment of 2012 real estate taxes. Minnesota law requires the transactions be recorded in 2011, and not just postmarked, as is allowed in some other cases.
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12/09/2011 - Trump: Bachmann expressed interest in me as a running mate
All but two of the GOP presidential hopefuls have declined NewsMax’s invitation to participate in a debate moderated by real estate mogul Donald Trump. On Friday’s broadcast of “Imus in the Morning,” Trump expressed his disappointment in Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann for declining to attend, saying that she had previously asked him about being her running mate.
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12/08/2011 - Fed says Minnesota farmland prices keep rising
Minnesota farmland prices are maintaining their sharp rise, and officials with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis say the higher prices reflect the strong agricultural economy.
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12/08/2011 - Minnesota farmland soaring to record prices
A Fed survey of bankers in its five-state area shows that farmers are bidding land prices to never-before-seen heights, in some cases over $10,000 an acre. In Minnesota, land prices at the end of September were about 28 percent higher than a year earlier. South Dakota and Iowa are up about 30 percent and Nebraska nearly 40 percent.
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11/29/2011 - Ex-Minnesota Twin benefits from new pension plan - 36 years later
CHICAGO - Former Minnesota Twins catcher Tom Lundstedt was a first-round draft pick of the Chicago Cubs in 1970. Like most big leaguers, he did not leave large footprints in the baseball landscape.
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11/29/2011 - Outlook for commercial real-estate dims in Twin Cities | Brad Allen
The two-year outlook for commercial real-estate development in the Twin Cities has turned less optimistic, mostly due to economic and political uncertainty developers are feeling from events outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. The semiannual Minnesota Commercial Real Estate Survey of 50 real-estate industry developers, investors and financiers released yesterday, was conducted by the ...
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11/24/2011 - Founder of Jeno's, best known for pizza rolls, dies four days after wife
DULUTH, Minn.— Jeno Paulucci, a Minnesota business icon whose restaurant ventures included a company that popularized the finger food known as pizza rolls, has died. He was 93.
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11/21/2011 - Bank asset quality: Weak, but improving
The local Fed says a third of Minnesota's 372 banks are still in "less-than-satisfactory condition."
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11/20/2011 - Bachmann to have 4th meeting with Donald Trump on Monday in New York
(CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann will meet with real estate mogul Donald Trump on Monday in New York City, her spokeswoman said Sunday. The meeting will happen at Trump Tower. It will be the fourth meeting between the Minnesota congresswoman and the reality TV star. "He called the other day ... and she'd [...]
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11/11/2011 - Wilf says Vikings committed to stadium in Arden Hills, nowhere else
Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf emphasized Friday in a letter to Gov. Mark Dayton that he's committed to building a football stadium in Arden Hills - and only in Arden Hills.
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11/10/2011 - Ramsey County says Met Council Vikings stadium estimates wrong
Ramsey County officials say they've struck a sweetheart deal with the military to acquire hundreds of acres of polluted land in Arden Hills that could become the future site of a $1.1 billion Minnesota Vikings stadium.
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11/09/2011 - Despite tough times, Minnesota voters help schools
Despite a stagnant economy and low consumer confidence, Minnesota voters supported nearly 80 percent of school levies on Tuesday's ballots, the highest approval rating in more than a decade.
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11/05/2011 - Fraud targets seniors with real-estate investments
Tim and Janine Millette had just returned to Sun City from their annual summer visit to Minnesota when a friend told them that something was wrong at Tri-Star Realty. No one was answering the phones.
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11/01/2011 - St. Paul's Ward 4 candidates say light rail issues a high priority
In St. Paul's Ward 4, city council member Russ Stark faces a challenge from Curtis Stock, an air-quality compliance enforcement agent with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
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11/01/2011 - Edina agent becomes real estate board president
Steve Sherwood, an Edina Realty real estate agent, recently became the new president of the Southeast Minnesota Association of Realtors' board of directors. Sherwood has been in real estate and with Edina for about nine
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10/29/2011 - Farmers, bankers fear rising farmland prices
WORTHINGTON, Minn. - Home values continue to fall in Minnesota, but the value of farmland has rapidly grown, spurred by very profitable grain prices. Vigorous debate abounds over whether agricultural land is another real estate bubble waiting to be burst.
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10/12/2011 - KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports -Investor buys La. race track
MONROE, La. (AP) - A Minnesota real estate investor has bought a bankrupt Louisiana race track for $726,000, a fraction of its original cost. Victor Scott of Rochester, Minn., made his bids by telephone on Tuesday. The only other bidder was Monroe businessman Gus Campbell.
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10/22/2011 - Vikings not interested in proposal to give them Metrodome
It's not a new concept, it's being dismissed by the Vikings, and it's coming at the 11th hour, but two lawmakers Friday proposed a plan they say will restore "fiscal sanity" to the debate over a new stadium: Give the Vikings the Metrodome in return for a 25-year contract to play in Minnesota.
