Modern-day Mercantile

Maher plans to open general store in Isabel by fall

Entrepreneur Ryan Maher describes his plans for turning the former Isabel Super Valu building into a modern version of an old country store.
Entrepreneur Ryan Maher describes his plans for turning the former Isabel Super Valu building into a modern version of an old country store.

Remember Olsen’s Mercantile from the hit TV series Little House on the Prairie? Picture the inside of that store ... but with bait and beer coolers in the back corner. Quaint but convenient.

Welcome to Ryan Maher’s vision for a new “country store” - coming to Main Street in Isabel by late summer or early fall.

Maher, 43, last year purchased the former Isabel Super Valu building from Junella Alley, w…