Article: Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn., heard on the street column.

By Jeff Kiger, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 28--ONE LAST LOOK: The Look Nook, a longtime Rochester gift shop across from Saint Marys Hospital, is closing its doors for good Wednesday.

Owner Dixie Luttchens says health reasons and a decrease in business are driving her to close the 725-square-foot store at 1219 Second St. S.W. that she has run since 1981.

Luttchens cited the trend of insurance companies paying for shorter hospital stays as a major reason for the drop in business. She and her daughter have usually staffed the store.

"It is kind of like Cheers, only not a bar," she said.

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