A new building at the State Fair is dedicated to the memory of Doug Holter, co-owner of Giggles' Campfire Grill, who died last winter of a heart attack at age 53.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Phil Jackson, the Los Angeles Lakers coach and most-famous athlete ever produced by the University of North Dakota, returned to his alma mater this week to receive an honorary degree -- and do a little gentle coaching.

Breaking local business news in today's Wall Street Journal: conventions are a good thing for hotels, the newspaper reports. The Twin Cities hotel market is "undoubtedly doing better than it would have without the Republican convention."

It’s 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Three attorneys, one for the prosecution and two for the defense, are ready to give the jury their closing arguments.

Ever since the stunning 2002 findings from the massive, randomized, double-blinded Women’s Health Initiative study, hormone therapy as a “treatment” for menopause has been on life support.

When the 2001 economic recession hit, Minnesota had a 7.8 percent poverty rate. After six years of economic recovery, the poverty rate is even higher: 9.5 percent.

It's like Major League Baseball's FanFest, or the NFL Experience. Except you're immersed in history and politics, not sports. CivicFest, which opens Friday at the Minneapolis Convention Center and runs through Sept. 4, is a way for those who won't get inside the Xcel Energy Center for the Republican National Convention to get a satisfying taste of the presidency and presidential politics.