ST. PETER — The co-founder of Swine Vet Clinic in St. Peter is to pay a record $77,500 penalty after being reprimanded by the state.

Tyler Deike was mowing lawns before he was old enough to drive and cleaning hotels before he could book a room.

MANKATO — The growth in senior housing options continues to expand, with The Pillars of Mankato now open on the city's east side.

When Mankato mechanic Tony Baumann drove by the building that he would later house his automotive repair business, he didn’t think much of it, let alone its historical significance.

After spending more than 30 years as a sign language interpreter, Wendy June of rural Mankato is making a change. A big change.

Those in the wedding business say one thing is integral to success: building a good rapport with the bride and groom to be.

LE CENTER — On a Friday in 2005 Christine Lantinen got fired from her marketing manager's job because the company couldn't afford her commission. The next Monday she bought the then struggling Maud Borup brand from another business that was focusing on other brands in its holdings.

Brandon Poliszuk has been busy. The 23-year-old marketing major graduated from Minnesota State University in 2017, and he is already working on internet campaigns with the NFL, NBA and the Minnesota Wild. In May, he will be accepting the Young Entrepreneur Award from the Small Business Devel…

Scott Michaletz took over his father’s insurance business, and as he got nearer to retirement, he and his wife, Gail, wanted a strong plan in place for their two sons, Jon and Matt, to take the reins of Kato Insurance.

Cozying up by a fireplace on a cold day provides heat, but it’s also enjoyable to watch. The Yule Log broadcast on TV channels during the winter holidays is a case in point. Viewers watch a fire burning and being tended to on television.

Peter Martin was a born salesperson, being promoted to managing a jewelry store in River Hills Mall at age 19. He still oversees the store but has added commercial real estate to his resume.

Going green as a business strategy comes in many different forms. Some of the more obvious examples are recycling and using energy efficient light bulbs or solar panels. Jerry’s Auto Body, which has been a Mankato mainstay to a loyal network of customers since 1971, has built a reputation fo…

In this day and age, rapid change in any given industry and the need to adapt are the norm, but probably even more so when it comes to selling , renting and repairing truck accessories like trailers, plows and toppers.

The Chinese New Year holiday, which was last week this year, marks a weeklong celebration among family and friends, a time for sharing food and gifting “lucky” money in small red envelopes to children. As the new lunar calendar begins, revelers greet each other in the most widely spoken lang…

Justin Jackson started in business with a small rental property and managing other properties before getting into the development side, including townhomes at Hiniker Pond and in Eagle Lake.

At first, Mike Claflin’s teenage son didn’t appear worse for wear after the hit that jerked his heat back, tearing his football helmet off. But by the middle of the next day he had a headache and memory lapses, and Claflin knew his boy had a concussion.

After Waseca’s only independently owned coffee shop closed in May of 2018, some locals wondered if that was the end of lounging with a book and a cup of espresso in the historic downtown building.

As a young girl, Roxie Mell-Brandts sat in the pews of First Baptist Church in Garden City. She walked its historic hallways and looked out its big sanctuary windows. One thing she probably never did, though, was imagine the day she’d own the place.

Sitting in a desk chair, moving only your fingers along the keyboard — it doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of risk there for injury in the work place.

MANKATO — Shaun Hofmeister was content as he sipped one of the six beers that Jim Parejko has so far brewed at LocALE Brewery in downtown Mankato.

Agriculture has always been a quickly changing business with ups, downs and unpredictability. There’s plenty of all those things today.

The beautiful hydrangea, in a clay pot, stands about three feet tall in the window.

Whether tackling a new apartment complex or a tiny bathroom remodel, it’s always nice to cut costs on construction projects without cutting corners. This is what inspired an area contractor to open Kitchen, Baths and More in 2006. The company sells cabinets, countertops and finish accessorie…

The expansive photos serving as the background to each page on Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm’s website say it all: Nature is a main player in the experience.

Ryan Wempen is constantly moving. Over the past few years, he has become increasingly busier as president of the Birchwood Cottages assisted living facilities and manager of Owatonna Self Storage and Mankato Mini Storage. But his newest role is president of Kato Moving & Storage, a membe…

Clichés should be avoided, especially by writers. It’s just plain lazy.

Brian Ziegler has pulled a great many things out of people’s air ducts. A great many things.

MANKATO — Animal nutrition company Ridley Inc., which two years ago became the anchor tenant in one of the new Tailwind towers downtown, has been downsized. The local office is changing from a national headquarters to a regional office.

For Bill and Matthew Vihstadt, business and family go hand in hand. Bill has owned A to Z Rental Center in Mankato for nearly half a century. He and his late wife, Ruthann, who died last June, operated it for most of those years.

ST. PETER — River’s Edge Hospital and Clinic will break ground on its $33.8 million expansion Tuesday.

GARDEN CITY — Bob Roelofs knew his farm fields around Garden City were too muddy to plant for at least a few more days and was planning to check out a field he and a farming partner operate north of Mankato.

MANKATO — The south side of Mankato, including the area around Minnesota State University — an official "food desert" because of its lack of a supermarket — is moving closer to having at least a small oasis.

MANKATO — Alexa Swindell Prosser spent 12 years in hospitality and then many years in corporate America where she did lots of traveling and sampling of local foods.