Michelle Medler rested on a Rice Park fountain in March after walking 18 miles from Bloomington with other Gander Mountain employees to mark the company’s headquarters relocation to downtown St. Paul.

Renée Jones Schneider

Star Tribune

Published October 11, 2005

With this 3M product you get a bandage built to last: It’s duct tape.

Glen Stubbe

Star Tribune

Published October 6, 2005

The Ford Motor Co. assembly plant in St. Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood makes Ford Ranger pickups and the Ranger’s sibling, the Mazda B-Series.

Glen Stubbe

Star Tribune

Published October 4, 2005

As Americans forge ahead on a path of seemingly endless weight gain, many say they would like to eat healthier food but few are willing to give up their accustomed eating habits.

Ting-Li Wang

New York Times

Published September 30, 2005

Mannequins await dressing at the new Cabela’s in Rogers. The store also features fashion shows highlighting women’s outerwear.

Glen Stubbe

Star Tribune

Published September 29, 2005

Sunfish inhabit one of three aquariums that cover 1,600 square feet in the new Cabela’s in Rogers. The biggest one holds 35,000 gallons.

Glen Stubbe

Star Tribune

Published September 29, 2005

Jon Payne, senior operations manager for Cabela's new store in Rogers, told employees to give themselves a hand for getting everything ready for the scheduled opening. Besides the 400 mounted animals in the store, there is an archery range, a fine-art gallery and an artificial-tree-covered mountain.

Glen Stubbe

Star Tribune

Published September 29, 2005

A taxidermy display shows two African lions taking down a Cape buffalo at the Cabela’s in Rogers, which opens Oct. 14.

Glen Stubbe

Star Tribune

Published September 29, 2005

An Avro regional jet operated by Mesaba Airlines took off Tuesday from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Mesaba flies Northwest Airlines passengers under a deal with the larger airline.

David Brewster

Star Tribune

Published September 28, 2005

Nate Westgor of Willie’s American Guitars has famous customers including Mick Jagger and Lyle Lovett but says the core of his business is the local bands who frequent the shop.

Dick Youngblood

Star Tribune

Published September 28, 2005

CenterPoint Energy crews are replacing 704 service lines in Buffalo, Minn., in a multimillion-dollar project to eliminate potential dangers such as this old coupling at the failure point.

Richard Sennot

Published May 25, 2005

"What we were trying to avoid [for the site] was big-box retail," said Bloomington City Council Member Vern Wilcox. "Would [Ikea] have been my first choice? Probably not. I think some people on the council felt something was better than nothing."

Glen Stubbe

Star Tribune

Published August 7, 2004

Louis DeThomasis is an engaging, animated executive who has picked up more energy as a result of shedding more than 50 pounds in the past year. He’s also a gourmet Italian cook; his father started out as an immigrant laborer from Italy.\r

Published August 7, 2004

Merry Brodzinski, founder of Sunergi inc.: “I may not know much about programming. But I’m good at finding very bright people who do know a lot about it.”

Dick Youngblood

Star Tribune

Published July 31, 2004

Vong Soudaly, a U.S. Bank employee, was giving away "free samples," one nickel per customer, and Nolan Backes, 3, savored his sample while his mother, Lisa Backes of Plymouth, asked about branch services at the Maple Grove Byerly’s store.

Mike Zerby

Photographer

Published March 24, 2004