Business Beat: April 17th

Minots Thai restaurant will be opening soon. Baan Rao located near Walmart in the Joshua Plaza w...  More »

Minots Thai restaurant will be opening soon. Baan Rao located near Walmart in the Joshua Plaza will feature Asian spicy foods and owners say the target date for their opening is Wednesday April 30th.. There's seating for 68 people, plus a banquet room that seats 26 people. A major project in the works at Westlie's Tire Center on North Broadway. Some land behind the center has been cleared out, the Tire Center will close Saturday, and by May the entire property will be leveled. Westlie's will be putting up a new state of the art automotive center in this same location. While this is not happening because of the North Broadway road project, Westlie's officials say the timing works out well. Westlie's One Stop Auto is being moved temporarily to the Auto Crossing building across from Simensons on Broadway. Auto Crossing is closing. Westlie Tire Center customers will be taken care of at Westlie's headquarters on Broadway. Sebbys Flooring on South Broadway has closed, no work yet on what will happen with this location. Lots of changes will be happening in the coming weeks at the Gate City Bank on South Broadway. The bank has begun a major remodeling project, and once its done, the bank will look completely different. Vice President Peggy Johnson says the bank will have some new features like a coin machine for the public in the lobby, and cookies baked in the lobby each day. IN Bottineau a store that has been on main street many years is closing in a few weeks. Sandy and Henry Hagen, owners of Ace Hardware, are closing the store. they say there's been a hardware store of some kind in this location for 100 years. In Sherwood, would you believe that small town has a manufacturing plant? Its called Precision Farm Parts. Owner Mike Ellingson started the business on his farm in 1985, and by 1992 moved it to the community of Sherwood. They sell products to Canada and thru-out the U.S. He says a few years ago they come up with a design for a combine part that has been great for them. Mike Ellingson, Precision Farm Parts, if you believe in the power of prayer, this is a direct answer to it, we tried an experiment on a Case a few years ago and it worked well, so we tried it on other combines, and it was worked extremely well Precision Farm Parts employees five people, and Ellingson says they are so busy they have to outsource some of their work. That could mean more jobs for Sherwood people someday. For Business Beat Im Carla Burbidge Cam 1- 2Shot / Break / Sports  « Less