Hasting’s Smead Manufacturing sold to TOPS products in Illinois
Hastings-based home and office supply firm Smead Manufacturing has been sold to TOPS Products, an Illinois-based company, according to an announcement released June 2. Smead...
Ticker: Inflation ticks up in May; Google offers buyouts
U.S. inflation picked up a bit last month as higher prices for groceries and some imported goods were largely offset by cheaper gas, travel services,...
Pope Leo XIV names first Chinese bishop, signaling he is continuing Vatican’s controversial accord
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signaling he is...
Pope Leo XIV names first Chinese bishop, signaling he is continuing Vatican’s controversial accord
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signaling he is...
State baseball: Winston Wisely fires 1-hitter, Mahtomedi advances in 3A
The way Winston Wisely was dealing, one run was plenty for Mahtomedi. After all, his opponents managed just one hit. The junior left-hander took a...
House Republicans drop copper-nickel mining from sprawling budget bill
U.S. House Republicans have removed a provision in the federal budget bill that would have reversed a pause on mining on federal land within the...