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High rise, low activity

Area map of Reserve condo development.

Published January 13, 2004

Completed lockers

Completed lockers

Completed welded steel music equipment lockers at Wenger Corp.

Star Tribune

Published December 2, 2003

In the V-Room

In the V-Room

Mike Smedstad, vice president of new business, demonstrates the versatility of the company's V-Room technology.

Star Tribune

Published December 2, 2003

Student music chairs

Student music chairs

Student music chairs are assembled and readied for shipment on an assembly line at Wenger Corp.

Star Tribune

Published December 2, 2003

Welding door frames

Welding door frames

Gary Davis welds steel door frames for musical instrument lockers sold by Wenger Corp.

Star Tribune

Published December 2, 2003

Acoustic panels

Acoustic panels

These acoustic panels can be assembled to form a Diva Shell, one of Wenger Corp's. products.

Star Tribune

Published December 2, 2003

Acoustic ceiling panels

Acoustic ceiling panels

Dennis Aden and Richard Haville flip the glued back on to a honeycombed cardboard core for an acoustic ceiling panel that will be installed Paradise Valley High School in Phoenix.

Star Tribune

Published December 2, 2003

Acoustics simulation

Acoustics simulation

Robert McKenna, president and CEO of Wenger Corp., listens as Mike Smedstad, vice president of new business, shows how the company's V-Room technology can simulate the acoustics of many types of performance areas.

Star Tribune

Published December 2, 2003

Testing music stands

Testing music stands

Darrin Olson tests the quality and thickness of the paint that has just been applied to steel music stands at Wenger Corp in Owatonna.

Star Tribune

Published December 2, 2003

Global traveler's short commute

Tom Joyce enjoys his morning commute -- a short walk from his condo on LaSalle Avenue to his office on Nicollet Mall.

Star Tribune

Published September 22, 2003

Ken Melrose, who has led Toro for almost two decades, received his biggest payday ever mostly through gains on stock options. he says executive pay is out of balance.

Star Tribune

Published May 19, 2002

John Bezdichek, left, is determined that his Ben Franklin store in downtown Red Wing won't be put out of business by the big-box retailers opening next spring on the edge of town. Ranetta Lang, right, is project coordinator of Red Wing Downtown Main Street, which is telling small businesses they have to change if they want to survive.

Star Tribune

Published April 29, 2002

Arne Skyberg, president of the Red Wing Chamber of Commerce, has teamed with a downtown merchants' organization to sponsor a program entitled "Small Business Survival Series." He is pictured in downtown Red Wing's restored railroad depot, where the chamber has its offices.

Star Tribune

Published April 29, 2002

Red Wing's downtown is bracing for the arrival of a Wal-Mart Supercenter and a Target store next spring. Downtown merchants of this historic river city are confident it can remain a bustling commercial center, if the small businesses prepare to compete.

Star Tribune

Published April 28, 2002

Jennifer Green, part-time owner of the historic Archer House River Inn, says the Target store and other development on the highway can help downtown businesses like hers.

Star Tribune

Published April 28, 2002