By Brian Johnson Dolan Newswires A busy corridor in south Minneapolis was rocked Thursday morning by a natural gas explosion that shot flames high into the air. The explosion at around 8:30 a.m. on 60th Street just east of Nicollet ...

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By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Ted Mondale and Lester Bagley are seeing a lot of each other these days. Mondale is the newly appointed chairman of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. Bagley is the vice president ...

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By Bob Geiger Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — M.A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis, has declared the wind energy industry “challenging and uncertain” after developing 100 wind farms in the United States and Canada. Mortenson’s assessment is part of a new 20-page ...

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By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — It sounds like a horror movie. In other parts of the country, commercial real estate pros have started to use the term “zombie buildings” to describe structures that sit empty or are ...

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By Bill Clements Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Workers searched for underground contaminants at the site of a new light rail support facility under construction in Minneapolis. They dug holes, did test borings and even used radar to check under ...

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By Brian Bakst AP Writer Minneapolis — An engineering firm that consulted on the Minneapolis bridge that collapsed in 2007 has agreed to pay $52.4 million to settle the last major piece of litigation brought by victims, attorneys said Monday. ...

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By Bob Geiger Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Planning for the 155-mile Northern Lights Express passenger rail line is chugging forward. A Hennepin County board Tuesday discussed $4.5 million in proposed 2011 spending to keep the Duluth-to-Minneapolis project alive. Expenses ...

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By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Little has changed at the northwest corner of 46th Avenue South and 46th Street East in south Minneapolis for years. A chain-link fence surrounds the site where developers started to build a ...

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By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — The wave of foreclosures has left the city of Minneapolis owning more than 350 vacant residential properties across the area. Earlier this year, the city and partners put out a call to ...

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