The first day of hearings in the bankruptcy case involving Blair LLC, its parent company — Bluestem Brands — and 16 other related businesses is in the books. The court approved a number of motions for the time being, but denied one involving the businesses’ proposed use of net operating ...

Blair, Bluestem Brands, and the other 16 affiliated companies that have filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy may be playing a little too fast and loose with their parent company’s tax breaks. On the first day of bankruptcy hearings, Bluestem Group Inc. (BGI) objected to a motion filed by ...

Jeff Frailey has been cutting hair for most of his life. Nearly 50 years makes it sound even better. What’s even more interesting, he had done it since 1971 from the same place, Frailey’s Barber Shop at 200 Hickory Street in Warren. And that location — essentially a basement at the ...

Practice doesn’t make perfect. But, it does make progress. Senior students from the Warren County Career Center participated in their annual Mock-Interview Day on Thursday. About 80 senior high school students were in attendance along with a number of local business reps. The event ...

The idea of a microloan program for small businesses in Warren County has been floating around the commissioner’s office for a few years. It took a significant step forward after a recent meeting was held with representatives from the Northwest Commission, Warren County Chamber of Business ...

International trade disputes can impact local industry. And in support of one of those industries, the Warren County Commissioners reached to — and heard back from — the USDA and the Trump administration. Commissioner Ben Kafferlin detailed the initiative at a recent commissioners ...