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    September 5, 2018
    Undated courtesy rendering, circa Sept. 2018, of a proposed 320-room hotel to be built northeast of the Minnesota Vikings' headquarters and practice facility in Eagan. MV Eagan Ventures, a real estate arm of Vikings owners Zygi, Mark and Leonard Wilf, has submitted plans for a “four-star” hotel and conference center that would have a Scandinavian theme and rise 14 stories. Courtesy of the Minnesota Vikings
    Vikings owners plan luxury hotel near new HQ
    EAGAN, Minn. — MV Eagan Ventures, a real estate arm of Minnesota Vikings owners Zygi, Mark and Leonard Wilf, has submitted to Eagan plans...
    business/tourismSeptember 5, 2018 - 8:01pm
    August 1, 2018
    Carrie Bowman, left, from Minnetonka, and Maryann Gapinski, from South St. Paul, look at clothing on Main Street after meeting friends for lunch at The Dock in Stillwater on Wednesday, August 1, 2018. One year ago the new St. Croix River Bridge opened which altered the town. Jean Pieri / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    One year after construction, some Stillwater merchants say bridge hurts business
    STILLWATER, Minn.—It's the bridge that changed everything. Since the new St. Croix River bridge opened one year ago, the impact has rippled...
    business/tourismAugust 1, 2018 - 8:09pm
    July 18, 2018
    People ski down one of the runs at Lutsen Mountains. (file photo / courtesy Lutsen Mountains)
    Cook County Chamber searching for visa alternatives
    The Cook County Chamber of Commerce is searching for options to reduce the local tourism industry's reliance on seasonal foreign worker visas....
    business/tourismJuly 18, 2018 - 6:20pm
    July 5, 2018
    Luke Martin with Feeding Leroy plays harmonica while performing at "Fifth Fest" in Duluth Thursday evening. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
    Vendors, patrons celebrate Fourth Fest a day later in Duluth
    Even if some patrons found reason to complain about Duluth's Fourth of July festivities being rescheduled, they couldn't complain about the...
    business/tourismJuly 5, 2018 - 10:17pm
    June 28, 2018
    The view from the former Mineview in the Sky, pictured here in 2015, included the city of Virginia across the Rouchleau pit. News Tribune file photo
    City of Virginia planning a bigger, more connected Mineview
    The city of Virginia has big plans for a new Mineview in the Sky. It involves integrating the region's trail system with the city, constructing...
    business/tourismJune 28, 2018 - 8:10pm
    June 19, 2018
    Mangonada Shave Ice at Minnesnowii Shave Ice. Courtesy of the Minnesota State Fair
    27 new foods, 5 new vendors announced for Minnesota State Fair
    ST. PAUL—Turducken sausage sandwich. Deep-fried jumbo tater tots stuffed with corned beef. Nordic waffles. Hand-rolled ice cream. These...
    business/tourismJune 19, 2018 - 7:32pm
    May 18, 2018
    Allen Latham and his daughter, Mary Latham, stand in a dining room porch at the Spicer Castle. Carolyn Lange / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Historic Green Lake bed & breakfast to close
    SPICER, Minn. — A historic Spicer community landmark that operates as a restaurant and bed and breakfast on the southeast shore of Green...
    business/tourismMay 18, 2018 - 10:32am
    May 15, 2018
    The S.S. William A. Irvin has sat in Minnesota Slip since 1986. Tentative plans to move the 611-foot-long freighter out of the slip so that contaminated bottom sediments can be leveled and covered with clean material are moving forward. Moving the floating museum would present difficulties, as it is only inches narrower than the open channel when the slip’s pedestrian bridge is in the open position. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.complay button
    Irvin to face tight squeeze: DECC gives preliminary OK on plans to move historic ship
    Plans are being laid to move the SS William A. Irvin out of Minnesota Slip for the first time in more than three decades. But the retired laker...
    business/tourismMay 15, 2018 - 9:17pm
    April 29, 2018
    Homegrown Music Festival goers pose with the chicken mascot at Clyde Iron Works in Duluth in 2015. File / News Tribune
    A musical business boost: Homegrown pulls in customers during slow time of year
    Whether a business has been participating in Homegrown Music Festival since the beginning or just started last year, the economic boost during...
    business/tourismApril 29, 2018 - 6:00pm
    April 17, 2018
    Troy and Abby Pettit and their two children were waiting in Cabo San Lucas for an American Airlines flight Monday, April 16, 2018, after their Sun Country flight back to Minnesota was cancelled and the airline left them stuck in Mexico. Photo courtesy of the Pettit family
    Detroit Lakes, Minn. couple among those stranded in Mexico by Sun Country
    Abby Pettit and her family had been vacationing in Mexico and were getting ready to catch their weekend flight back to Minnesota when they got...
    business/tourismApril 17, 2018 - 3:08pm
    April 11, 2018
    The new Apostle Islands quarter features a visitor kayaking in the park with a backdrop of the Devils Island sea caves and lighthouse. Bob King / Forum News Service
    Apostle Islands quarter released
    RED CLIFF, Wis. — Surveying the design of newly minted U.S. quarters featuring the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Rick Peterson suggested...
    business/tourismApril 11, 2018 - 6:15pm
    April 10, 2018
    Spirit Mountain posts stronger season
    While others may curse the stubborn and seemingly relentless grasp of winter, Brandy Ream says: Bring it on. As executive director of the Spirit...
    business/tourismApril 10, 2018 - 6:01pm
    March 30, 2018
    A dock on Farm Lake near Ely, Minn. MinnPost photo by Greta Kaul
    The Last Resorts: Minnesota facing disappearance of summer lake tradition
    Fishing and swimming in the sun, napping by the lake, listening to loon calls, picking out constellations in the dark northern sky, and trying...
    business/tourismMarch 30, 2018 - 3:30pm
    March 22, 2018
    Drivers line up at the border crossing between Surrey, British Columbia, and Blaine, Wash. (Don MacKinnon/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Fewer tourists are visiting the US under Trump. Canadians didn't get the memo.
    TORONTO - When President Donald Trump issued his first executive order banning nationals from majority-Muslim countries from entering the United...
    business/tourismMarch 22, 2018 - 3:39pm
    March 5, 2018
    The Trump Ocean Club International Hotel & Tower, center right with curved roof,is a major fixture in the Panama City skyline. Photo courtesy of Susana Gonzalez
    Trump Panama hotel showdown appears to end, and the Trump name is coming down
    PANAMA CITY - The majority owner of President Donald Trump's only hotel in Latin America said Monday that Panamanian authorities had allowed...
    business/tourismMarch 5, 2018 - 12:53pm
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