BURNSVILLE, Minn. -- There is a particular breed of man who awaits the arrival of the Northern Tool + Equipment catalog the way children anticipate the coming of Santa Claus. The 530-page booklet is a ...

BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) There is a particular breed of man who awaits the arrival of the Northern Tool + Equipment catalog the way children anticipate the coming of Santa Claus. The 530-page booklet is ...

Where would you go to find an underwater camera mask, a keg-o-rator, a retro vending machine or a circus popcorn cart? You can find such items, along with gas-powered blenders, storm-proof lighters ...

For every sensible gift of a flannel nightgown, tie or pair of socks opened on Christmas, some merry prankster will be sneaking something edgier under the tree and into the stockings — a Duck Dynasty ...

For roughly three decades, Northern Tool + Equipment has built its business selling tools to men. The Burnsville-based retailer’s stores smell of rubber, a scent responsible for what President Chuck ...

DULUTH, Minn.—If you’ve got a pickup or a trailer, if you fix your own boat or work the trades, then you’re probably Don Kotula’s kind of guy. And his customer. “Guys who do stuff buy from me,” says ...