Minnesota's alternative education schools need tough new rules and training programs to protect against conflicts of interest and other financial improprieties, State Auditor Rebecca Otto said Monday.

Minnetonka-based Welsh Capital recently announced closings on two commercial real estate loans totaling $4.7 million.

If you're going to list your home for sale, it is very difficult to pick a sales price without knowing how much your neighbors' homes sold for. But even then, your list price might be different than your original sales price. For example, I just sold a home in a suburb of Sacramento for more than 25%...

On a recent sunny afternoon, members of the Wabasha County Historical Society met to hear about the abandoned churches of Wabasha County.

Career Jessica Nybakken, nurse practitioner at Essentia Health's Cancer Center in Brainerd, recently passed the Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Practitioner examination.

Imagine paying a toll to get in a highway express lane without ever rolling down your window or fumbling for change.

I've written about Fannie Mae's HomePath program before here.  However, there's a new temporary wrinkle.  If you have customers looking for a good buy in a foreclosure and needing financing, check out Fannie Mae HomePath approved homes in your area....Read Full Post

A Minnetonka man has been charged with shooting at a cabdriver instead of paying him, then firing at a police officer who responded to the scene.

When I was growing up in the 1950s, people didn't buy their dream home as a first home. In fact, many people, my parents included, put sweat equity into their homes. My parents bought our first home in 1955 for $9,000. They got a break on the price in return for painting the interior and installing trimwork. A...

Earlier this summer, the Minnesota Supreme Court rendered a decision that has had a dramatic effect on the homebuilding and remodeling industry.