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Boutique owners find success, expand store into new building
Every journey seems to start with one small step. Some may know their intended path, but others allow ...
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New company taking off in first year
Visit with Jason and Jenn Schreiber of 10,000 Custom Designs by Jason in Ellendale for only a few ...
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Harbor Freight Tools coming to former Shopko space; mall owner in negotiations with 2nd national retailer
A national hardware retailer is slated to open in a portion of the former Shopko building, the owner ...
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Vortex Cold Storage opens for first truckload; remaining construction to be complete in May
Almost 10 months after breaking ground for the new Vortex Cold Storage in Albert Lea, the company’s founders ...
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Chamber names Businesses of the Year
The Albert Lea-Freeborn County Chamber of Commerce on Monday announced it named Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative as the ...
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‘Bringing something new to the community’
After some delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Al’s Burgers and Chicken opened last week on Leland Drive near ...
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Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation seeks applications for entrepreneur business competition
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation is seeking applications for new business ideas from entrepreneurs who are 18 to 25 ...
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New staff members at Arcadian Bank announced
Arcadian Bank announces the addition of Beth Anderson as a commercial and ag lender, and Mark Petrik as ...
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Shopko Optical sets sights on new center in Albert Lea
Shopko Optical announced Thursday it will open a new location in Albert Lea in March 2022 with complete ...
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Innovance companies celebrating milestone anniversaries
ALMCO and Lou-Rich, both lifelong Albert Lea companies, are celebrating their 75- and 50-year anniversaries of being in ...
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Women start new collaborative to help home-based makers succeed
Two Albert Lea small business owners are opening a new business this month in Skyline Plaza to give ...
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New funeral home in Wells slated to be finished by the end of the year
WELLS — Construction is ongoing for the new Nasinec Funeral Home and Crematory in the Wells Industrial Park ...
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Cargill to acquire Arkema’s epoxides business
As demand for bio-based industrial solutions continues to grow, Cargill has entered into an agreement to acquire Arkema’s ...
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Pandemic shows value of remote work for disabled employees
ST. PAUL — In the early weeks of 2020, when a mysterious new virus began making headlines, South ...
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More than $64M available in grants for businesses that experienced hardship due to COVID-19
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) will begin accepting applications for the Main Street COVID ...
