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Avera Research Receives $17.1 Million National Institutes of Health Grant

The Avera Research Institute’s Center for Pediatric and Community Research has been awarded a $17.1 million grant through the National Institutes of Health for its work on a children’s health study called the ECHO Program. The grant’s total, presented over five years, represents the ...

Making room for development

TRACY — Tracy’s Economic Development Authority Jeff Carpenter announced at the Aug. 27 council meeting that the EDA was offering a $5,000 reward to anyone referring a new business owner to the city for development of a new business in town. “The new businesses have to meet reward ...

Knutson graduates from leadership program

CLARKFIELD – Tyler Knutson, Technical Director of the Yellow Medicine Soil and Water Conservation District, successfully completed a one-year leadership development program sponsored by the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (MASWCD). Knutson says he has already ...

Fantasy sports site DraftKings files lawsuit over attack

BOSTON (AP) — Daily fantasy sports giant DraftKings says it was attacked last month with a denial of service that prevented customers from using its website for a short time. A federal judge in Massachusetts issued an order Friday allowing the company to seek the identities of those who ...

Restaurant company building new corporate HQ in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — The corporate parent of restaurant franchises including Arby’s and Buffalo Wild Wings is building a new headquarters in a suburb of Atlanta. Gov. Nathan Deal’s office said Atlanta-based Inspire Brands plans to invest $32 million in a new corporate hub in Sandy Springs. ...

UK prime minister says no, again, to second Brexit vote

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s prime minister has again spoken out against calls for a second referendum on Britain’s decision to split with the European Union. Theresa May wrote in the Sunday Telegraph that it would be a “gross betrayal of our democracy” to have another vote. She said ...