A family-owned laundromat opened Monday on the 300 block of Main Street in Marseilles.

Starved Rock Wood Products opened its first showroom Friday in the Chicago North Shore. The showroom is the Mendota-based company’s first direct move into the Chicago market.

Gaetanos Vault owner Rick Wilkinson said he was inspired to turn the former Union Bank building in downtown Streator into an upscale restaurant after seeing the energy building up downtown.

The popular Ottawa-based coffee shop will now open its first location in La Salle-Peru as construction is currently underway.

Ever since she was a little kid, Lucy Zavada wanted to open a sweet shop.

Star Union Spirits’ Navy Strength Dark Rum received the Best in Class Award in the rum category by the 2021 American Craft Spirits Association at its annual spirits competition.

Financial Plus Credit Union in Ottawa has been recognized as the best credit union in Illinois on the Forbes list of America’s Best-In-State Credit Unions 2021.

The Bizzy Bee Activity and Learning Center celebrated its recent opening within the past year with the Streator Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Streator Onized Credit Union’s sixth branch opened Aug. 9 at the southwest corner of Columbus and Jefferson streets in downtown Ottawa.