By Nick Reiher There was such promise. Two partners in life and in business pooled most if not all of their savings to bring a…
Read MoreDid you have a nice Thanksgiving? Notice I didn’t say happy. Though we have many reasons to be thankful, if we think hard enough, holidays…
Read MoreBy Nick Reiher Editor Unless there is a last-minute stay of execution, the former Will County Courthouse in Downtown Joliet could begin coming down sometime…
Read MoreBy Nick Reiher Editor I am blessed. Not just because Pastor Jana blessed me for putting our church’s first craft show (Nov. 4, 9 a.m.…
Read MoreBy Nick Reiher Editor Following the October 3 Joliet City Council meeting I was watching at home, I posted a brief bulletin on our Farmers…
Read MoreThursday, June 30, 2011, started out like any other during the previous six months or so: Sword of Damocles hanging over my head as I…
Read MoreI pay attention to grammar and punctuation. It goes with the job, and more than that, I know the nun who taught 7th and 8th…
Read MoreA few weeks ago, former Will County judge Roman Okrei complimented me on a column he read in Farmers Weekly Review. I often have to…
Read MoreSummer is kinda like New Year’s, except a lot less cold. At least for now. As summer approaches, I make myself promises, ones I really…
Read MoreI’m a member of a Joliet Facebook group that discusses mostly fond memories of long-gone businesses, restaurants, stores, trips with their family after church or…
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