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BUILT: Edwardsville’s Marschke Engineering continues building the future at Lake of the Ozarks
When the Lake of the Ozarks Regional Economic Development Council (LOREDC) finalized its multi-year Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy this spring, it marked a turning point for the region’s infrastructure and commercial growth. Marschke Engineering in Edwardsville is working at the heart of that transformation. Led by founder and principal engineer Matt Marschke, the firm…
Read MoreGrubaugh: Cracker Barrel’s stakes get tugged at the seams
By DENNIS GRUBAUGH Now that the simmering sauce pot in the corporate kitchen at Cracker Barrel has cooled down, it’s a good time to consider just what was learned in the branding brouhaha this summer. Did the company take its customers for granted? Did a political firestorm evolve out of basically nothing? Did a company…
Read MoreLymphedema education meeting scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 2
Monthly education meetings take place on the first Thursday OSF HealthCare Rehabilitation Services in Alton will be holding its monthly lymphedema education meeting on Thursday, Oct. 2, with the discussion topic: Breast cancer and lymphedema. Riverbend region residents are invited to join the OSF Lymphedema Therapy Team for this free educational session about lymphedema and…
Read MorePritzker says feds seeking Chicago troop deployment. ‘What I have been warning of is now being realized’
‘You cannot call this anything except an attack on the Constitution of the United States,’ governor says By BEN SZALINSKI and JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois Article Summary The Trump administration is planning to send 100 military troops to the Chicago area, according to Gov. JB Pritzker’s characterization of a memo received by the Illinois…
Read MoreNew I-270/Illinois 111 interchange opens today in Madison County
Diverging diamond design is seventh to open in Illinois, first in the Metro East The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that the newly reconstructed interchange at Interstate 270 and Illinois 111 will open to traffic this afternoon, Sept. 30, weather permitting. The $25.1 million project was completed 20 days ahead of schedule, marking…
Read MoreBudzinski, Johnson introduce Bipartisan BASE Act
The legislation would provide a long overdue base acre update Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) and Congressman Dusty Johnson (SD-AL) recently introduced the Balanced Agricultural Support and Efficiency (BASE) Act to require the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to update base acres for all farms as soon as is practicable. The last mandatory update was…
Read MoreLambert T1 Departing Flights Drive bridge repair now impacts T1 Arriving Flights Drive
The construction work will continue through Oct. 8 Construction work on the bridge repairs for the Terminal 1 (T1) Departing Flights Drive ramp at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) that began on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025 continues through Oct. 8, 2025. The work now impacts T1’s Arriving Flights Drive and this construction will take…
Read MoreNoticeable development in Hartford on track toward ‘economic renewal’
By MELISSA CROCKETT MESKE Managing Editor, Illinois Business Journal [email protected] There’s been a noticeable amount of activity taking place over the past few months at New Poag Road and Illinois Route 3 in Hartford, Ill., in the area regionally identified as part of the former Chemetco footprint. Some have even dubbed the activity and the…
Read MoreInaugural GalaxyCon blasts off in St. Louis region Oct. 10-12
Massive celebration of pop culture makes its highly anticipated debut at America’s Center GalaxyCon is set to make its highly anticipated debut in St. Louis, Oct. 10-12, 2025, at America’s Center. This is the first event in the area for GalaxyCon, whose events brought in over $42 million to local economies in 2024, a number…
Read MoreIn disconnected world, new book shows power of community
“Always a Miner” chronicles how a small Illinois town created family bonds that transcended baseball Nancy Clark was a shy, quiet woman who avoided large crowds and rarely went anywhere without her husband. Yet for 15 years, she never missed a southern Illinois Miners home game, sometimes attending alone just to be part of something…
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