Agents find a niche selling repossessed homes

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Realty agents Cindy Otten and Laurie Larsen are making the best of a bad situation. With dozens of repossessed homes on the market because of the mortgage meltdown, Otten and Larsen have found a niche in selling them.

Jeanna Viramontes founded and opened Reform Physical Therapy LLC in the Business Center at 226 Locust St. in Hudson. Photo by Margaret A. Ontl

Jeanna Viramontes, owner of Reform Physical Therapy LLC

ReForm Physical Therapy teaching people how to heal

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Shhhhhhh! Hudson’s newest physical therapist wants to take the silence out of pelvic floor problems for both men and women. While most think of this as strictly a problem for women, men can suffer from it as well.

Weekly newspapers, Web sites have a positive story to tell

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
While some metro daily newspapers may be suffering circulation decline and financial hardship, community weeklies and their Internet sites are vibrant and seeing marked increases in page views, said Forum Communications Co. President Lloyd Case.

‘Green’ training in Hudson May 20

05/08/2008 12:00 AM
The St. Croix Valley Home Builders Association along with Healthy Homes is offering a green building training session May 20 at the Hudson Golf Club.

Business briefs

05/08/2008 12:00 AM

Hudson’s Home Depot unaffected by closures

05/07/2008 12:00 AM
Atlanta-based Home Depot announced last that it will close 15 stores across the nation that are “underperforming” and “do not meet the company’s targeted returns.”

Micklesen Drug store

Micklesen Drug owners celebrate milestone

05/02/2008 12:00 AM
The Anderson family is celebrating 25 years of owning and operating Micklesen Drug store. Lyle and Clara Lou Anderson bought the quintessential small-town pharmacy from Bob Ochs and took over the operation on June 1, 1983.

Associated has relay fund-raiser

05/02/2008 12:00 AM
Just in time for Mother’s Day, the Associated Bank offices’ Relay for Life Team, Associated 4 a Cure, is selling bouquets of pink carnations.

Business briefs

05/01/2008 12:00 AM

Jaime Benner

Center teaches more than horse-riding fundamentals

04/25/2008 12:00 AM
Jaime Benner isn’t your average teacher. Her students don’t sit at desks in classrooms learning history and English. They sit on horses and learn how to post a trot and make their horses jump fences.