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April brings warmer weather, and everyone is spending more time outside — including salespeople. Now through September is prime time for door-to-door sales, so it’s a good time to form a plan for how you will respond if someone knocks on your door. Plenty of reputable companies use door-to-door sales, including industries like telecommunications, energy,…
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QUINCY — The former Golden Corral restaurant is going to be converted into one of the fastest growing independent plasma collection operators in the nation. ImmunoTek, which has 30 plasma collection centers throughout the central and eastern United States, is renovating the former restaurant at 3908 Broadway. A Stamford, Conn., corporation named 3908 Broadway Street…
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GALESBURG, Ill. — You don’t have to leave Galesburg to experience the best pizza in Illinois or one of the top 100 pizzas in America. Yelp recently released its Top 100 Pizza Places for 2023, and baked at 57 S. Seminary in Galesburg comes in at No. 40 overall and No. 1 in Illinois. Yelp, the mobile app that…
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MRN Editor David Adam talks to Tiramisu’s Ilija Cucuk about running downtown Quincy’s Italian restaurant staple, the location on the square and why people continue to “come enjoy, come eat.”
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QUINCY — Megabus, which offers city-to-city bus tickets for as low as $1 throughout North America, is expanding its service to 48 Midwest cities beginning Monday, March 27. Quincy, Hannibal, Mo., and Canton, Mo., will benefit from this expansion. Through a new partnership with Iowa-based Burlington Trailways, Megabus will offer a daily trip from Cedar Rapids,…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — A new and colorful sign now sits in front of what was once the Buckhorn Rubber facility in Hannibal’s Industrial Loop. Jones Poultry will soon operate in the building and bring about 50 new jobs to Hannibal. An on-site recruiting event at 5151 Industrial Loop is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon April…
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QUINCY — The HyVee grocery store at 3700 Broadway will be adding a Wahlburgers restaurant next month. District Store Director Tad Gallaher said the grand opening is set for April 18 as the store is being remodeled. It will be the fifth HyVee in Illinois to have a Wahlburgers, with the others in Bloomington, Peoria,…
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QUINCY — A Quincy business recently received $400,000 from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as part of the expansion the Illinois Works Pre-apprenticeship Program, which creates a talent pipeline of diverse candidates in construction and the building trades. “We do more of the training to prepare folks who are looking to get…
Read Full Article Deciding on a child care provider can be daunting. It’s a big change for a family to make — and a costly one. Rising child care rates and a shortage of providers have made finding quality care more difficult. When you’re looking for someone to care for something so precious as children, trust is critical.…
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Ron Kinscherf talks to Mark Christensen about teaching golf and game’s status in our area.
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HANNIBAL, Mo — All in-person employees working at the SC Data Center facility in Hannibal, also known as Swiss Colony, will become home agents in the next several months. Representatives at SC Data Center, Inc., headquartered in Monroe, Wis., said Thursday the Hannibal facility at 3201 Palmyra Road will close on May 31. The call…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal-LaGrange University will welcome Tawni Ferrarini as guest speaker at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23 in the L.A. Foster Student Center on campus. Ferrarini specializes in expanding the reach of sound economic education regionally, nationally and internationally. Since 2017, Ferrarini has been the Robert W. Plaster professor of economic education at Lindenwood…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Locals have come to appreciate the historic look of buildings in downtown Hannibal Part of the city’s history is maintained through its architecture. These old buildings don’t last forever, though. As they get older, they require renovations to keep them in good condition. One such building is the Main Street Bed and…
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QUINCY — A successful run as the head of last fall’s haunted house sponsored by the Quincy University Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO Club) led to a unique opportunity for junior Cole Schnettgoecke. Schnettgoecke, 22, is operating his own business through the College Works Painting program, which paints more than 3,000 homes a year in 11 states.…
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QUINCY — A $7.5 million plan to build 34 two-story residential townhomes and a community building received assistance from the Quincy City Council on Monday night. HW Ventures, LLC, a corporation owned by Quincyans Justin Wollbrink and Jerry Holtschlag, asked for financial incentives from the city for this development at 203 S. Eighth and 218-224…
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QUINCY — Quincy’s Target store is expected to open in August. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said he had reached out to Target Corporation in Minneapolis last week, hoping he could give an update about construction at the 36th and Broadway site as part of the State of the City speech he delivered on Friday to the…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council will vote Monday night on a petition to divide two lots into 35 lots on property at 203 S. Eighth and 218-224 S. Ninth, then it will vote on two resolutions to provide funding as part of a $7.5 million proposal to construct 34 two-story residential townhomes and a…
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QUINCY — Two Quincy women who have spent most of their professional careers helping women have joined to breathe new life into a long-time downtown Quincy business. JFM SAL, LLC, a corporation managed by Jeanine Frericks-Moss and Sara Lepper, bought the Silhouette Shoppe, 117 N. Sixth, on Jan. 27 from Linda Simons. The store, which has…
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QUINCY — T Heberlein has joined the management team at Golden Bridges as director of sales and community outreach. Heberlein has more than 20 years of experience in management, marketing and leadership in the Quincy area. He will be responsible for relationship building with Golden Bridges partner vendors, senior services and home services providers and…
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Creative Garden Services was started in August 1998 by Carol Rakers. She has been in the green industry since 1983. Creative Garden Services, CGS, has 10 full-time employees and three seasonal employees. TI-Trust sponsors the MRN Business Spotlight.
Read Full Article With winter nearly in the rearview mirror, thoughts turn to sunny days and a chance to get away from it all. Once the winter’s thaw breaks, people often hit the road. Scammers know this as well and are poised to take advantage, especially around spring break and into the summer travel season. Consumers reported more…
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QUINCY — John Wood Community College Business and Industry Training is offering a series of three classes focusing on characteristics of effective leaders, ethics, service and leadership and communication skills — with special emphasis on listening and engaging with others effectively. All classes are open to the public, and no application is necessary. Reservations are required.…
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Dale Koontz Builder of Quincy celebrated 50 years in business on March 1. The custom home building and remodeling company was founded by Dale and Donna Koontz in 1973. Over the last 50 years DKB has been responsible for a number of subdivisions and developments in Quincy, including Cambridge Estates, Tuscany Fields and Wildhorse for…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. – Dot Foods has announced changes across its executive team as several longtime company leaders take on new responsibilities. Dot’s new Chief Executive Officer is Dick Tracy, the youngest of founders Robert and Dorothy Tracy’s 12 children. He joined the family business in 1991 and has served as the president of Dot Foods…
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QUINCY — The Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center has partnered with John Wood Community College, Knapheide, Illinois Manufacturers’ Association and the Illinois Defense Network to present the “Future of the Workforce: Training and Retaining” symposium on March 15-16 at John Wood Community College and Knapheide in Quincy. Participants will learn about viable solutions to overcome workforce…
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