Two Des Moines Metro Pita Pit Restaurants Close; Four Remain

A second location of a North Dakota-based restaurant serving Nepali and Indian cuisine plans to open in Bay View this fall.

From the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Robbyn Wacker, the outgoing president of St. Cloud State University, is stepping down from the post two months earlier than expected, and ahead of expected budget cuts forecast by Minnesota education officials. St. Cloud Live has a report on the departure of Wacker, St. Cloud State's president since 2018.

An expected crowd of about 150,000 people are headed into Churchill Downs Racetrack ahead of the 150th Kentucky Derby later today.

“He’s turned out to be an absolute dream — and here we are deep in the dream, staring the 150th Kentucky Derby in the face — and it’s just so surreal."

Double the size of its original location, 1840 Brewing expanded into Washington County.

The new vice president of public affairs and communications began the role April 29.