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Bill Lukitsch

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Bill Lukitsch is a business reporter for the Star Tribune.

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A Delta Air Lines plane lies upside-down at Toronto Pearson Airport on Tuesday.

Delta releases some pilot information in Flight 4819 amid 'false and misleading assertions'

All 80 aboard the flight survived; the last of 21 injured was released from the hospital Thursday.
John and Stephanie DeVos reunited in Minneapolis after a plane crash in Toronto on Monday. John DeVos of Marshall, Minn., was onboard Delta Connection

Marshall man recounts harrowing tale of surviving Delta Flight 4819

"This is how I'm going to die," the passenger in 9B thought as the plane slid down the runway and overturned.
A Delta Air Lines plane operated by Endeavor Air lies upside down at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Tuesday. Delta's CEO says crew members a

Delta Air Lines offers $30K to each passenger on crash-landed Toronto flight

CEO Ed Bastian on Wednesday defended the pilots, saying they are trained to fly in wintry weather.
Emergency personnel work at the scene of a Delta Airlines plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, in Toronto. S

Delta Flight 4819 hit the ground 'hard,' which could cause parts of landing gear to shear off

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is leading the inquiry into how the plane crash-landed in Toronto on Monday afternoon.
Emergency personnel work at the scene of a Delta plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday. The plane had taken off from Minneapo

Delta plane from Minneapolis crash-lands and ends up upside down at Toronto airport

No fatalities have been reported among the 80 passengers and crew members on board, though 18 were injured.
Delta Airlines employees work on self-service kiosks and help passengers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on July 19, 2024, during the ma

Delta Air Lines gives $122M in annual profit-sharing to Minnesota employees

The tradition of MSP's dominant carrier sharing year-end profits with employees on Valentine's Day dates back to 2007.
Customers use the Wells Fargo ATMs inside the lobby at a branch in Minneapolis on Thursday.

Wells Fargo removes ATMs from Minnesota Speedway stores as people go cashless

Lack of use and availability of other in-network cash machines nearby factored in to the San Francisco-based bank's decision to exit the gas station chain.
Image of Sun Country jets on the tarmac at Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport at the airline's maintenance facility.

Sun Country bolsters booming cargo business as passenger traffic eases

The Minneapolis-based airliner is adding eight planes to its cargo fleet as its partnership with Amazon grows.
Sun Country flight attendants, who are in negotiations for a new contract, braved the cold weather and impending snowstorm for an informational picket

Sun Country, flight attendants reach tentative deal after five years of negotiations

Union employees for the Minneapolis-based airline had overwhelmingly moved to authorize a strike in August and previously voted down an earlier contract in 2023.
Edmund Ocansey, fouder of the West African Family Community Services, holds a donated box of fufu, a West African staple food available on WAFCS food

AG says founder of Brooklyn Center food bank misused charity funds

Edmund Ocansey of West African Family and Community Services allegedly spent almost $42,000 on fast food, retail and car expenses.
LuAnn Paulet, an owner of Insurance by Design an independent agency that handles among its services home insurance, works alongside her 9-year-old Lab

Property insurance rates in Minnesota climbing fast with no end in sight

"It's a disaster, quite frankly," a longtime agency owner said of the industry, which has suffered heavy losses in recent years.
Steve Meldahl has dozens of properties across Minneapolis and is often facing fines and other entanglements with the city over resident complaints. Bu

AG shuts down Minneapolis landlord's 'sham' nonprofit used to dodge sales taxes

In 2021, a Hennepin County judge fined Steven Meldahl $133,500 for 'horrific' conditions at his rental properties.
U.S. Bancorp President Gunjan Kedia is the incoming CEO of the Minneapolis-based bank. She will become chief executive on April 15.

Gunjan Kedia selected to succeed Andy Cecere as CEO of U.S. Bancorp

Kedia, serving most recently as the Minneapolis-based company's president, said she is "deeply honored" to lead the bank.
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As Minnesotans keep buying more EVs, new Trump order could slow demand

Electric vehicles accounted for about 6% of new cars sold in the state last year, according to the Minnesota Auto Dealers Association.
Justin A. Butler of Woodbury has been charged with felony theft by swindle, accused of orchestrating an illegal deal to mislead the buyer about the va

St. Paul banker charged with goosing profits on Duck Donuts franchises, swindling buyer

Bremer Bank's chief risk officer sold two stores and is alleged to have left the buyer $300,000 in the hole.