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10/24/2011 - High farmland prices spark real estate bubble debate
Home values continue to fall in Minnesota, but the value of farmland has rapidly grown, spurred by very profitable grain prices. Now, vigorous debate abounds over whether agricultural land is another real estate bubble waiting to be burst.
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10/20/2011 - Denny Hecker loses appeal
The U.S. District Court in Minnesota closed the door Thursday on imprisoned former Twin Cities auto mogul Denny Hecker's months-long fight over a $4.1 million bankruptcy court settlement.
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10/18/2011 - NFL execs arrive in Twin Cities with a warning: Without a stadium solution soon, Vikings could bolt
If state lawmakers don't come up with money for a Vikings stadium, the team could leave Minnesota, a senior NFL executive suggested Tuesday.
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10/17/2011 - Bachmann teams up with Donald Trump amid campaign woes, Fox reminds him he’s in
Michele Bachmann is down in the polls, losing campaign staff and trailing her biggest competitors in fundraising. Apparently, that calls for a Donald Trump moment. The Minnesota congresswoman is holding a tele-townhall with the real estate mogul Monday night at 8 p.m. ET and inviting supporters around the country to participate. Bachmann's campaign is promoting [...]
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10/14/2011 - One in 336 Minnesota houses in default
ST. PAUL — The number of housing foreclosures in Minnesota during the third quarter is down nearly 27 percent compared to the same time last year. The real estate research company RealtyTrac says
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10/12/2011 - Donald Trump, Michele Bachmann Meet Thursday In New York
ABC News’ Michael Falcone reports: Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has another audience with The Donald. The Minnesota Congresswoman and real estate mogul Donald Trump plan to meet in New York City on Thursday, a source familiar with the plan told ABC News. It will be...
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10/12/2011 - At Wilder Forest near Marine on St. Croix, immigrants learn how to be successful organic farmers
Prouen Douen's parents were farmers in Cambodia; Amy Douen's maternal grandparents were farmers in southwestern Minnesota.
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10/11/2011 - Investor buys Monroe track
A Minnesota real estate investor bought the bankrupt Monroe Motor Speedway for $726,000 during an auction at the racetrack Tuesday morning, a fraction of its original cost.
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10/05/2011 - These stadium backers pitch a plan: All for one
While efforts to built a Minnesota Vikings stadium in Arden Hills have grabbed the most attention, a group pushing the Minneapolis Farmers' Market site has been quietly busy.
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10/03/2011 - Win a dream house - or not?
Raffling homes is a growing trend among nonprofits. But if they're offered in Minnesota, buyer beware.
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09/28/2011 - Taxpayers flood public hearing on Vikings stadium
The Minnesota Vikings' stadium proposal met what could be its toughest opponent on Wednesday night: Taxpayers.
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09/20/2011 - Leadership votes to sell church near University of Minnesota campus
A church near the University of Minnesota campus is slated to be sold to make way for redevelopment, possibly for apartments. But the congregation is not going quietly.
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09/18/2011 - Developers eying site of closing St. Paul Ford plant
The Twin Cities Assembly Plant that has been cranking out cars and trucks since J.A.O. Preus was Minnesota's governor is one of St. Paul's icons. Its vast lot next to Highland Park along the Mississippi River has been a job-giving community centerpiece since 1924.
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09/12/2011 - Crow Wing County finds new approach to managing waterfront
The epicenter of Minnesota's cabin country, Crow Wing County has come to agreement on more aggressive shoreline zoning enforcement.
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09/12/2011 - Minnesota Emerges as Mortgage Fraud Hot Spot
Minnesota has emerged as a problem area for mortgage fraud and helped lift national activity from the first quarter. But a national improvement from a year earlier was attributable to another three states.
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09/07/2011 - Health IT firm OnPoint Medical Diagnostics seeks $5M | MedCity News
Vertical Health Solutions, which does business as OnPoint Medical Diagnostics , is seeking $5 million in exchange for equity and options, according to a regulatory filing. So far, $525,000 has been raised. William Cavanaugh is the president and CEO of the company, while Rochester real estate mogul Gus Chafoulias is one of its directors. OnPoint Medical Diagnostics, a Minnesota health IT firm ...
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09/06/2011 - The Deets: The More We Learn, the Uglier the Arden Hills Vikings Stadium Proposal Looks | Minnesota Blog Cabin
The Deets: The More We Learn, the Uglier the Arden Hills Vikings Stadium Proposal Looks By Ed Kohler Yesterday, the Minnesota Vikings / Ziggy Wilf welfare queen supporters got all worked up on Twitter about an article written by Rochelle Olson with the StarTribune that sheds some light on Wilf’s Arden Hills real estate development plans beyond a Vikings stadium. Apparently, Wilf is asking for ...
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