• Jack Pine Brewery gets approval from Baxter Tuesday

  Brainerd Dispatch | beer

  Brainerd Dispatch: "Jack Pine Brewery, with a small taproom for tasting and limited retail, was approved Tuesday by the Baxter City Council."

• Minneapolis City Council prepares to consider Vikings stadium

  St. Cloud Times | Minneapolis, vikings

  St Cloud Times: "Now that Gov. Mark Dayton has signed the $975 million Minnesota Vikings stadium bill, it's Minneapolis City Council's turn to get the ball."

• Op-Ed: How do you take your Tea?

  Star Tribune | op-ed, GOP, legislature

  Lori Sturdevant: "Republicans leave the Capitol more divided than many realize, including their funders."

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• Majority in poll: Retire Fighting Sioux nickname

  Forum of Fargo-Moorhead | fighting sioux

  Forum of Fargo Moorhead: "A month before the electoral showdown over the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname, a new statewide poll shows likely voters inclined toward allowing the university to retire the historic name and logo."

• Moorhead Schools approve new social media policy for teachers

  WDAY | social media, teachers, schools

  WDAY: "The district says it encourages teachers to use social media, but they need to serve as positive ambassadors for the district. In the event of an investigation, teachers may be required to give the district access to his or her personal social media sites."

• Motoring in Moorhead

  Forum of Fargo-Moorhead | moorhead

  Forum of Fargo Moorhead: "As Bill Cullen started his bike here, a wave of Bike Night passersby circled around his 1925 Harley-Davidson and 1921 sidecar to hear the purr of the engine."

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• New Blue Cross network ranks Mayo Clinic in Tier 2

  Rochester Post-Bulletin | Mayo Clinic

  Post Bulletin: "Blue Cross ranked Mayo Clinic more costly than some of the other health systems covered by the plan, so the clinic gets a Tier 2 ranking instead of Tier 1."

• Goodhue County Public Health building evacuated after OSHA complaint

  Rochester Post-Bulletin | public health

  Rochester Post Bulletin: "In an ironic development, Goodhue County officials have been forced to begin evacuating 21 employees from the Goodhue County Public Health building after receiving a list of health concerns from the Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Division (OSHA) in St. Paul."

• Lawmakers react to end of session

  KAAL | legislature, dayton

  KAAL: "Democratic Governor Mark Dayton and state legislators kept Minnesota under budget, adjourned on time, and without a government shutdown. But besides a Vikings stadium deal, lawmakers were quick to blame one another on a relatively slow session."

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• SMSU grads reach end of ‘chapter’

  Marshall Independent | education, graduation

  Marshall Independent: "'Be adventurous. Being adventurous is part of being alive on this earth,' Thomas Jackson, a 1985 SMSU alumnus, said. 'Be honest. Be kind. Be humble.' He also urged students to be ready to offer a hand to the people who come after them."

• Quist, Parry to fight it out in primary

  New Ulm Journal | quist, parry, mn01

  New Ulm Journal: "Allen Quist announced Monday that he plans to file for Minnesota's 1st Congressional District primary election on Aug. 14, forgoing his prior decision to wait for the continuation of the Republican endorsing convention."

• Worthington KFC raided by Buffalo Ridge Drug Task Force

  Worthington Daily Globe | drugs, police

  Worthington Daily Globe: "As part of an ongoing investigation, the Buffalo Ridge Drug Task Force executed three search warrants Wednesday morning, seizing small quantities of marijuana and cocaine, along with other items."

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• 8 Twin Cities hospitals, workers reach tentative contract

  Star Tribune | unions

  Star Tribune: "Agreement details won't be released until after union vote."

• Minneapolis tussles over Peavey Plaza

  New York Times | Minneapolis, preservation

  New York Times: "The plaza has become another battleground in the wars being fought around the country between preservationists determined to save what they see as underappreciated Modernist designs and cities and developers pushing to move on."

• State activist has role in ad ripping Romney’s work at Bain Capital

  Star Tribune | romney, 2012

  Star Tribune: "In 1993, when Mitt Romney's Bain Capital bought GST Steel in Kansas City, one of the top union officials representing the mill's workers was Mankato native Dave Foster, then serving as director of United Steelworkers District 11 based in the Twin Cities."

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• Health care reform: GOP preps plan for ruling on law

  Politico | health care

  Politico: "House Republican leaders are quietly hatching a plan of attack as they await a historic Supreme Court ruling on President Barack Obama’s health care law."

• Op-Ed: Mining policies threaten national security and economy

  The Hill | op-ed, mining

  H. Sterling Burnett:: "Instead of utilizing our more than $6.2 trillion worth of key mineral resources to our advantage, we’ve allowed confusing, outdated regulations deter investment in U.S. mining to the point that we’re now 100-percent import dependent for 19 key minerals."

• Frac sand berm fails, sending sediment into St. Croix River

  County Messenger | fracking, st croix river, environment

  County Messenger: "A berm built to contain the sediment of a silica sand (frac sand) washing pond failed at Interstate Energy Partners frac sand mine in Grantsburg, resulting in sediment running off site, and eventually into the St. Croix River."

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