May 2023

Carlos Creek Winery Winemaker Challenge
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Carlos Creek Winery Winners: A variety of Carlos Creek Winery wines that earned top awards at the Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition. (Alexandria, Mn) —May 11, 2023—   Minnesota largest winery, Carlos Creek Winery, of Bold North Cellars, was recently awarded several top awards for its locally made wines at the Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition. The most notable awards Carlos Creek Winery earned are Best of Show Rosé Wine for

Tour de TC 2023 Be the Match
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(Minneapolis, MN) — May 23, 2023  — Tour de TC 2023 kicked off on May 22 in Healdsburg, California with six rides touring the picturesque California Wine Country, before expanding across the country to give hope to patients in need of a lifesaving blood stem cell transplant. Tour de TC will help raise funds and awareness of the Be The Match mission and help remove financial barriers so more patients

Kids In Need Foundation and Bonitas International Celebrate Teachers at Thanks A Million Event
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      Knowing that our elevated lanyards made it possible for teacher IDs and classroom keys to be used in a fun and stylish way fills our hearts with joy.”  — Kimberly Martinez, Co-Founder of Bonitas International     (Roseville, MN) — May 28, 2023 — Kids In Need Foundation hosted their second annual Thanks A Million teacher appreciation event in Roseville, MN on May 6th. Over 1,000 teachers

Phoenix Public Transit Department New Flyer
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(St Cloud, MN) — May 25, 2023– New Flyer of America Inc., a leading independent bus and coach manufacturer and a leader in electric mass mobility solutions, today announced that its subsidiary New Flyer Industries  has received new firm orders for six zero-emission fuel cell-electric and 20 low-emission hybrid-electric transit buses from the Phoenix Public Transit Department (“PTD”). The two five-year contracts include options to purchase up to 160 fuel

Starkey’s SoundGear Named the Official Hearing Protection Partner of Toyota Racing Development
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  (Eden Prairie, MN) — May 24, 2023 — Toyota Racing Development (TRD) and Starkey are pleased to announce a new official partnership. Starkey’s SoundGear has been named the Official Hearing Protection Partner of TRD and the Toyota Performance Center (TPC). “Starkey is proud to partner with TRD to provide custom hearing protection to their staff, drivers, and team members,” said Brandon Sawalich, president and CEO of Starkey. “Long-term exposure

Fort Snelling State Park reopen
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(Twin Cities, MN) — May 26th, 2023 — After closure due to flooding, Fort Snelling State Park will reopen to the public on Saturday, May 27. The visitor center, park office, parking lots, swimming beach, picnic area near the beach and Snelling Lake trail will be available to the public. Some other areas will remain closed. Fort Snelling State Park will host three events with the park’s interpretive naturalists this

Greater MSP
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  (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN) — May 25, 2023 — With the signing of the Jobs, Economic Development, Labor, and Industry Finance Bill (HF3028/SF3035), Minnesota is ready to step up its economic competitiveness. The following are statements by Peter Frosch, President and Chief Executive Officer of the GREATER MSP Partnership: “The Jobs and Economic Development legislation signed by the Governor includes bold investments that enable Minnesota to compete for nearly $2

2023 EDS Leadership Summit
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(Thief River Falls, MN) —  May 24, 2023 — DigiKey, a leading global commerce distributor offering the largest selection of technical components and automation products in stock for immediate shipment, announced that it has been awarded 17 recognitions from its supplier partners during the 2023 EDS Leadership Summit, held May 16-19 in Las Vegas. DigiKey was recognized for its sales results, breadth of product and more during the past year. The list of

The Fraser Festival
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The Fraser Festival, presented by Central Roofing Company, was on Saturday, May 20, at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in downtown St. Paul. The free event and fundraiser was reimagined with new activities and experiences in eight zones that engaged the body’s senses. About 1,000 people attended, creating a day of joy, freedom, and inclusion for people and families with autism and disabilities in the community.          

The Fraser Festival
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Photo Credit Fraser (St Paul, MN) — May 25th, 2023 — The Fraser Festival, presented by Central Roofing Company, was on Saturday, May 20, at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in downtown St. Paul. The free event and fundraiser was reimagined with new activities and experiences in eight zones that engaged the body’s senses. About 1,000 people attended, creating a day of joy, freedom, and inclusion for people and families with

Cargill Regenerative Agriculture Europe
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(Wayzata, MN) —  May 23, 2023 — Cargill is leveraging its unique position in the supply chain to pioneer its award-winning regenerative agriculture program in Europe, which will see farmers in Germany, Poland, Romania, and France financially compensated to adopt climate-friendly farming practices. Building on two years of success in North America, Cargill RegenConnectTM will also expand from 15 to 24 states, introducing the program in nine new states including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Colorado, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas. It will also provide U.S. farmers with

