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Thirty students in the career and technical education program at Hickory High School have taken advantage of a summer program called Career Quest. As part of the three-week program, students take field trips to 11 area sites to learn about potential jobs and careers that do not require a four-year college degree. Mike DeRose, parts and service manager for the motorcycle shop, gave students a

ROCHESTER — Gamez & More owner Chad Thompson knows you sometimes need to make a big move to stay in the game. He recently made the strategic call to move his almost 12-year-old business from its home of four years in the River Center Plaza to the Northern Lights Business Park at 511 Northern Hills Drive. NE. “On certain nights our game room would fill up and leak into the retail side.

"The tour we're trying to create is highlighting those kinds of opportunities to get the right people at the table and continue to have those conversations, because Central Illinois has got tremendous manufacturing," Deering said. "We're a great example, not just for Illinois, but the country as a whole." "There are people that want to learn, but it takes several years to get really good at

The restaurant 49th Street Beast, which serves one of the city’s best burgers, will close July 28, ownership said online last week. Its beloved spin on the fast-food staple will live on in pop-ups, per the 49th Street Beast team. In a Facebook post last Thursday, management said “some things just aren’t meant to be,” but didn’t specify why they were shuttering 49th Street Beast about a year