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Small business owners can access LegalCORPS consultations in Bemidji

Income-eligible small business owners in northwest Minnesota have access to free 30-minute consultations with business attorneys as part of a joint effort between the Northwest Small Business Development Center and...

news / business Wed, Feb 27, 2013 - 3:59pm

Carol Nelson, with Squiggles, is a four-star innkeeper for critters. (Submitted photo)

Four-legged guests 'snuggle, snooze'

The hotel business can be grueling (make that drooling) for proprietors anxious to make their guests happy. Carol Nelson's nights and days are filled with guest pampering, playing, consoling, feeding...

news / business Wed, Feb 27, 2013 - 1:00pm

Lou Schultz

Basic Business Cents: 'Workforce Focus' can up competitiveness

Are you proud of your workforce? Could they do better? Of course, none of us are perfect. So, how do we get from our present state to the new improved...

news / business Wed, Feb 27, 2013 - 1:00pm

Becker County businesses benefiting from blizzards

Moans and groans from all over the area can be heard from residents sick and tired of winter. But then there are those who are way too busy to complain...

outdoors / business Sat, Feb 23, 2013 - 8:33am

Cathy Lindquist

SBDC offers free business assistance

Once a month, a consultant from the Minnesota Small Business Development Center arrives in Park Rapids to meet with small business owners and entrepreneurs, at no charge. The guidance is...

news / business Wed, Feb 13, 2013 - 1:00pm

Lou Schultz

Basic Business Cents: Teams that get results rely on key concepts

Why is it that some teams get results effectively and efficiently and others just waste our time? Could it be that they are organized? Could it be that they have...

news / business Wed, Feb 13, 2013 - 1:00pm

Carl Vogt shows the damage a spigot can create. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)

Tappers gain maple syrup insights

The business of making maple syrup promises some sweet returns if you're not allergic to hard work and have the patience to watch molasses drip. Last weekend, the University of...

news / business Wed, Feb 06, 2013 - 1:00pm

Sanford plans new clinic in Bagley

BAGLEY, Minn. -- Nearly a year to the date that Sanford Health first came to Clearwater County, a new clinic is being announced here. A new $1.75 million, 10,000-square-foot Sanford...

region / business Thu, Jan 31, 2013 - 7:18am

Maria Pretzer

Pretzer joins Park Rapids law firm

Maria Pretzer, a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus (1996) and William Mitchell College of Law (2000), has joined the Peloquin Beck law firm as an associate. Pretzer brings a background in...

news / business Wed, Jan 30, 2013 - 1:00pm

Lou Schultz

Basic Business Cents: Individuals can benefit from defined principles

Just as business organizations need operating principles to guide behavior of employees, individuals benefit with a documented set of principles, developed by them, for them. As we journey through our...

news / business Wed, Jan 30, 2013 - 1:00pm

Longtime local grocers Bob and Jeff Hensel, front, were recognized Wednesday, Jan. 16 at the Park Rapids Downtown Business Association's annual meeting for their dedication to the community of Park Rapids through their business, J&B Foods. (Anna Erickson / Enterprise)

Hensels honored for community involvement

news / business Wed, Jan 23, 2013 - 1:00pm

Alan Zemek

Common Currency: Area quintessential spot for changing of seasons

Astronomically speaking, winter is somewhat of a subjective term, there being no officially or scientifically established beginning or middle, but I think it is pretty safe to say, "Baby, it's...

news / business Wed, Jan 23, 2013 - 1:00pm

Jake, left, is Cindy Morgan's service dog, acting as her "cane." Rusty is in training to become an assistance dog. (Jean Ruzicka / Enterprise)

Morgan training assistance dogs

Cindy Morgan's "hobby" in assistance dog training has now become a profession - and a passion. The Park Rapids resident who has an assistance dog herself, Jake, headed to college...

news / business Wed, Jan 16, 2013 - 1:00pm

Lou Schultz

Basic Business Cents: Direction, action key leadership qualities

The last few articles have discussed the leadership requirements in the Qualities of an Exceptional Leader. This article will focus on two other requirements, direction and action. Direction is composed...

news / business Wed, Jan 16, 2013 - 1:00pm

Adrian Panther handed a bottle of White Water Whiskey to Julie Boesl during a tasting at Cash Wise Liquors in Alexandria Friday. Also on hand were Bob Hagedorn (left) and Brett Grinager, master distiller.

White Water Whiskey from Osakis rolls off shelves

Osakis-based Panther Distillery, Minnesota's first and only legal whiskey distillery, bottled its first batch of White Water Whiskey and it hit local liquor store shelves last Friday. "It's going really...

region / business Thu, Jan 10, 2013 - 7:37am

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