Hometown Connection

Located on Adams Street in Mankato, the Wow!Zone was born out of DeMarce’s original business, a bowling alley on Victory Drive.

You never know what treasures you will find at the region’s only tried and true record store, Tune Town in Old Town Mankato.

Behind every classic car is a story, and Jeremy Thomas listens.

For other entrepreneurs looking for advice, Pietan suggests trying to embrace the entire experience.

Signs are all around us, telling us to stop or shop or learn more, inviting us in or keeping us out.

It has been almost a decade since Josh Vanderberg started his own cleaning company, Vanderberg Clean, but the company’s roots go back even further than that.

Eleven years ago, Gordan and Karen Toupal started an apple orchard just outside of Fairmont.

Indulge Salon and Tanning owner Tiffany Ward combined her passion for cosmetology and her entrepreneurial spirit to create a place for clients to connect, relax and feel good about themselves.

A North Mankato man was once an employee of the company he now owns.

June's Hometown Business Connection is Bella Nova Boutique. The store, which began as one Lake Crystal woman's hobby, now empowers other female business owners without their own storefronts.