It all started with pay toilets. In 1955, James McNutt St. was working for his grandpa's business, Indianapolis-based Nik-O-Lok Co., making, selling and leasing coin-operated rest-room locks. But he ...

The coin-operated laundry business brings in $5 billion annual revenue in the U.S. alone. Although the use of laundromats may have declined over the past couple of decades, entrepreneurs are ...

WILLMAR -- The sign advertises: "Have your laundry done in 4 minutes." It's owner Myron Krupa's way of telling people about the new same day drop-off laundry service he's offering at Willmar Coin ...

Police are trying to tackle the wave of theft brought on by thieves targeting coin-operated laundry machines. Apartment complexes in Fargo have been hit hard, putting owners out hundreds of dollars.

There's a grainy, 28-second, vertically-shot Youtube video from 2014 of a guy named Charlie Pizza raving about a hot new startup called Washboard. The startup promised to mail customers $20 in ...