 After more than a century of serving the community, the Bagley-Mercantile began demolition this morning, but this does not mark the end of the murk. Reporter Cheryl Moore explains how the store will live on. The Bagley-Mercantile has been a part of the community for exactly 120 years now. It even proceeds the town of Bagley by about six months. After a few costly repairs, the owners decided that now was the time to bring in a new era. It's been in my family for the 120 years. I'm 65 now and I grew up around it, so it was kind of like my second home my whole life. And so I mean I used to play, it was my play house, there was lots of rooms in the whole store. There's probably 50 different sections of rooms in that store. The murk has employed more than 600 people over the years and has sold everything from cars to stereos. Besides the hardware that we carry now, we had clothing. We sold groceries till 1948, we sold clothing till about 1990. We used to sell farm implements, chainsaws. Dave worked in the store for a majority of his life and he's now reached retirement age. He's sold the spot to another family business in town, Galen Supermarket. The grocery store has been in my family since 1986 when my father Galen purchased it. And then in 2002 I bought it from him and all these years we've been landlocked with no parking lot. The dust and debris will clear around the Bagley-Mercantile in exactly three days. After that, the space will officially become a part of Galen Supermarket. Galen's has plans to expand their store as well as add a new parking lot for customers. Our selection is going to be great. It's still going to be a hardware hank. In fact, the key staff that has been working there all these years came over to work for us. Greg says he thinks the city of Bagley, his staff, and Dave for the opportunity. Honestly, it's like a 30 year dream come true for me and my family and really we're just hoping to continue on the tradition of customer service that the leaf family's been doing for over a hundred years. And as for Dave, well it's a bittersweet moment. He's excited to see new life in this spot. One of the things I like is history doesn't really end. It's just kind of new beginnings starting from time to time. And that's what this is, a new beginning. Reporting in Bagley, Shrommore, Lakeland News. Construction of the new parking lot will happen immediately after demolition is done. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.