Business
New beginning nears for Immaculate Conception Church
It won’t be long now. On Sunday, Jan. 27, parishioners of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church will travel up Father Carl Scherrer Drive on the north end of Columbia and celebrate…
Read MoreSchneider’s employee was steadying force through change
So much can change in 43 years. Businesses succeed and fail, towns change, the economy fluctuates, and people come and go. But for Rayma Rippelmeyer of Valmeyer, a 43-year employee…
Read MoreTen years later, local sub shop expanding across area
A Waterloo sub sandwich shop founded 10 years ago is making such a name for itself that it is rapidly expanding throughout the St. Louis area. Karl Buckman, owner of…
Read MoreCHS grad is owner of unique new shop
A 1999 Columbia High School graduate is spreading enthusiasm for sewing with a new shop she opened slightly more than a year ago in Webster Groves, Mo. Shannon (Beczkala) Robinson…
Read MoreGrey Eagle completes beer distributing acquisition
Grey Eagle Distributors, the Anheuser-Busch wholesaler for St. Louis County, announced Monday it has completed the purchase of Illinois Distributing Company, an Anheuser-Busch wholesaler based in Belleville. The acquisition, first…
Read MoreMan awarded $3.2 million in lawsuit against bar
Early Thursday evening, a Monroe County jury awarded more than $3.2 million to a 47-year-old Waterloo man who was severely injured during a February 2010 incident at Fourth Street Bar…
Read MoreWaterloo man turns hobby into 36-year second career
Even though it has been an enjoyable hobby these past 36 years, longtime Waterloo saw and tool sharpener Burton Stumpf is closing up his basement shop for good on Saturday.…
Read MoreMetzger Equipment closing after 120 years
A family business that started as a blacksmith shop 120 years ago in downtown Waterloo and evolved into one of the largest farm implement dealers in the region has decided…
Read MoreLongtime editor praised as community treasure
Simply referring to Bob Voris as a newspaperman is like calling Stan Musial just a baseball player. The man’s legacy, like Musial’s, remains the standard of his profession the likes…
Read MoreEnd of an era: Bee Hive Bowl was ‘the place to be’
While it’s sat vacant at the corner of Route 3 and Country Club Lane for years, the old Bee Hive Bowl in Waterloo was a visual reminder of happy days…
Read MoreLifelong Waterloo farmer leaves lasting legacy
When someone talks farming in Waterloo, the Hartman name is sure to come up in the conversation — and for good reason. Starting with Marcellus Hartman back in the 1920s,…
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