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Waterloo bakery closing until further notice after fire

3 years 2 months ago
Ahne's Bakery in Waterloo, Illinois, was closed until further notice after a fire in the bakery Sunday night. The bakery said in a Facebook post that no one was inside the building when the fire occurred, and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is still unknown. The Ahne family was still cleaning up after the fire Monday, but they’re reflecting on more than just blown out walls and burnt insides. There’s a legacy there no fire could burn. “I just followed the same recipes that…
Hayley Vawter and Elyse Schoenig, KSDK

Fire at Sauget industrial park creates smoke cloud visible miles away

3 years 2 months ago
Firefighters are working to put out a large fire at an industrial park in Sauget in Metro East. Sauget Police Chief James Jones said the fire was at Eagle Industrial Park on Mississippi Avenue. The fire started late Monday afternoon. According to its website, Eagle Industrial Park is a 60-acre facility that includes a 35-acre industrial park that offers space for transloading and storage tanks for wet and dry goods. Transloading is the process of transferring shipped goods from one mode of transportation…
Sam Clancy, KSDK

Home on fire in Belleville Tuesday morning

3 years 2 months ago
BELLEVILLE, Ill. - A home was on fire Tuesday morning in Belleville. The fire started at about 6:15 a.m. at a home located in the 400 block of Harpers Ferry Road. Fire officials said it was an electrical fire that started in the kitchen. The fire was contained to that one room. They suspect it [...]
Monica Ryan

Meet the 2022 class of 40 Under 40 honorees

3 years 2 months ago
This year's 40 Under 40 Awards honorees represent a slew of industries, including banking, education, retail, health care and construction, among others. Companies represented within the 2022 class include St. Louis City SC, Saint Louis Zoo, Enterprise Holdings, and Bayer, among others.
Veneta Rizvic

Roland Martin to keynote ESL Freedom Fund Banquet

3 years 2 months ago
Television and radio personality Roland Martin will speak during the East St. Louis NAACP 68th Freedom Fund Banquet at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, at the Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel, 800 Washington. The 2022 theme is “This is…
St. Louis American staff

Foreign investors are snapping up U.S. land. But exactly how much, who knows?

3 years 2 months ago

This commentary was originally published by Investigate Midwest. Anybody who has kept an eye on agricultural doings knows that consolidation is occurring at an alarming rate. In the past couple of decades, competition between agricultural giants has become a fading memory. Even this short list is staggering: China’s WH Group purchased Smithfield Foods – the largest producer […]

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Dave Dickey