Ryan Liljestrand lifts a piece of drywall material Tuesday as the walls take shape at the new Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Thrift Store under construction in Dilworth. Liljestrand works for Stephenson Drywall & Lathing of Moorhead.
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Dilworth corrals new thrift store

11/19/2008
Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch is building a new thrift store in Dilworth. “Basically, we’re moving the current Moorhead location down the road a little bit to Dilworth,” said Diane Rust, Fargo, retail sales director for Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch stores.

Target to push holiday pricing

11/18/2008
NEW YORK – Target Corp. said Monday it will aggressively cut prices to give consumers bargains during the holiday season, even as weak sales of its apparel and home offerings led third-quarter earnings to fall 24 percent.

Year-end tax decisions cloudy

11/18/2008
This is the time of year that savvy taxpayers begin fine-tuning their finances to cut their tax bills. Year-end tax planning is more complicated than ever this year.

Dave Arntson

Capturing moments

11/17/2008
Wedding photojournalism offers different approach
A bridesmaid crawling under the head table, a bride’s careful makeup application, and a flower girl’s consternation and ring bearer’s bewilderment are all moments captured and preserved by Milestones Photography.

Beth Nelson

Shoe heeler keeps clients footloose

11/15/2008
Jill Perhus lived with leg pain for 20 years before discovering that an adjustment in her shoes could take it all away.

2nd Jimmy Johns opens in Fargo

11/15/2008
A new submarine sandwich shop has sprouted just off the North Dakota State University campus.

Building permits

11/15/2008

‘Desert Durum’ acres to drop

11/15/2008
BISMARCK – A steep drop in durum wheat acres in U.S. desert country likely won’t hurt the American pasta industry or boost prices for farmers, industry officials say. The reason: There’s plenty of durum still around.

Edward R. Stern

Local leaders’ legacies lauded

11/14/2008
Chamber of Commerce honors Stern, Scheel for entrepreneurship
Longtime Fargo-Moorhead entrepreneurs Edward R. Stern, 94, and Frederick B. Scheel, 87, were recognized Thursday for their contributions to the local business community.

JT Cigarro starts building

11/13/2008
Parking issue requirements have final plans in limbo
Plans are in the works to build a new JT Cigarro in Fargo. Work has begun on the two-story, 6,000-square-foot facility at 4554 7th Ave. S., just down the street from the existing cigar bar at 855 45th St. S.

Muddy mess for valley farmers

11/12/2008
The area’s wet fall has led to major harvest delays, particularly for sugar beet farmers in the southern Red River Valley.

Dow falls below 8,000, S&P at 5-year low

Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003 on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average plunging below the 8,000 mark amid a dour economic outlook from the Federal Reserve and worries over the fate of Detroit's three automakers.

Fed sharply lowers forecasts, hints of rate cut

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday sharply lowered its projections for economic activity this year and next, and signaled that additional interest rate reductions may be needed to help combat the worst financial crisis to jolt the country in more than a half-century.

Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search

Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. His comments sent Yahoo shares diving by 19 percent.

Consumer prices drop record 1 percent in October

Consumer prices plunged by the largest amount in the past 61 years in October as gasoline pump prices dropped by a record amount.

US home construction sinks to new record low

Construction of new homes plunged last month to the lowest level on records going back nearly 50 years as U.S. builders slashed production while Wall Street nosedived.

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