Category Archives: Business
West Central Telephone Association Receives Grant to Complete Rural Broadband Project in Wadena County
ST. PAUL (KDLM) - Governor Tim Walz, Thursday announced that the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) will award grants totaling more than $20m to 39 projects including o...
Jan 28, 2021
Home Based Businesses May Qualify for Becker County Business Grants
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Becker County's business relief grants are now available, but many home based businesses are wondering if they qualify. Mike Brethorst, County Administrator says, "If you have f...
Jan 28, 2021
Economist Says Minimum Wage Increase Proposal is “Feel-Good Legislation” That Won’t Have a Big Effect
(KNSI) - A bill introduced in Congress would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour. A wage hike, economist Ray Perryman says, if approved, would be the first such increase s...
Jan 27, 2021
Rapala Recalls 128,000 Fillet Knives
(KDLM) - Rapala USA is recalling around 128,000 of the company's battery-operated fillet knives after some of them caught fire. Some of the rechargeable batteries have been known to overheat when plug...
Jan 26, 2021 Rapala® Rechargeable Fillet Knives (Item No. RRFN) recalled
Twitter Permanently Bans MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. (KFGO) - Twitter has permanently banned MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's account after he continually perpetuated that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election. A Twitter sp...
Jan 26, 2021
Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow Weighing Run for Governor in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO) - Mike Lindell, the businessman better known to the world as the MyPillow Guy, is weighing a run for governor in Minnesota. If he follows through on a campaign, it could be an early...
Jan 24, 2021
Minnesota’s Leisure, Hospitality Industries Suffer Significant Job Losses in December
(KNSI) - After Minnesota's mid-November COVID-19 case spike, the state lost jobs in both November and December, hitting the leisure and hospitality industry hardest. According to the latest figures fr...
Jan 23, 2021
Minnesota Turkey Farmers Eligible for Additional Coronavirus Aid
(KNSI) - Minnesota turkey farmers who lost revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic can now apply for payments through the federal Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. Last month, Senator Amy Klobuchar he...
Jan 23, 2021
Becker County Creates Three Grant Programs to Aid Businesses Affected by COVID-19
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Becker County Board of Commissioners in cooperation with county business owners and the Detroit Lakes Chamber of Commerce have created three grant programs to aid county bus...
Jan 21, 2021
Several Big Box Stores to Stop Selling Minnesota Based My Pillow
CHANHASSEN, MINN. (KFGO) - Several big-box retailers have decided to quit selling the products from Minnesota-based My Pillow. The companies say they made that decision because CEO Mike Lindell has co...
Jan 19, 2021