Bailiwick Bronze Stevie Award
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  We are especially proud that Bailiwick was the only company in the managed IT sector to be recognized for outstanding customer service.”   — Bob Marko, Bailiwick President and CEO     (Minneapolis, MN) —  May 23, 2023 — Bailiwick, a leader in providing professionally managed integration solutions, announced that the Company has received a Bronze Stevie® Award for Customer Service by the American Business Awards (ABA) for the second

Sun Country Airlines
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  (Minneapolis, MN) — May 23, 2023  — Sun Country Airlines is extending its selling schedule through April 2024, allowing customers to book travel over the 2023 holiday season and for winter and spring break travel in 2024. Sun Country is also adding a new Caribbean destination for Minneapolis-St. Paul travelers and expanding service out of Milwaukee, WI. Flights from MSP to St. Maarten resume Starting this winter, Sun Country

Dance Drama at the Peavey Plaza
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    The aqueous structure of the Peavy Plaza sets the perfect stage to the theme of the show. (Minneapolis, MN) —  May 22, 2023– Asian Media Access and the Phoenix Chinese Dance Academy are co-presenting a dance drama in an outdoors setting – “Between Water and Cloud.” This Multidisciplinary Dance Drama will illustrate the Chinese philosophy of a simple and peaceful lifestyle to support the post-COVID era, through the

Student Housing Alexandria Technical & Community College
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(Alexandria MN) — May 19th, 2023 —  A groundbreaking ceremony for a new student housing building was held on Friday, May 19 at 2:00 pm, just north of the Alexandria College campus (15th and Jefferson in Alexandria). The public was invited to celebrate the milestone in the growth of the college and the community. The new four-story, 60,000-square-foot student housing building for Alexandria Technical & Community College is planned to

'Ingredients for Good' Volunteer Initiative
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Post Consumer Brands Northfield employees team up to assemble culturally relevant pantry packs for Latino and East African families facing food insecurity in Dakota County at the plant’s “Ingredients for Good” volunteer event. (Credit: Drew Anthony Smith/Post Consumer Brands)       (Lakeville, MN)  May 17, 2023 — Post Consumer Brands employees from across 13 U.S. and Canadian locations came together as part of the company’s annual “Ingredients for Good”

World Play League
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  Community-owned game publishing platform attracts strategic investment to fuel growth (Minneapolis, MN) — May 18, 2023 — World Play League (WPL) Inc., a community owned game publishing platform, has announced the successful completion of its pre-seed funding round, with backing from Genesis Vault Capital. WPL offers a groundbreaking product that revolutionizes the way gamers and gaming studios interact in the Web3 space. For gamers, WPL provides an unprecedented level

Doens Family of Companies Launches Red Oak Commodities
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  New company combines US and European teams into single entity (Wayzata, MN) —  May 18, 2023 — The Doens Family of Companies, a 130-year-old conglomerate of agricultural goods and services companies, announced today the formation of Red Oak Commodities (“Red Oak”). Red Oak restructures the group’s existing US and European commercial operations into a single entity focused on providing high integrity ingredients to the organic and specialty food space.

Hazelden Betty Ford Arnie Stueber
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  (Center City, MN) — May 19, 2023 — The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation—the nation’s largest nonprofit provider of substance use treatment, mental health care and related research, education and prevention services—has selected Arnie Stueber to be its next chief financial and administrative officer. Stueber, a certified public accountant with an MBA from Marquette University, has nearly 20 years of experience in healthcare finance. For four years, he served as

Truterra carbon program
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Truterra’s carbon program grew by more than 27% for both metric tons of carbon sequestered and payment to growers vs. 2021 (Arden Hills, MN) —  May 17, 2023  — Truterra, LLC, a leading agricultural sustainability business that offers consultation, tools and solutions for the ag and food value chain, today announced the results of its carbon program for 2022, which paid more than $5.1 million to farmers for approximately 262,000 metric

Spam Jam Festival
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Iconic SPAM® brand welcomed thousands of visitors from more than 60 countries to its historic museum in 2022 (Austin, MN) —  May 18, 2023 — Every year, tens of thousands of people from around the world travel to southeastern Minnesota with one particular destination in mind: the SPAM® Museum. And today, on International Museum Day, the museum and its team of SPAMbassadors™ are recognizing the extent of its global appeal. And that appeal is substantial.

