HOM Furniture, one of the top furniture retailers in the country, is buying the former Gander Mountain store on Hwy. 16 in Onalaska and doubling its size for a store to open in the spring. The ...

ONALASKA — HOM Furniture Inc., one of the nation’s largest furniture retailers, will open its new Onalaska store Saturday in the former Gander Mountain location at 9519 State Hwy. 16.

The City of Onalaska is roaring back from the economic downturn in a big way. Several well-known business chains are set to open in the city this year.

HOM Furniture, a retailer with more than a dozen outlets across the Upper Midwest including in Eau Claire and Onalaska, would purchase the building for $700,000, and expects to generate $500,000 ...