Business
Generous donation makes dog park a reality
Waterloo Park District Board member Shelby Mathes thought for years that Waterloo needed a dog park, and last year he began work in earnest to try to make it happen.…
Read MoreSchneider’s celebrating 50 years in business
Schneider’s Quality Meats is celebrating 50 years of business in Monroe County. The business began in 1966 when Clayton and Jeannette Schneider opened the doors of a family store in…
Read MoreSt. Joe tavern no closer to reality
An attempt to resurrect the former St. Joe’s tavern met another stumbling block on March 10. The Planning Commission voted 8-6 to deny a zoning change that would allow the…
Read MoreKidney dialysis available locally
Securing state certification was a lengthy administrative struggle for the new Fresenius Medical Care dialysis center off Hamacher Street in Waterloo. But for numerous area citizens, the wait has been…
Read MoreMore new business planned for Columbia
Following Monday night’s Committee of the Whole meeting of the Columbia City Council, the city seems to be several steps closer to welcoming new and expanded businesses in 2016 and…
Read MoreRauner commits to education in budget address
One week after President Barack Obama called for bipartisanship during a speech to legislators in Springfield, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner last Wednesday spoke about his proposed 2017 fiscal year budget…
Read MoreState budget mess draws Obama’s ire
After nine months without a state budget, and deteriorating relationships between Republican governor Bruce Rauner and the Democrat-controlled legislature, even President Barack Obama has joined the ranks of people urging…
Read MoreColumbia’s Main Street merchants feel the magnetism
The scientific measure of the strength of a magnet is “gauss.” And by several measures, a group in Columbia is cranking up the “gauss” there. At least it feels like…
Read MoreMain Street Abbey plans taking shape
Nearly 50 people packed the back room of Aunt Maggie’s on Main in Columbia Monday to hear the latest on plans to convert the former Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, convent…
Read MoreApplebee’s cooks up special surprise party
Two employees of a Waterloo restaurant had a rough 2015, so management and fellow employees did a little something to get their 2016 off to a positive start. A surprise…
Read MoreCounty board to decide fate of St. Joe’s tavern
The Monroe County Board will have the final say in an attempt to resurrect the former St. Joe’s tavern. The building at 4179 Kaskaskia Road has been vacant for several…
Read MoreColumbia boutique a labor of family love
With a name like Bad Sister, you might not expect Columbia’s newest boutique to be the family affair that it is. “There was a wall here. My dad tore it…
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