Baby Supplies TopLine Financial Credit Union
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  (Maple Grove, MN) —  May 16, 2023  — TopLine Financial Credit Union’s second annual baby care supply drive held during the month of April benefited three local non-profits, Avenues for Youth, Keystone Community Services and YMCA of the North Youth and Family Services. TopLine members and employees generously donated diapers, wipes, and other baby care items to help bring comfort to families in need in our local communities. Employees

Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission
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  Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission introduces 242-page guidelines document covering landscape analysis, environmental considerations & more (St Paul, MN) — May 15, 2023  — Mountain biking enthusiasts looking for ways to improve their trail experiences have a valuable, new ally in the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission (GMRPTC), which has created a first-of-its-kind resource that can be used to enhance trail development around the world.

Melissa Schmidt Community Service Award
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(Alexandria, MN) — May 16th, 2023 — The Minnesota Association of Women Police have awarded the Melissa Schmidt Community Service Award to two women from Alexandria.    Detective Darcie Zirbes and Community Paramedic Katie Harren received the Melissa Schmidt Community Service Award at The 2023 MAWP conference.  The award is given for performing demonstrable skill or activities in the design, implementation and/orparticipation in community or school projects, neighborhood watches, town meetings,

Mayo Clinic Neuro One
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  Evo sEEG electrodes used for brain mapping in epilepsy surgery (Eden Prairie, MN) — May 10, 2023  — NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: NMTC) (“NeuroOne” or the “Company”), a medical technology company focused on improving surgical care options and outcomes for patients suffering from neurological disorders, today announced that its first clinical case using the Evo® sEEG electrode was performed by Dr. Jamie Van Gompel at Mayo Clinic. Using

Arctic Wolf Disruptor 50 List
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(Eden Prarie, MN) — May 09, 2023  — Arctic Wolf®, a leader in security operations, today announced that it was named to the 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50 list for the second year in a row. The list identifies fast-growing, innovative start-ups and Arctic Wolf is being recognized as a category creator in the Security Operations market and for its role in creating the revolutionary Arctic Wolf Security Operations Cloud. By

Low-carbon Nitrogen Fertilize
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(Minnesota) — May 12th, 2023 — CF Industries, one of the world’s largest producers of nitrogen fertilizer, is working with CHS Inc., the nation’s leading agribusiness cooperative, to accelerate quantifiable and certifiable agriculture and food system greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions through the production and distribution of low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer. This initiative was developed as part of the U.S.-UAE’s Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) program that seeks

Minnesota Brewers World Beer Cup
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(Nashville, TN) — (May 11, 2023) –The Brewers AssociationOpens in new window (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group dedicated to promoting and protecting America’s small and independent craft brewers—recognized 307 winners during the 2023 World Beer Cup (WBC)Opens in new window awards ceremony on May 10, 2023. Three of those winners were from Minnesota. In the Irish-Style Red Ale category, Ursa Minor Brewing in Duluth won a gold metal for Equinimity.  In

Minnesota Women Kookaburra Meets
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“Minnesota Women” is expanding to Duluth this summer. Started on Tiktok in late 2022 after a viral video about how hard it is to make friends in Minnesota Once I realized a lot of women in Minnesota felt this way, I wanted to create a safe place for women to come together, make friends, and celebrate our accomplishments.”  — Erica Schulte King     (Excelsior, MN) —  May 10, 2023

Fizzy Dissolvable THC Tablets
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Local Twin Cities cannabis brand creates water-soluble dissolvable THC tablets to give consumers a new way to enjoy cannabis. (Twin Cities, MN) —  May 8, 2023  — Fizzy THC, a provider of dissolvable cannabis products, announced the launch of their flagship product, Fizzy THC Dissolvable Beverage Tablets. “There have been so many innovative cannabis products that have hit the Twin Cities in the past couple of years. When statute 151.72 passed in 2022, the

New Exhibit Split Rock Lighthouse
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New artifacts and never-before-told stories to be featured at beloved landmark (Two Harbors, MN) — May 8, 2023 – Split Rock Lighthouse will soon launch its most extensive programmatic update in a generation. A new exhibit will tell stories about the site’s history, with a focus on those who make a living from Lake Superior’s resources and those who call it home. At the heart of the exhibit will be a

Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Heartland Award
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Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates ambitious entrepreneurs who are building bolder futures   (Minneapolis, MN) — May 10, 2023  —  Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced the finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Heartland Award. The Heartland program celebrates entrepreneurs from the Dakotas, Iowa, Kansas (excludes greater Wichita area), Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska. Now in its 37th year, Entrepreneur Of The Year is one of the preeminent

James J. Hill House
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First-ever Train Day events to take place May 13-14 (St Paul, MN) –May 4, 2023 – The James J. Hill House has just the ticket for families to both enjoy and educate themselves about trains. The historic St. Paul home will host its first ever Train Day events May 13 and 14th. James J. Hill was nicknamed the “empire builder” for assembling the Great Northern railroad network in the 19th Century.

