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American Railcar sees 3rd quarter profit plunge St. Charles-based American Railcar Industries Inc. saw its profit in the third quarter fall to almost $1.1 million, or 5 cents per share. During the same period in 2008, the company reported a profit of $7.4 million, or 35 ...

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Demand for building permits continues Local governments issued 120 permits in September for the construction of single-family homes in St. Charles County. That is 22 fewer permits than were issued in August but 30 more than were issued in September ...

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Business Watch meeting All O’Fallon businesses are invited to attend the O’Fallon Police Department’s Business Watch Forum on Tuesday beginning at 10 a.m. at O’Fallon Municipal Centre (city hall) at 100 N. Main St. The forum will feature a roundtable discussion to ...

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O’Fallon wins tourism award O’Fallon has won the state’s Innovator Award for the city’s 2008 Heritage & Freedom Fest. The fest on July 3-4 in 2008 was organized by the city’s Tourism and Festivals Department and the help of 160 volunteers, with sponsorship ...

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BBB honors Crider, Gutter Cover Crider Health Systems in Wentzville and The Gutter Cover Co. in St. Peters will be among the dozen companies and not-for-profits honored by the local chapter of the Better Business Bureau during an Oct. 30 awards luncheon at the ...

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County seeks federal money to complete Page St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann has enlisted the aid of state and federal officials in his attempt to get a $100 million federal grant to complete the third and final portion of the Page Avenue extension project. The ...

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MoDOT awards $44 million contract for next section of Page extension The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission on Wednesday awarded a nearly $44 million contract to Fred Weber Inc. for the next section of the Page Avenue extension project in St. Charles County. The commission awarded the contract for the ...

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GM taps Dansby as Wentzville plant manager General Motors has appointed John Dansby plant manager at the company’s van-assembly facility in Wentzville, effective Oct. 1. Dansby replaces Rex Blackwell, who will become plant manager at GM’s auto-assembly facility in Fairfax, ...

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Backwoods to open first Missouri store Backwoods plans to open a 10,000-square-foot store Aug. 29-30 on an out-parcel at The Meadows at Lake Saint Louis shopping center. This will be the retailer’s first store in Missouri. The store will feature ...

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American Railcar’s profit plummets St. Charles-based American Railcar Industries Inc. saw its second-quarter profit fall to $1.1 million, or 5 cents per share, compared to $6.2 million, or 29 cents per share, during the same period a year ago. That’s ...

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O’Fallon mails out ‘Retail Map’ The city of O’Fallon has mailed copies of its “Retail Map & Directory” to local retailers to give to their customers. The directory includes a list of the city’s retailers, and is part of an ...

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