http://www.mankatofreepress.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:11:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_257011322.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_257011322.html Jo Ann Burns knew that she would have a crazy schedule when she sat down with her husband to hammer out a business plan for her personal training enterprise, DCS Fitness, just a year ago. But she admits that she didn’t realize that it would be so crazy, so quickly, after starting the business on Sept. 24, 2008.
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_242153911.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_242153911.html Pam and Roger Barnlund own and operate Hearland Kennels. (Story is featured the August issue of Minnesota Valley Business magazine.) Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:10:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_229011608.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_229011608.html It’s a good thing that John Rivisto has his pilot’s license. It only takes the president and CEO of Wells Concrete Products an hour to fly from the company’s newest factory in Albany, Minn., to its original site in Wells. A trip back up to the third factory, in Grand Forks, on the same day is possible too. “I can be productive in both places,” Rivisto says.
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:48:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_208193323.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_208193323.html Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:27:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117122844.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117122844.html Of 40 confirmed U.S. cases, none fatal. Group concerned about rate of spread. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:20:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117122130.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117122130.html A roundup of swine flu developments. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:05:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117110713.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117110713.html Elementary student diagnosed with same strain from Mexico. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:39:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117104120.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117104120.html Worries about the epidemic's spread will likely remain at the forefront of investors' mind over the coming days and overshadowed any hopes generated over the weekend by the announcement from the Group of Seven finance ministers that the worst of the world recession may be over and that recovery may emerge by the end of the year. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:34:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117103541.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117103541.html Hospitals have been asked to submit specimens of potential cases. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:29:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117103023.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117103023.html Russia, Hong Kong and Taiwan said they would quarantine visitors showing symptoms of the virus amid a surging global concern about a possible pandemic. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:11:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117101140.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_117101140.html Obama says health emergency declared to make sure U.S. prepared. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:05:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_109170755.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_109170755.html Mankato has plenty of thrift stores, but Dollars and $ense is something of a rarity here. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:07:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_184100839.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_184100839.html Autos, heavy machinery, and steel orders down Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_178104734.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_178104734.html n other reports, sales of previously owned homes nudged up in May, although prices continued to drop, the National Association of Realtors said. Sales rose 2 percent to a pace of 4.99 million units. The median sales price, however, fell to $208,600, down 6.3 percent from a year ago. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:33:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_175193347.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/business/local_story_175193347.html Disappointment that Saudi Arabia is not boosting production by more than 200,000 barrels a day sent oil prices higher, fanning concerns about inflation. Light, sweet crude rose $1.38 to settle at $136.74 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.