The Strib reports Xcel is walking back plans to charge customers during peak times and will instead make the program voluntary.
Also in energy news from the Strib: Here comes the sun: Giant solar projects could transform Minnesota’s energy landscape
Bring Me the News reports Kim’s in Uptown Minneapolis will close August 30 “due to ongoing financial losses.” Earlier this summer workers at the restaurant voted to unionize and owner Ann Kim was accused of attempting to union bust, per Star Tribune. The restaurant has also dealt with vandalism and ongoing construction along Hennepin Avenue in recent months.
Via KSTP: “A man who threatened to shoot people at the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus was sentenced to 21 months (over 1.5 years) in prison. He has credit for 224 days already served.”
KARE reports on a couple in Tonka Bay who is fighting back against the city saying that recent road construction on Brentwood Avenue has cost them trees and a small portion of their land.
Star Tribune reports on big plans to develop the former Big Blue campus and turn it into the Rochester Technology Campus that will have the potential for over 2,500 residential units and 1.5 million square feet of commercial and industrial space.
MPR reports a possible wolf-dog hybrid was spotted in northern Minnesota.
