New Era Financial Group Inc. in Wayzata is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2017. New Era was co-founded in 1982 by Donald A. Warner, its CEO and chairman, and Grant F. Lindaman, its president.

Except it isn’t. It’s actually quite the opposite. A new look, yes, but definitely not a rebuilding year for a Storm program that won 12 games in 2016-17, finishing third in the Metro West ...