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Ed Egan relaxed in the front porch of his home overlooking Pig Lake of the Whitefish Chain on a beautiful summer day. His coffee cup spelled out his current work status: "Retired. No work required.

So where do you rent your movies? In the past, the Brainerd lakes area had several video rental stores where patrons could browse down the aisles and search the filled shelves looking for their favorite videos for movie night.

When the 2008 recession hit Scott Johnson's small business, there was no mistaking that conditions were different - really different.

When Al Cibuzar noticed heat rising around his septic system amongst the 20-below Minnesota winter in the mid-1990s, the wheels in his mind started clicking toward the possibilities of what it could provide.

Craig Nathan said right now it's a "buyer's market" for employers looking to hire the unemployed.

If you think you know Range, think again. The Brainerd-based company may have its roots firmly planted in the printing industry, but its services extend beyond paper and ink. Range has been rebranded with a new name, logo and mission.

Lakeland Mold Company makes the mold that makes plastic products and LINDAR Corp. uses molds to make the plastic products.

When Brian Heitkotter and Troy Hannah learned they would be deployed to Kuwait with the Minnesota Army National Guard, it meant their department at Landis+Gyr in Pequot Lakes would be losing 10 percent of its workforce for an entire year.

A great idea usually begins with a problem. At Landis+Gyr in Breezy Point, those great ideas are keeping the company's patent attorneys pretty busy. In the engineering department of the high-tech company, 17 of its 20 employees are engineers.