Sasquatch and Squirrel Chris Monroe
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  (Minneapolis, MN)  May 04, 2023  — This May, Carolrhoda Booksâ, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group™, presents Sasquatch and Squirrel by Chris Monroe, author of the Monkey with a Tool Belt series. Silly and adorable, this story draws two very different characters together in a series of misadventures and embraces the power of friendship. Strawberry the Sasquatch lives deep in the forest, isolated and alone, the way she likes

Be The Match 2023 New York Gala
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  (Minneapolis, MN) —  May 08, 2023 — Be The Match Foundation® hosted its annual New York Gala on Thursday, May 4 to raise critical funding that supports patient assistance grants, research to improve transplant outcomes and efforts to diversify the Be The Match Registry®. In 2022, Be The Match Foundation provided $6.1 million in grants to 2,320 patients and their families in need of financial assistance. The event, held

Chef Gavin Kaysen Partners opsi
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  I am excited to see this type of program make it into not only my kitchen, but the many kitchens it will help moving forward. ”   — Chef Gavin Kaysen       (Minneapolis, MN) — 2023 — Gavin Kaysen announces his partnership with opsi, a workflow app for chefs. Known across the country for his award-winning restaurants and advocacy for the culinary profession, Kaysen was opsi’s first investor

Paisley Park Celebration 2023
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(Chanhassen, MN) — May 3, 2023 — In memory of musical and cultural icon Prince, Paisley Park’s annual Celebration returns June 8-11, 2023. The star-studded event features the exclusive presentation of unreleased music from the famous Prince Vault and special appearances by and conversations with Grammy-winning artist Chaka Khan and Hip-Hop legends Chuck D, D-Nice and Doug E. Fresh (celebrating Prince and Hip Hop 50), with performances from powerhouse Minnesota gospel groups Sounds of Blackness and The Steeles, R&B star Stokley of Mint Condition,

League of Minnesota Cities Luke Fischer
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(St. Paul, Mn) — May 4th, 2023  —The League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) Board of Directors has named Luke Fischer as the new executive director of the LMC, a statewide membership organization dedicated to promoting excellence in local government. He replaces Dave Unmacht, who previously announced he will retire this spring after eight years in the executive director role. Fischer will assume the position May 22. Fischer has served as

Split Rock Light House
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Split Rock Lighthouse Honors Gordon Lightfoot with Beacon LightingBeacon will be lit from 9 pm–11pm in honor of the singer-songwriter (Two Harbors, MN) — May 3, 2023 — The man who wrote “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” was honored with a special lighting of the beacon at Split Rock Lighthouse  on May 3. Gordon Lightfoot passed away Monday at the age of 84. Lightfoot’s song about the shipwreck that took

inaugural TC Summer Fest
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(Minneapolis, MN) — May 1st, 2023 — Join the fun on July 14th and 15th as Target Field plays host to the live music event of the summer: The inaugural TC Summer Fest! This epic, two-night festival features some of music’s biggest names, including the GRAMMY® Award-winning Imagine Dragons, The Killers, GRAMMY® Award-winning The Flaming Lips, AJR and more! Create a unique music experience with single-night or two-night festival passes,

Charles Too First AI Entity
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      I feel like a proud parent watching a child grow up. Charles Too can become whatever it wants to become – a painter, a musician, a banker, a clinician. You name it.”    — Charles Engdahl     (Minneapolis, MN) —  May 2, 2023 — CHARLES TOO BECOMES FIRST AI ENTITY WITH ITS OWN LEGAL IDENTITY For the first time ever, an artificial intelligence (AI) entity has been

The Pizza Club Minnesota
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If you love pizza, and saving money, this club is for you!”   — Ryan Kulka     (Minneapolis, MN) —  April 28, 2023  — The Pizza Club – MN is pleased to announce a membership program designed for pizza lovers in the Twin Cities. The Pizza Club launched on April 13, 2023. The Pizza Club membership program is an amazing way for pizza lovers in Minnesota to discover and eat

Shepherd's Flock Preschool
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  NAEYC accredited and 4-star Parent Aware rated preschool is welcoming new students and families (Prior Lake, MN) — April 28, 2023 — Shepherd’s Flock Preschool, an NAEYC accredited and 4-star Parent Aware rated preschool, based in Prior Lake, Minnesota, is celebrating its 25th anniversary of preschool education. Shepherd’s Flock provides a nurturing environment for students to succeed, celebrate their individuality, and experience spiritual, academic, and social emotional learning in