...regular gas nationwide has reached $1.68, nearly 44 percent higher than last summer's average. Bill Clifford, of BC Ventures Inc. -- franchisee of the two Casey's General Stores in Brainerd -- said despite the increasing price of gasoline...

...both on Washington Street, were sold this month. Bill Clifford sold the franchise stores owned by his corporation, BC Ventures Inc., to Casey's General Stores, Inc. of Ankeny, Iowa. Casey's is no longer franchising stores to independent...