This is a list of recent business-related bankruptcies filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The number after 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.
MINNEAPOLISMaple Construction & Development Co., 7780 Lawndale Lane N., Maple Grove; filed Nov. 9, 09-47600; Chap. 11; no schedules filed. Sayd H. Kazem, principal.
William H. Bartruff, as surety for W.H. Bartruff & Associates Inc. and Oxborough Development, 3329 1st Av. S., Minneapolis; filed Nov. 11, 09-47640; Chap. 7; assets, $20,574; liabilities, $918,528.
Kenneth Harold Schwalbe, doing business as Kenzoil, Kenzoil Station, Kenzoil Country Corner, Kenzoil Burner Service, Schwalbe's Burner Service and Kenzoil BP Products, and Rachel Eileen Schwalbe, 240 E. 1st St., Waconia; filed Nov. 11, 09-47657; Chap. 7; assets, $602,973; liabilities, $1,259,454.
Brian T. Stodola, as surety for Minnesota Country Builders Exteriors Division, the Hardie Boys Exteriors and MES Group Corp., doing business as Parkside Tavern, and Katherine A. Stodola, St. Michael, Minn.; filed Nov. 12, 09-47689; Chap. 7; assets, $932,897; liabilities, $1,492,236.
Oliver M. Hage, as surety for Hage Construction Co., Highland Electric Inc. and HD Properties Inc., and Linne Hage Forester, 11752 Thornhill Rd., Eden Prairie; filed Nov. 12, 09-47682; Chap. 7; assets, $749,118; liabilities, $2,808,436.
ST. PAULJacqueline A. Miller, as surety for JAM Realty Inc., J&M Property Group, Pearl of Lake Pepin and Advantage Holdings Group, doing business as J&M Properties, 15267 Florist Circle, Apple Valley; filed Nov. 9, 09-37922; Chap. 7; assets, $1,251,503; liabilities, $2,110,264.
Providence Homes Inc., 8374 North Shore Trail, Forest Lake; filed Nov. 13, 09-38023; Chap. 7; assets, $256,000; liabilities, $618,649. Donald S. Kotoski, president.
Leonard T. Dunham Jr., formerly doing business as LTD Realty, as surety for Castaneda Dunham Inc., L.T. Dunham Realty Inc., formerly known as T&T Enterprise Inc. of Eagan, and Terry Dunham Inc., doing business as TDI Graphic Communication & Print, also known as TDI Print Graphics, and Tammara L. Dunham, formerly doing business as A Bridal Garden, as surety for T&T Enterprise Inc. of Eagan and Terry Dunham Inc., doing business as TDI Graphic Communication & Print, also known as TDI Print Graphics, 831 Ventnor Av., Eagan; filed Nov. 13, 09-38032; Chap. 7; assets, $336,593; liabilities, $746,120.
Scott Richard Bollig, formerly doing business as Bollig Trucking, and Brenda Marie Bollig, Pierz, Minn.; filed Nov. 13, 09-38033; Chap. 7; assets, $168,800; liabilities, $357,219.
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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