Manufacturing is Big Business in Minnesota

Last year, food manufacturing was nearly four times more concentrated in southwest Minnesota than the state as a whole, according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). It was one of the few industries that added regional jobs during the recession, increasing employees by 4.7 percent, and...

Jobless rate below 3 percent for first time in nearly 19 years ST. PAUL – Minnesota’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.9 percent in August, according to figures released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The last time Minnesota’s unemployment rate was below...