Not Your Average Gift Shop Opens in Hovland This Weekend
Bob and Shel Busch are opening a unique gift store, Objects to Crave, on July 1 in the small village of Hovland at the northwest corner of Hammer Road and US Highway 61. The Busch family has been part of the Hovland community for three generations. Home for Bob and Shel is near the Twin Cities, but they’ve owned a house near the new store for more than 22 years. Shel says that her three, now adult children were virtually raised in Hovland. Bob still works for Honeywell but is looking to retire in the next few years and make Hovland his retirement home. “We love this area,” he said. The building was built in 1965 and has housed several different businesses including The Chicago Bay Cafe in the 1970s and Runningen’s Furs and Bear Camp in recent years. Shel’s grandparents Darold and Janet Larson operated an antiques and gift shop in the same building in the 1980s called Treasure Cove . Objects to Crave is part museum, part antique shop, and part traditional gift shop. It is a perfect b