Starting in January, the Missouri Career Center will offer an “On-the-Job-Training” program that can reimburse eligible employers up to 50 percent of a new worker’s wages for up to six months. The OJT program in St. Charles County will have ...

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Every day there seems to be a new report about a company laying off workers. But there is one major employer in St. Charles County that has been hiring in recent months. During the past two months the county Department ...

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Wentzville officials are starting to contemplate what was once unthinkable: the permanent shutdown of the General Motors van-assembly plant. This summer General Motors will shut down its Wentzville assembly plant for seven weeks. The automaker said the plant will close ...

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Officials will put the $1.56 million in federal stimulus money St. Charles County will receive into helping dislocated workers and providing training and work for teens and young adults. Close to $900,000 of the federal money will be used to ...

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In an effort to spur the local economy and create jobs, St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann is proposing a “local stimulus package” aimed at spending $130 million of taxpayer money already allocated to cities for road improvement projects. But ...

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For many out of work St. Charles County residents, the morning of New Year’s Eve wasn’t the time to prepare for an evening of champagne toasts and silly hats. It was just another day without a job. By 9:15 that ...

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