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Wednesday February 22, 2012

Business

Local consumers prepare for higher gasoline prices

By REBECCA RODENBORG, rrodenborg@owatonna.com

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.

UPDATE: Dow breaks 13,000, can't hold gains

Associated Press

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.

Businesses explore social media

By REBECCA RODENBORG, rrodenborg@owatonna.com

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

Outlet center slated for sheriff’s sale

By REBECCA RODENBORG, rrodenborg@owatonna.com

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 chamber looks toward summer

By ASHLEY PETERSON, apeterson@owatonna.com

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

Area retailers weather annual holiday boom

By REBECCA RODENBORG, rrodenborg@owatonna.com

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.

Pizza Hut to set up shop in Owatonna

By JEFFREY JACKSON, jjackson@owatonna.com

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.

30th Annual Armory Sale

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.

Viracon plans week-long furlough

By REBECCA RODENBORG, rrodenborg@owatonna.com

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.

Local Incubator success story takes business to Faribault

By REBECCA RODENBORG, rrodenborg@owatonna.com

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