Economic Development

The funds will support site development for the city's Blackwater Banks project on the former Cohasset Lumber Mill site.

The Empower program at MNC - Hibbing hosts a Women in the Workforce event for high school students to encourage engineering, construction and other careers in the trades.

KAXE covered pushback on the LGBTQ+ community, changes in rural health care delivery, a coal ash spill at Boswell Energy Center, tribal land back efforts, helium mining and more.

The Minnesota Department of Economic and Employment Development recently awarded the city a $589,926 grant to develop its rail corridor — a contaminated site with minimal infrastructure.

There is still plenty of time to take in Danish recycling artist Thomas Dambo's work in a troll journey around Detroit Lakes and nearby Frazee.

As housing and economic development remain top regional concerns, Hubbard County is considering addressing both with a combined housing and economic development authority.

The grants will help internet companies get high-speed connectivity to rural homes and businesses.

Itasca Economic Development Corporation offers assistance to entrepreneurs and has now opened a facility called The Forge, where community members can rent space to learn skills like welding.

Cutting emissions from mining is expected to be a bigger challenge than cleaning up cars or even power plants — because electric alternatives aren't widely available for powering furnaces and other equipment.

The project is among several efforts by the Cleveland-Cliffs to lower its environmental impact as steelmakers face growing pressure and opportunity to green their operations.