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Benji enjoys a good shampoo rub from Anthony Diaz of Minot Air Force Base inside the dog wash station in Pet Supplies Plus in Minot Saturday.
The new dog wash at Pet Supplies Plus was busy during the store’s grand opening this past weekend.
The dog wash station is a first in Minot and offers people a convenient setup, with shampoos, aprons and towels provided. They don’t even need to worry about cleaning up after themselves because store staff take care of that chore.
A number of customers, known as “neighbors” by store employees, were trying out the wash station for free during the grand opening while also checking out the store, which held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Minot Area Chamber/EDC representatives on Saturday morning.
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A replica of a landmark building in Maxbass is pictured on Saturday in Maxbass.
A replica of a landmark town square building in Maxbass is looking good, thanks to brothers Steve and Todd Farden, co-owners of Farden Construction, Inc.
Steve Farden said the brothers had been waiting for about 16 years to buy the 115-year-old building that had once been used as a bank and later as a post office through the 1970s.
The original building was in poor condition and had to be torn down but the Fardens arranged to build a new structure that looks just like the old one in the same spot.