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New Gislason & Hunter partner has expertise in corporate law

Daniel Schwartz has been named partner at Gislason & Hunter Attorneys at Law. The New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce’s Willkommen committee recently visited Schwartz to congratulate him. Schwartz has a focused expertise as a business attorney. He began his career with a large ...

British Museum to remove Sackler name from galleries

LONDON (AP) — The British Museum will remove the Sackler name from galleries, rooms and endowments following global outrage over the role the family played in the opioid crisis. The museum is the latest cultural institution to cut ties with the Sacklers. The Sackler name has been removed in recent years from wings and galleries at institutions including the Louvre in Paris and the Serpentine Gallery in London. The British Museum said it had mutually agreed on the move with trustees of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation, which has supported the museum for more than 30 years.

Amazon tries to stave off union drive on two fronts

Amazon is gearing up for its toughest labor fight yet, with two separate union elections coming to a head as soon as next week that could provide further momentum to the recent wave of organizing efforts across the country. Warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York, and Bessemer, Alabama, will determine whether or not they want to form a union. If a majority votes yes at either location, it would mark the first successful U.S. organizing effort in Amazon history. Rejection would notch another victory for the country’s second-largest employer in keeping unions at bay. Here’s ...

Canadian Pacific rail work stoppage could hit US agriculture

DETROIT (AP) — Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage Sunday that brought trains to a halt across Canada and interrupted fertilizer and other shipments to and from the U.S. More than 3,000 Canadian Pacific Rail conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are off the job after both sides couldn’t reach a deal by a midnight deadline. Both sides say they are still talking with federal mediators. Canadian Pacific covers much of the U.S. Midwest and is a large shipper of potash and fertilizer for ...

Santelman attends Farm Transfer Planning Retreat

WINTHROP - Mark Santelman, owner of Santelman Insurance, recently attended the Farm Transition Estate Planning Retreat March 11-12, at South Central College in Mankato. Topics included Business Succession planning, Goal Setting, Family Communication, Business structures, and Estate Planning ...

Expansion at The Pinball Place

The New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce’s Willkommen committee stopped by The Pinball Place to see its new expanded space. Owners John and Phyllis Vorwerk have one of the largest pinball machine collections in the Midwest. They got interested when John was looking for Corvette parts and found a ...