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    October 15, 2018
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    Where to go for appliance maintenance, customer service after Sears' bankruptcy filing
    FARGO - Over the past 125 years, Sears has risen to become a staple for millions of American shoppers. Now it's facing bankruptcy and more closures...
    newsOctober 15, 2018 - 10:47pm
    The Sears, Roebuck & Co. mail order building in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Patrick T. Fallon.
    Sears files for bankruptcy after years of turmoil
    Sears, the one-time titan of American retail, filed for bankruptcy ahead of a $134 million debt payment due Monday and announced that it will...
    business/retailOctober 15, 2018 - 6:44am
    October 11, 2018
    FNS file photo of the Sears store in Grand Forks, ND
    Sears could finally be nearing bankruptcy after years of decline
    Sears, the fallen iconic American retailer, has reportedly hired an advisory firm to prepare a bankruptcy filing.
    business/retailOctober 11, 2018 - 7:58am
    October 2, 2018
    Toys 'R' Us lenders plan brand revival
    The same Toys "R" Us lenders that have been taking heat for their role in the decision to liquidate the company in March are now working on bringing...
    business/retailOctober 2, 2018 - 11:30am
    August 27, 2018
    Jason Margerum, foreground, and his father, Rich Margerum, pick up a table Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, that he purchased at the liquidation sale for the Moorhead Herberger's in Moorhead Center Mall. Helmut Schmidt / The Forum
    Moorhead Herberger's to close Wednesday; Fargo location shuttered
    MOORHEAD — The Fargo Herberger's department store closed its doors for good Sunday, Aug. 26, and the Moorhead Herberger's will not be far ...
    business/retailAugust 27, 2018 - 5:20pm
    July 16, 2018
    Bidders pay 77% for future American Crystal Sugar payments
    WEST FARGO — Bidders in an unusual auction recently paid 77 percent of the future face value of American Crystal Sugar payments owed to...
    business/agricultureJuly 16, 2018 - 7:36am
    June 18, 2018
    Erik Ahlgren, a Fergus Falls, Minn., lawyer, specializes in bankruptcy trustee cases like the William "Bill" Sczepanski case. (Mikkel Pates / Forum News Service)
    Judge in farm bankruptcy orders unusual auction of Crystal Sugar payment
    MOORHEAD, Minn. — Fallout from the bankruptcy of a sugar beet grower is resulting in an unusual auction beginning next week involving American...
    business/agricultureJune 18, 2018 - 6:14am
    June 6, 2018
    Duluth diocese reaches another settlement
    DULUTH—The Diocese of Duluth has settled with a third insurer as it inches closer to a resolution in its prolonged bankruptcy. Church Mutual Insurance Company will contribute $250,000 to victims of child sexual abuse under the terms of a settlement agreement made public this...
    news/crime-and-courtsJune 6, 2018 - 5:50pm
    June 1, 2018
    Ron McMartin Jr., president of McM Inc., a sprawling high-value specialty crop farm based at St. Thomas, N.D., says he has no plans of quitting farming, despite false rumors. He's endured rumors of financial collapse and even that he'd committed suicide. Photo taken Oct. 10, 2016, near St. Thomas, N.D. Trevor Peterson / Forum News Service
    McMartin Sr. denies fraud in McM Inc. Chapter 7
    FARGO—The father of bankrupt megafarmer Ron McMartin Jr. denies a bankruptcy trustee's allegation that he participated in "sham' insider...
    business/agricultureJune 1, 2018 - 5:45pm
    The Gibson Guitars Corp. logo is seen on finished guitars at the company's factory in Nashville. MUST CREDIT: Jeff Adkins, Bloomberg
    Iconic guitar maker Gibson files for bankruptcy in deal to renew business
    Gibson Brands filed for bankruptcy with a turnaround plan that gives some of the company's lenders equity ownership of the iconic American business...
    entertainment/musicMay 1, 2018 - 3:10pm
    April 25, 2018
    The former McNally Smith College of Music sign at Wabasha and Exchange Street in St. Paul on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. John Autey / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    For employees, students to get paid, McNally Smith college building must sell before 2019
    ST. PAUL—If a bankruptcy trustee can't sell the McNally Smith College of Music building before the end of the year, there may be no money...
    news/educationApril 25, 2018 - 7:58pm
    April 23, 2018
    Bill Sczepanski, 56, of Stephen, Minn., ran a farming operation that topped 27,000 acres in 2014, only to go insolvent in 2017, adversely affecting a finance company and a co-op elevator at nearby Alvarado, Minn. Photo summer 2014, at Stephen, Minn. (Forum News Service/Agweek)
    Big farm insolvency plays out in state court
    WARREN, Minn. — Bill Sczepanski's farm insolvency at Stephen, Minn., isn't as widely known as Ron McMartin Jr.'s, across the river at St....
    business/agricultureApril 23, 2018 - 6:00am
    March 14, 2018
    Shoppers form a line Thursday, Nov.28, 2013, before the 5pm opening of Toys "R" Us in south Fargo. David Samson / The Forum
    Fargo Toys 'R' Us store expected to close
    FARGO—The Fargo Toys 'R' Us store is expected to close as part of a nationwide shutdown of the brand. The Wall Street Journal reported...
    business/retailMarch 14, 2018 - 5:14pm
    March 9, 2018
    A woman exits a Claire's store on Dec. 1, 2006, in New York. MUST CREDIT: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
    Fashion accessories chain Claire's said to plan to file bankruptcy
    Claire's Stores, the fashion accessories chain where legions of preteens got their ears pierced, is preparing to file for bankruptcy in the coming...
    business/retailMarch 9, 2018 - 2:01pm
    February 28, 2018
    Diocese of St. Cloud to file bankruptcy over sex abuse cases
    ST. CLOUD, Minn.—Sexual abuse of minors by priests in the Diocese of St. Cloud over the course of many years is prompting the diocese to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The diocese made the announcement Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 28, in a news release.
    newsFebruary 28, 2018 - 6:03pm
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