small business

Terrifying mascots, drive-up service, wooden porches, smoky smells, long meat counter lines ... this week, KAXE is looking back at grocery stores of the past.

Small-town grocers feel a strong sense of responsibility to their communities, but the threat of closure often looms.

New tenants, art spaces and community programs highlight the Grand Rapids building’s revival at the First Friday Art Walk on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.

About 235 employees will be laid off as a result, starting Sept. 25, 2025, and Super One will offer employees an opportunity to interview for positions, according to DEED.

Family and fishing are big at the Kitchi Landing Resort south of Blackduck, which was once operated by Val Engelman's great-grandfather as Hagen's Resort.

Of all the businesses in MN, 99.4% are considered small businesses, employing almost half of Minnesota’s workforce, according to the Statistics of U.S. Businesses census.

After sitting dormant during winter for the past decade, strained by high energy costs, the Lodge of Whispering Pines is up and running on the strength of a solar project.

A Laporte woman is among those capitalizing on the growing number who prefer low- or no-alcohol drink options and cancer risks associated with drinking are further defined.

Climate projections say in the Midwest, droughts will be more frequent and intense. It's one of the climate change impacts explored in a research bulletin on Christmas trees published earlier this year.

This week, we want to hear about your favorite local items to give as gifts.