Pat Schwarte, Account Manager

Altonized Federal Credit Union held its annual customer appreciation day to thank its members and celebrate 75 years of business in Alton.

The Riverbend Growth Association held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Med Resources.

River Bend Growth Association honored Encore Bath & Remodeling with a Ribbon Cutting to commemorate the opening of their new Showroom at 6001 Godfrey Road in Godfrey, Illinois. Growth Association Director of Member Services Joell Aguirre MC’d the event for owner Allan Morse. The ribbon cutting...

Radio Station WBGZ (1570 AM and 94.3 FM) has been chosen as Small Business of the Month for June 2015 by the River Bend Growth Association. Station owner Sam Stemm was unaware the ‘BIG Z’ was chosen by the Growth Association’s to receive the award; watch and enjoy the surprise on...

Watch Grafton, Illinois’ May 26, 2015 Board of Aldermen meeting. Agenda below: Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call Approval of Minutes from May 12, 2015 meeting Public Forum Kim Baalman-Eberlin Jerry Eller Treasurer’s Report Council approval of invoices...

The River Bend Growth Association presented its May 2015 Small Business of the Month Award to the Dream Home Realty Centre’s team of professionals on Friday May 8, 2015. The goal of the River Bend Growth Association is to promote member-businesses through conventional means of advertising and...

Eppel’s Pantry & Deli was recognized by the River Bend Growth Association with a ribbon cutting. The Growth Association or RBGA, uses ribbon cutting events as a way to spotlight the achievements and milestones of its member businesses. It’s hard to quantify whether the Thursday...

Tuesday April 28th was the last Grafton Council meeting prior to three new Aldermen being sworn in at the May 12 meeting. There’s been a “Take Back Grafton” movement that will now find strong support from the new City Council. Take Back Grafton is a group of residents who feel that...

Grafton Mayor Tom Thompson, City Treasurer Joyce Harmon and City Clerk Mary Lillesve as well as the six current Aldermen presided in front of a packed council room on Tuesday, April 28, for what would be the last Council meeting before the May 12 induction of the newly elected Treasurer and three...

If you haven’t been in Mac’s Time Out Lounge lately, you’d better brace yourself; Mac Lenhardt, owner of the restaurant/bar has seriously upped his game by adding six new 65-inch LED flat screens high on the wall of the bar/dining area and smaller screens at each of the six-seat...