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INGERSOLL, Ontario — Dot Foods Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Dot Foods, Inc., the largest food industry redistributor in North America, Thursday marked the official groundbreaking of the company’s new distribution center in Ingersoll, Ontario. Dot is making a $50 million Canadian dollars investment with the new 168,875 square-foot facility at 100 Ken McKee Street. The Ingersoll distribution center…
Read Full Article QUINCY — First Bankers Trust Company, N.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Bankers Trustshares, Inc., recently announced the launch of MHC Funding, a division specializing in the financing of mobile home communities. First Bankers Trust Company’s experience in this type of lending allows for efficient processes that will streamline the purchase and operation of quality…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Kohl Wholesale in Quincy recently awarded seven $500 scholarships to students throughits “Kohl Kares” scholarship program. The recipients were: Brianna and Abigail Barnes, daughters of Kohl employee Brian Barnes; Clayton and Carly Meyer, son and daughter of Kohl employee Curt Meyer; Madelynn and Caleb Schinderling, daughter and son of Kohl employee Jon Schinderling;…
Read Full Article Portillo’s, a hot dog and Italian beef restaurant brand synonymous with Chicago and Illinois, is focusing their expansion on out-of-state locations that treat businesses better. For new locations, CEO Michael Osanloo said Arizona, Florida and Texas will make up “at least the majority – if not the vast majority.” One of the reasons Osanloo cited is declining population in…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A new service, JustTasking, will help people in Adams County with everyday tasks and getting them done. Their motto is, “If you can’t. We know who can.” JustTasking leverages a network of “taskers” to connect users to the proper people for several different tasks when needed. “As we continue to invest in the…
Read Full Article $50.5 million facility to open in Fall 2023 MANCHESTER, Tenn. – Dot Foods, Inc., broke ground on the company’s 13th U.S. distribution center, which will be located in Manchester, Tennessee. Dot has an existing facility in Dyersburg, Tennessee and the new distribution center will create more than 250 jobs in the first three years of operations. “When we are…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the Class of 2023 Business Hall of Fame through Sept. 12. Nominees should be business leaders who have laid the foundation for innovation with strong work ethic, sound financial principles and vision that will serve the Quincy area for generations. ”The Quincy Area…
Read Full Article QUINCY— Attorneys James L. Palmer, Joseph A. Duesterhaus and Christopher G. Scholz have formed a new partnership, Scholz, Palmer & Duesterhaus LLP, commencing September 1, 2022. The new partnership is a successor to the original Law Offices of Richard F. Scholz, Sr., founded in 1928. The firm will continue its long tradition of providing legal…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Dr. Christopher Trammell has joined Blessing Health’s Outpatient Behavioral Health team. Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Trammell earned his medical degree from and completed his residency at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Carbondale. A native of southern Illinois, Trammell enjoys the rural lifestyle and serving the behavioral…
Read Full Article QUINCY— The partners of Schmiedeskamp Robertson Neu & Mitchell LLP, 525 Jersey, have announced Quincy attorney Steven E. Siebers will be joining the firm as a partner on Sept. 1. Siebers grew up in Quincy and has been an established lawyer in the region since earning his law degree in 1979 from the University of…
Read Full Article KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — Missouri Northeast Development Partnership, a coalition of communities and organizations cooperatively marketing the region to attract new investment and help existing businesses expand, is launching a new website: www.missourinortheast.com/ Rebecca Miller, manager of marketing and communications at Macon Electric Cooperative said in a press release, “Some things you will find on our…
Read Full Article PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Dr. Dakota Lammy and Dr. Alborz Javadzadeh have joined the medical staff of Illini Rural Health Clinic. Lammy is a family medicine provider. Born in Alton and raised in Calhoun County, Lammy earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Rockford and completed a three-year family medicine…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Golden Bridges, Inc., has moved into Suite 7 at QuincyWorx. After nine years of operating from their homes and their vans, Golden Bridges employees now will have a space where to hold staff meetings, staff trainings and work together in the same office. In a press release, Suzanne Ellerbrock, co-owner of Golden Bridges,…
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