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JAMESTOWN — Lifestyle Appliance and Entertainment Center is marking its 48th year in business this year, say owners Colin and Toni Wegenast. Colin’s father, Leroy, started the business in 1977.
“We appreciate … our loyal customers,” Toni said. “We couldn’t be here and do what we do without the customers as well as the staff that we have. To show our appreciation for that, we try to give back to the community as much as we can.”
They do that in several ways.
“We do donations, sponsorships … we’ve volunteered our time,” she said. “We encourage our employees to be involved in the community.”
At Lifestyle, service after the sale has always been important, Colin and Toni said.
“We have four full-time service technicians to be able to work on anything we sell,” Toni said.
She said it’s getting to be hot tub and Green Egg season.
“Hot tubs are easier to get now,” Colin said. “Three to four weeks availability to order.”
Appliance brands that Lifestyle Appliance and Entertainment Center carry are Bosch, LG, GE, Frigidaire, Maytag, Kitchen Aid, Whirlpool, Speed Queen, Midea and Electro Lux.
“It seems like we’re getting a lot of people that are switching houses or remodeling their house, and there’s always really good package deals available for multiple pieces (appliances),” Colin said. “Now is a great time to upgrade those old appliances to more energy efficient ones. And there’s new features, like most of the ovens have (an) air fryer in the oven.”
There are also air fryers now in some microwave ovens, they said.
“So people can eliminate that little air fryer taking up space on their counter,” Toni said.
Some fridges also make four different types of ice, Colin said.
“We carry super dependable Speed Queen washers and dryers that are heavier duty than most other brands out there,” Colin added. “They make almost everything right in Wisconsin. And they’ve been doing it for over 100 years. They’re basically a laundromat machine that you can use in your home.”
“They have the best warranty on the market too,” Toni said.
Lifestyle also carries the line of Amazing Rest mattresses, which are “a nice mattress for the money,” Colin said.
Lifestyle also carries Nordic hot tubs.
Colin said they look forward to helping their customers any way they can.
“We’ve got a great sales staff and delivery crew,” he said.
Lifestyle Appliance and Entertainment Center, located at 918 17th St. SW, is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The business can also be reached at 701-252-8111 or
Kathy Steiner has been the editor of The Jamestown Sun since 1995. She graduated from Valley City State College with a bachelor’s degree in English and studied mass communications at North Dakota State University, Fargo. She reports on business, government and community topics in the Jamestown area. Reach her at 701-952-8449 or ksteiner@jamestownsun.com.