Black Friday's top purchases in Decorah? It might have been big TV sets

Winneshiek County Recycling Department Manager Terry Buenzow pays close attention to what happens to the recycling bins.  Which has led him to what might be a surprising conclusion: big screen TVs are popular this year in Decorah.

Buenzow says the Monday morning cardboard pile at the recycling bins contained a lot of packaging for big screen TVs.  And doing some more detective work, Buenzow believes a large number of people bought those big screen TVs for themselves.  After all, he concludes, If the TVs were gifts, the cardboard boxes wouldn't show up until after Christmas!