Elsewhere around Minnesota this morning …

MEADOWLANDS: First of the last days for Schneiderman’s Furniture. A going-out-of-business sale begins today where the family-owned chain of seven furniture stores across the state started in 1948 — as a grocery and hardware store. [Duluth News-Tribune]

LILYDALE: Town clerk charged with theft, rehired. She faces two felony counts for giving herself an early raise but is back on the job as a temp in a tiny town so strapped for cash it puts parkland for sale. [St. Paul Pioneer Press; Minnesota Independent]

ALEXANDRIA: Ethanol for cheap, briefly. Pipeline Travel Plaza will cut the price for E85 gas by 85 cents from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. tomorrow in the first such promotion of the season, sponsored by corn growers, environmentalists and lung-health advocates. [Alexandria Echo Press]

BEMIDJI: Proposed homeless shelter clears planning board. Capacity will jump from six beds at the current site (where 500 to 1,000 people are turned away annually) to 28 at the new $1.2 million facility. [Bemidji Pioneer]

WILLMAR: Feds pour $800,000 into downtown homes. Thirteen older owner-occupied houses in Willmar and seven in Pennock will get fixed up with government grants. [West Central Tribune]

RUSHFORD: Lefse deficit resolved. Locals who have been hankering for the doughy Scandinavian treat are back in luck, as Norsland Lefse bakery is back in business in a new, larger location. [Rochester Post-Bulletin]