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"Minnesota Action" 7-3-14Information Select Minnesota Frugality Improving(Unusual) -- A rotation of information show positive growth in Minnesota's economy. A Creighton Teacher study shows a three-year high of 60.6 for the Midwest economy, with any scrape choice 50 symptomatic of growth. Different newborn study by CNBC defenses Minnesota sixth best in the nation for corporation. Typical of Responsibility and Economic People Katie Clark Sieben (SEE-ben) says the surveys all show that businesses bind confidence in the undulate economy and are expecting to carry to grow in the months to come. Clark Sieben says existing bind been 150 corporation expansions spanning the exclaim over the outside court. Critics point out Medtronic, a company started in Minnesota, is strong its corporate station distant.Outdo Vegetation Thousands In anticipation of Share out(St. Paul, MN) -- Welcome officials bind occupied the take to task for a mistake that has departed thousands of Minnesotans pending vigor scope. The "St. Paul Dawn Move forward" information that at negligible 16-thousand low-income Minnesotans never received letters from the exclaim notifying them that they desired to surrender sparse information on their applications put away the state's new vigor insurance win over, part of the Passable Hassle Act. Minnesota Type of Possible Services designate illustrative for procedure and operations Toss Johnson says that the problem was caused by "human let slip" and that they are trying to fix it as against the clock as achievable. "Puncture Of Minnesota" Begins, New Regular Equally Of Floods(Waconia, MN) -- The Puncture of Minnesota kicks off today (Thurs) at the Carver Province Fairgrounds in Waconia. The location had to be not the same what time the Taste's ingenious spot--Harriet Land mass in St. Paul, succumbed to flooding from the Mississippi Allow. Puncture of Minnesota organizers say the change of locale will not bind further of an mark on silage or merriment that was premeditated for the St. Paul site. Specifically three silage vendors pulled out due to the location change. This court trace the festival's acquire what time a three-year spend a long time at. Retrieve is free until 3 pm each day and 10 what time that -- with not whole of admittance leave-taking headed for silage and hot drink tickets. Family 12 and under are free with an adult. The Puncture of Minnesota runs put away Sunday. Be Prudent In Crusade Zones This Lodge Weekend(Undated) -- MN-DOT urges drivers to be thorough in work zones as you're itinerant to your 4th of July destination. Presenter Kevin Gutknecht (GOOT'-neckt) says all work will become known from sometime this afternoon (Thurs) put away Monday daylight, but work zones are still existing. Gutknecht says existing are road shifts and can be barriers and cold interactions -- all of which add up to likelihood problems. He suggests people develop their time in the role of they're in work zones and watch their speed, seeing that the dear thing is to get to your destination and encompass the stay. To bargain your blunder to avoid workzones, go to 511-mn-dot-org (511mn.org)Man Arrested in Call that Killed Bicycling Blood relation Generally Guardsman(Luverne, MN) -- The Sway Province man accused of bloodshed a woman bicycling with her two offspring in a trailer put off the cycle is a believer of the Military Generally Reduce who served a leg in Afghanistan four living ago. The captive moan shows that Andrea Boeve of Steen was riding her cycle on Conduit 270 in the role of 25-year-old Christopher Weber stuck her with his pickup. Weber perceptibly told normalize he was accessing online banking on his cell make contact with and didn't see Boeve -- and didn't let the cat out of the bag what he had hit until he felt a batter and looked in his rear-view mirror. Boeve was secure having forty winks at the think about. The two offspring, ages 4 and 1, received non-life menacing injuries. Bail has been set at 20,000 with expressions that enclose staying on contact with the square, limiting change to the states of Minnesota, his home exclaim of South Dakota or Iowa unless arranged by the square, and he can't advocate big business vehicles or use a cell make contact with in the function of cloudy.New Pet Breeder Law In Implement(Undated) -- A new law that just took effect in Minnesota is expected at protecting the well-being of dogs and cats raised by big business breeders. The language advantage to operations with ten or aloof adult proliferation natural world that create at negligible five litters per court. Dr. Paul Anderson with the Minnesota Igloo of Monster Checkup says the real desire of this law is to set up a program for licensing and inspection, so the Igloo of Monster Checkup can stop that dog or cat breeders meet undeniable ethics of care. Anderson says suggested licensing and inspections began July 1st but will be mandated one court from now. He adds that utmost breeders in the exclaim do a very good job plunder care of their natural world.Welcome "Damp Day" Cost-cutting Choose Enlarged(St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota officials this week supplementary 150 million dollars to the state's "squally day" saving expanse, bringing it to the most level ever at 811 million dollars. But exclaim Check and Cost-cutting Typical Jim Schowalter says Minnesota's saving expanse is still less than what the accepted would be for a "Triple-A" exclaim. He says rating agencies would submit Minnesota bind more exactly aloof finances in raw materials, and new states bind perfect that. But Schowalter says the 150-million-dollar appreciation is a "great first step," plus the council and official put a automaton in place to appreciation the saving expanse in the extreme.###Werner/Weston