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California-based Anabelle Candy Co. is buying Pearson's Candy Co., the confectioner behind Nut Goodies and the Salted Nut Roll.

Art Laboe, the DJ and music promoter who spent 79 continuous years on the radio, has died. He was 97.

By Nina Hamza (Quill Tree Books, $16.99, June 22.) When 12-year-old Ahmed and his family move from Hawaii to his father’s Minnesota hometown, he is immediately on guard, aware that he has to explain the color of his skin and an Indian American heritage he only knows secondhand. He isn’t swayed by his dad’s warm memories of growing up in Farthing and the yearly box of Pearson’s Nut Goodies, maple syrup and autumn leaves sent by a childhood friend. A welcome letter from his sixth-grade English teacher, Mrs. Gaarder, along with a reading list, also put Ahmed on guard. “F...

‘Ahmed Aziz’s Epic Year’

Back in the day, neighborhood grocery stores sold essentials and treats all over Fargo In today's "Neighbors" column, a former Fargo resident shares his memories of the small retail establishments around town where kids could ride their bikes and parents could pick up the basics when they needed supplies. Written By: Bob Lind | × A while ago, Donald Homuth, formerly of Fargo and now of Salem, Ore., received a copy of the Fargo Central High School Cynosure newsletter which included a story about grocery stores in Fargo years ago. “That brought to mind the small ...