...plans to move Herberger's headquarters to Milwaukee, melding it with Saks' Carson Pirie Scott headquarters. St. Cloud Mayor Larry Meyer said the move is a reminder that diminishing local ownership of major businesses means decisions are made...

...employs 2,700 at a warehouse and distribution center in St. Cloud, where it is the largest corporate employer. St. Cloud Mayor John Ellenbecker said Petters called him Friday morning to discuss a potential buyout. "It was my understanding...

...growing list of potential Fingerhut buyers. A representative of an unnamed prospect was scheduled to meet Thursday with St. Cloud Mayor John Ellenbecker. Two suitors with Minnesota ties have publicly expressed interest in the company: Peter Lytle...

ST. CLOUD (AP) - The mayor's job here isn't supposed to be a full-time position, but when the city is trying to stave off the closing of one of its most prominent businesses, things change.

...grow. But Deikel said recently that the company may initially hire up to 60 employees as operations get under way. St. Cloud Mayor John Ellenbecker called the new catalog an important trial balloon.

...For instance, a privately owned hockey rink could be posted as closed to guns, but a city-owned one couldn't. St. Cloud Mayor John Ellenbecker said if the law wasn't amended, he'd look into all options for dealing with it. Earlier, he...

...carrying guns with them during work hours and requiring that volunteers agree not to carry guns, Grundhoefer said. St. Cloud Mayor John Ellenbecker has been vocal in opposing the law, particularly the exclusion of cities from the list of entities...

...than now to have an employer with a potentially significant number of manufacturing jobs come into the community," St. Cloud Mayor John Ellenbecker said. St. Cloud was chosen because it has enough workers and it's close to vendors and Arctic...

...Eveleth, 90 at a collections call center in Monticello, 50 at a photo studio in Plymouth and 45 at Mora Graphics. St. Cloud Mayor John Ellenbecker said the community should treat the Fingerhut situation like a natural disaster. "We need to assess...

ST. CLOUD (AP) - A second investor is interested in acquiring Fingerhut Companies Inc., the catalog retailer that will close if its parent company can't find a buyer.