It's something you don't hear a lot about these days...business expansion.

However, one North Dakota company seems to keep growing in some vital parts of the state.

Brad Feldman shows you one community getting a boost of business and jobs.

(Sound- typing) Lynn Meier has worked for Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing for nine years..

(Lynn Meier/ Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing) "Started in Killdeer, moved to Halliday and then Hettinger and now I am here in Regent." Meier is just one of the twenty-two employees at the new Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing office in Regent

(Kristen Hedger/ Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing) "It has a huge impact on such a small community. It is very visible." (Sound -car) From Main Street..

(Sound-thread machine) To a back room at the new business you can see and hear the excitement

(Lynn Meier/ KMM) "It means a lot to us just to be able to go into these small communities. it just offers more jobs and keeps the towns alive. Keeps us going and that is what we need." This opportunity is providing the employees something even better than a good paying job

Meier, who lives in Mott, has spent the past decade traveling long distances to get to work

(Lynn Meier/ KMM) "To Halliday it was about 65 miles one way from Mott...and to Hettinger it is 40 miles one way." The opening of the Regent office saves Meier even more years on the road

(Lynn Meier/ KMM) "Sixteen versus forty is a big difference." (Kristen Hedger/ KMM) "You know to see how it helps the community to provide opportunities for folks so they dont have to commute to these larger communities and it helps keep the heartland of america alive." In Regent Brad Feldman KX News

Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing employs about three hundred thirty people in it's five plants. watch the video | save this article / add to your favorites list