ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Aug. 5 -- The Minnesota Credit Union Network issued the following news release: * * * 25 Minnesota Credit Unions Partner with FHLB to Award Over $4 Million to Community Organizations In partnership with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (FHLB Des Moines), credit unions from across the state provided grants to nearly 150 organizations from the Member Impact Fund. Through the matching grant program, FHLB Des Moines and Minnesota credit unions are awarding 4 million i  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Lung Association posted the following news release: * * * As Students Go Back to School, New Study Highlights the Importance of Clean Air in Classrooms * With students across the country preparing to head back to school in the weeks ahead, today the American Lung Association, in collaboration with Lakes International Language Academy (LILA), a charter school in Forest Lake, Minnesota, and Carrier, global leader in intelligent climate  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSFR) -- The Minnesota Historical Society is preparing to repatriate seven cultural items classified as unassociated funerary objects to the Chickasaw Nation. These items, which consist of four metal ornaments, two metal rings, and one pair of spectacles, were taken from Lee County, Mississippi, at an unknown time. They were donated to the society in 1931 by the spouse of Gilbert L. Wilson, an ethnographer and minister who had collected them. The society's determination is  more

DULUTH, Minnesota, Aug. 5 -- Minnesota Power, a division of Allete, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * Minnesota Power to build 200-megawatt wind project in North Dakota as part of EnergyForward strategy for carbon-free energy Duluth, Minn. -- Minnesota Power, a utility division of ALLETE, Inc. (NYSE: ALE), announced today it plans to build the 200-megawatt Longspur Wind project in North Dakota as part of its EnergyForward transition toward a carbon-free energy future.   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 4 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Taft Named to BTI Consulting's Client Service A-Team 2025 * Taft was selected by BTI Consulting Group in the "Client Service A-Team" 2025 report, the only law firm ranking based on direct, unprompted feedback from corporate counsel. The firm was named a Leader in two categories that clients value most, consider most important, and have the most influence on hiring and rate decisions   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 5 -- Xcel Energy issued the following news release: * * * Xcel Energy to begin construction on Ashland-Ironwood Transmission Rebuild Project Project will enhance reliability and support regional growth in Northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula * EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Aug. 4, 2025) - Xcel Energy today announced the start of construction on the Ashland-Ironwood Transmission Rebuild Project, a major infrastructure upgrade that will improve electric reliabili  more