...business as Gigi's Hallmark closes its doors later this month. After 9 1/2 years the card and gift shop is closing. Joni Alvarez, who operated the store with her sister Lisa Lake, said it was a hard decision to make but they also were ready to...

...Courtney Kay, 6 pounds, 9 ounces, Aug. 10, 2002. Grandparents are John and Barb Werner, Duluth, and Mike and Joni Alvarez, Baxter, and the late Tom Turcotte. Troy and Kimberly (Baltes) Lanoux, St. Louis Park, a boy, Nicholas Donald...

...days from January 11 to make its decision. "Nothing is for sure about the sale yet," East Brainerd Mall co-owner Joni Alvarez said. "Everything is still under negotiation." Where this would leave the Early Childhood Family Education center...

...Built by Joe and Kay Gustafson, the mall is still under the ownership of his three daughters. Two of the daughters, Joni Alvarez and Lisa Lake, operate Gigi's Hallmark shop in the mall. The third sister and co-owner is Greta Graff. Birgit...

...construction started in 1966. Built by Joe and Kay Gustafson, the mall has been owned by his three daughters, Lisa Lake, Joni Alvarez and Greta Graff. Alvarez and Lake operate Gigi's Hallmark shop in the mall.

...construction started in 1966. Built by Joe and Kay Gustafson, the mall has been owned by his three daughters, Lisa Lake, Joni Alvarez and Greta Graff. Alvarez and Lake operate Gigi's Hallmark shop in the mall.

...Andrea Christenson, a retail leasing associate from Griffin Companies, the firm representing current owners Lisa Lake, Joni Alvarez and Greta Graff, said the mall had been for sale for nine months and the sooner the mall is redeveloped the more benefit...