Business Digest (Dec. 6)

Erickson retiring from fire dept. after 30 years Capt. Perry Erickson of the Fargo Fire Department is retiring after 30 years of service.
An open house in his honor will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at Station 7, 3957 Village Lane S.
Midcontinent adding to network in western ND Midcontinent Communications will invest $5 million to build an extension of its Northern Plains Network from Williston, N.D., to Bismarck to support the needs of a growing population in western North Dakota.
As an extension of the current fiber run from Minot, N.D., to Williston, the added 100 miles of fiber will provide network redundancy in an area where construction and digging have periodically resulted in service outages to local residents and businesses.
Construction will begin in early 2015 and is expected to finish by mid-summer.