st. cloud business

"After 22 years of renting movies we have decided to close the rental portion of our business."

Central Minnesota is short 5,300 child-care spots. This brilliant St. Cloud, MN business created their own answer to the problem.

Paul will be greatly missed at Handyman's, but he won't be in retirement for long. After a two-week vacation, he will be starting a part-time position at a well-known city park.

The parking lot in front of the new St. Cloud Chick-fil-A is lined with colorful tents and lawn chairs. Dozens of people are camping out waiting for the doors of the new restaurant to open on Thursday morning.

You may not realize there’s a stainless steel manufacturing powerhouse nestled right into west St. Cloud. DCI, inc. started in Holdingford in 1955 and moved to their current spot in the 60’s and 70’s.

The St. Cloud Downtown Council is working with local young professionals to keep downtown a fun, edgy and innovative place to be. Pegg Gustafson is the President of the Council, she says there are over 620 businesses and 10,000 employees in downtown St. Cloud.

A St. Cloud concrete and masonry supplier has recently been sold. Amcon Block and Precast has been sold to Cemstone, a larger company that's based in Mendota Heights.

A renovation and expansion project was recently completed at the St. Cloud Country Inn and Suites Carlson West location. The hotel renovated all of their existing rooms and added 30 additional rooms.

A popular St. Cloud barbecue spot closed its doors over the weekend. Dan Stuttgen opened Dickey's in 2011. They were in the Division Street strip mall behind Red Lobster.

A St. Cloud based worldwide supplier of microorganisms and lab-testing equipment is expanding. Microbiologics Inc. is building a 30,000 square foot addition at its St. Cloud headquarters. CEO Brad Goskowicz says the expansion will create around 35 jobs.