Business

OWATONNA — Local business owner Tom Elbert knows that when gas prices are on the rise, it affects more than just how much someone chooses to travel.

NEW YORK (AP) — It came and went in a flash, a number on a board for seconds at a time, but its symbolic power couldn't be dismissed.

OWATONNA — Facebook and Twitter aren’t just for friends anymore.

MEDFORD — The future of the Medford Outlet Center is currently unknown, as court documents filed over the past five months reveal that the current owners are in default on a mortgage for the property

BLOOMING PRAIRIE — When the Blooming Prairie Chamber of Commerce members gathered Wednesday for February’s monthly meeting, summer was on their minds.

OWATONNA — Valentine’s Day may only be one day a year, but it takes local business owners longer than that to prepare for one of the biggest holidays of the year.

OWATONNA — Pizza lovers here will have another option from which to shop when a national chain makes its return to Owatonna in the upcoming months.

Hundreds of people converged on the Minnesota National Guard Armory in Owatonna last Saturday morning for the second day of the 30th annual Armory Sale.

OWATONNA — A majority of Viracon’s Owatonna workforce will be furloughed for a week later this month as a result of the still “sluggish economy,” company officials say.

OWATONNA — A manufacturing company that got its start in Owatonna and has incubated here for seven years is now looking to move to Faribault.