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The U.S. Small Business Administration has named Kenneth Dodge and Falls Optical, Inc. the 2022 SBA Minnesota Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year. In recognition of National Small Business Week, SBA’s Minnesota District will recognize its 2023 state winners at local events in the weeks ahead. “Veterans give so much to our country both during their active-duty, reserve, and National Guard times and, in the case of veteran small business owners like Dr. Kenneth Dodge, in their civilian endeavors as well,” stated Brian McDonald, SBA’s Minnesota District Director. “This award that recognizes a veteran’s achievement in the business...

Apple Tree Dental unveiled its new offices during a grand opening at CHI St. Gabriel’s, after a ceremonial ribbon cutting, Tuesday. The new state-of-the-art facility has been more than nine years in the making, including two major remodels. In March 2016, Apple Tree Dental saw its first patients in a space at CHI St. Gabriel’s, offering dental care for Medicare and Medicaid patients, who would otherwise not have had local access to dental care. Diane Thorson, a member of the Apple Tree Foundation Board of Directors, said this office in Little Falls was a unique partnership between health care...

Apple Tree Dental announced the grand opening event for the new Little Falls Center for Dental Health, located within CHI St. Gabriel’s Hospital in Little Falls. The grand opening is set for Tuesday, March 21, starting at noon. It will feature a ribbon cutting, and tours of the clinic. The community is invited to attend the event at 808 Third St. SE, in the Franciscan and Lindbergh conference rooms. Apple Tree Dental, which was co-founded in 1985 by Michael Helgeson, DDS, and three colleagues, first opened the Little Falls Center for Dental Health as an outreach clinic using...