Schuette’s Market in Breese, pictured above, announced to its employees on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 6 that the store would no longer be in operation the following morning. As of Friday, Sept. 7, Schuette’s Market in Troy has also closed. The company announced via press release that it has filed for bankruptcy after serving the community for 155 years. As of 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 6, Schuette’s Market in Breese has officially closed its doors. Schuette Stores, along with its sister company Topmost Development Corp., announced the following Friday that they have ceased operations and filed for bankruptcy with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
“The nationwide change of how people shop is good in the long run, but many people will be affected by online shopping and home delivery,” said president Mike Schuette. “Thank you for your generations of patronage for the past 155 years of our family business. Our family has been blessed to have been able to serve the area we love for such a long time.”
According to a Facebook post from a former employee of the Troy store, which also closed the evening of Sept. 6, all employees were given a two-hour notice that they would not have jobs the following morning.
A sign for Wisper Internet at the corner of Drive-In Road and Old Route 50 in Breese. On Aug. 28, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that Mascoutah, Illinois-based internet service provider Wisper won a bid to receive $220.3 million of federal funding in its rural broadband auction. The project, referred to as “The Connect America Fund Phase 11”, is designed by the FCC to bring modern digital speeds to rural America. Wisper will receive the money over a 10-year period and has six years to complete the build-out, which will include parts of eastern Clinton County.
According to Wisper CEO and owner
Nathan Stooke, his company provides internet service to nearly 2,000 individuals and businesses in Clinton County. While the federal funding won’t allow for much new expansion in the area, Stooke said it will benefit the county in the long run through upgrading existing internet towers.
Career effort — Mater Dei senior Travis Jasper breaks free for a 46-yard touchdown run in the Knights’ 47-0 blowout win over visiting Althoff en route to winning the “Holy Grail” trophy. Jasper ran for one score and threw for five others. Mater Dei senior Travis Jasper and the Mater Dei Knights football team claimed the “Holy Grail” trophy for the first time as they routed their rival Althoff 47-0 on Friday in Breese.
Jasper was the man for the Knights as he finished 9-of-11 under center for 157 yards and five touchdowns. He also had 11 carries for 116 yards and another score. The senior QB had just one incompletion in the first half in which all 47 of the Knights’ points were scored.
“Our kids were super nervous,” said MD head coach Jim Stiebel. “But I knew they were ready to go. That’s the best I’ve seen us play in probably three years. I’m very proud of our guys’ collective effort overall.”
The win for the Knights was their first over Althoff since their first-round playoff victory on Oct. 28, 2011.
Mater Dei wasted no time in the running clock victory as Nolan Poettker capped off the Knights’ opening drive with a 26-yard field goal to give MD a 3-0 lead.
“Without a doubt it was important to get out to that quick start which is also a thing we’ve done all year,” Stiebel said. “We got the three up there and then we settled down and the defense got us going.”
The Mater Dei defense forced a 3-and-out against the Crusaders to give Jasper and the MD offense the ball right back.
Jasper had an 11-yard and 26-yard run in a drive that was capped off when Jasper hit Mitchell Haake for an 11-yard touchdown completion before Jasper hit Garrett Foppe for a 2-point conversion as the Knights led 11-0 just six minutes into the contest.
| Fri., Sept. 7 |
445.08 |
| Sun., Sept. 9 |
446.60 |
| Tues., Sept 11 | 448.28 |
| Sept. 5 | .00 |
| Sept. 6 | .00 |
| Sept. 7 | .08 |
| Sept. 8 | 1.47 |
| Sept. 9 | 3.80 |
| Sept. 10 | .00 |
| Sept. 11 | .00 |
