This is a list of recent business-related bankruptcies filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The number following the filing date is the case number. A Chapter 7 petition is for liquidation of the businesses; Chapter 11 (or Chapter 12 for farmers or Chapter 13 for small businesses) gives protection from creditors while the business is reorganized.
MINNEAPOLISJoseph A. David, as surety for SunStone Construction Inc. and Stoneridge Builders Inc., and Connie M. David, 3710 153rd Av. NE., Ham Lake; filed July 9, 09-44479; Chap. 7; assets, $437,819; liabilities, $1,845,437.
Russell Ronald Benson and Holly Rose Benson, as surety for Dollar Avenue, Waite Park, Minn.; filed July 9, 09-44487; Chap. 7; assets, $158,108; liabilities, $322,301.
Jeffrey Patrick Anderson, doing business as Olivia Custom Carpentry and Anderson Turkey Farm, and Nancy Ellen Anderson, Lake Lillian, Minn.; filed July 10, 09-44503; Chap. 7; assets, $353,192; liabilities, $684,500.
ST. PAULJerry P. MacNeil and Trudy L. Marshall, doing business as Jerry MacNeil Announcing, MN TriNews, Best of Us and Midwest Events, 435 S. McKnight Rd., St. Paul; filed July 2, 09-34569; Chap. 7; assets, $257,960; liabilities, $338,838.
Bruce J. Thornburgh, formerly doing business as Thornburgh Enterprises Inc., Rochester, Minn.; filed July 6, 09-34618; Chap. 7; assets, $332,594; liabilities, $511,733.
Jonathan Daniel Aase, as surety for Omega Fitness and Sport Inc., 20724 Gemini Trail, Lakeville; filed July 7, 09-34658; Chap. 7; assets, $454,578; liabilities, $838,690.
FirstSite Staffing Inc., 2365 McKnight Rd., St. Paul; filed July 8, 09-34667; Chap. 11; no schedules filed. Mark Howard, president.
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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