Editing Karlstad, Minnesota (section)

==Enterprise==
Karlstad's largest employers are Wikstrom Telephone Company (Wiktel) and [[Mattracks]]. Wiktel provides internet and phone services for much of northwestern Minnesota, including the regional telephone directory. The company has a long history in Karlstad, dating to the early 1900s. It was founded by the Wikstrom family. Mattracks manufactures and markets track conversion systems.  Mattracks Innovation Center is housed in the location of the former Germundson's Home Furnishings. Other businesses include stores, restaurants, bars, and insurance and accounting services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City of Karlstad |url=http://cityofkarlstad.com/businesses.php |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=cityofkarlstad.com}}</ref> The local economy is primarily agricultural.

From 1951 through 1995, the town had its own hospital.<ref name="hospital">{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-116422428.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102144657/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-116422428.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 2, 2012 | title= In Karlstad, Minn., Losing the Hospital in 1995 Was a Sad, Bitter Blow | newspaper=[[Grand Forks Herald]] | author= Ryan Bakken | date= May 10, 2004 | access-date=November 24, 2009}}</ref>