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Cape Golf Course Progresses Cape's newest golf course gets closer to reality as work progresses on the 900 acre development along Bloomfield Road near Highway 74 in Cape Girardeau. One of the largest projects presently between St. Louis and Memphis, the Prestwick Group of Cape Girardeau is constructing the 27 hole more>>>

Ace Hardware Opens in Cape Cape Girardeau has another hardware store, Elias Ace Hardware. The newest addition is affiliated with the Ace franchise and is located on the North side of the city at 1719 N. Kingshighway more>>>

An Industrial Success Story A vision some years ago by several Cape Girardeau businessmen has resulted in over 19 companies to locate in what was formerly farm land and cattle pastures. Six Thirty Industrial Park in Cape Girardeau's south side of the city has laid claim to several industrial clients including the Dana Corporation more>>>

Wood Chip Mill Closes at Port 30 workers were permanently laid off with the announcement of the closing of Canal Wood Products operating at the Southeast Missouri Port Authority between Cape Girardeau and Scott City. Workers affected by the announcement included 15 who worked at the processing plant and another 15 timber buyers more>>>

ShopKo Store at Mall to Close Westfield Shopping Mall in Cape Girardeau will be without one of it's anchor stores with the announcement of the closing of ShopKo on January 31st. The Cape store is among 23 other ShopKo stores that will close in seven Midwestern states

Little River Drainage Relocates The operations offices for the Little River Drainage District has relocated to 1440 Kurre Lane in Cape Girardeau. Just off North Kingshigway, the offices are in a building previously occupied by Capaha Realty. more>>>

A Cape Area Casino Looks Unlikely During the mid 1990's two gaming corporations, The Boyd Group and Lady Luck were positioning themselves to be the very first gambling casino's on the mighty Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau. more>>>

Appliance Store Opens Siemers Appliance, who has operated a store in Jackson for over 29 years now has an outlet in Cape Girardeau at 342 S. Kingshighway. The store will carry a full line of appliances and mattresses and offer service for their various products more>>>

Cape Radiology Builds New Offices 70 Doctor’s Park is the site of Cape Radiology Group’s new facility just completed. The practice currently has 11 board certified physicians who have staffed the Southeast Missouri area for over 47 years more>>>

New Ambulance District Building A new building to house a unit of the North Scott County Ambulance District is already under construction just South of Scott City along State Highway 61. District officials cite the frequent traffic problems around the Scott City I-55 interchange as the motivating factor to re-locate...more>>>

Towers Everywhere Take a drive up and down Interstate 55 and you cannot help but notice the new communication towers that have been erected in recent months. Obviously a sign of the great demand for wireless communications and paging. more>>>

Bob Evans Restaurant to Open The Bob Evans Restaurant chain will open their very first unit in Southeast Missouri near the Cape Girardeau intersection of Interstate 55 and Route K. The location is adjacent to Ryan's Steakhouse and is surrounded by several motels including the Drury Lodge, Pear Tree Inn more>>>

Cape Paint & Supply in New Location A Cape Girardeau automotive supplier, Cape Auto Paint and Supply, Inc has recently moved into new and larger quarters at Plaza Way and Bloomfield Road in Cape Girardeau. more>>>

Goody's Store Opens at Poplar Bluff With 312 Stores in 18 states, Goody’s, based out of Knoxville, Tennessee has recently opened another unit in Southeast Missouri in the Valley Plaza Center at Poplar Bluff. more>>>

Brost Eye Care in New Building South Broadview in Cape Girardeau is the new location of Brost & Associates Family Eye Care Center. The Optometrists group was formerly located at 37 Doctor’s Park. They recently built in a new office building in the 300 block of South Broadview near K’s Merchandise more>>>

Affordable Dentures Building Office Relocating in the next few weeks to a new and larger building will be Affordable Dentures. The dental practice is completing a brand new office building at BloomfIeld Road near South Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau.. more>>>

Cape Hotel Closer to Demolition The Marquette Hotel on Broadway in downtown Cape Girardeau may be one step closer to the wrecking ball. City officials announced they will be proceeding to the next step of demolition if there is no action with the dangerous and deteriorating building. more>>>

Blattner Steel Expands Operations Blattner Steel Company recently expanded their operations with a new building located directly adjacent to their present operation at 2100 Rust in Cape Girardeau. The company is involved in steel sales and fabrication and aluminum and stainless fabricating. more>>>

Basic Fuel to Open Cape Location Basic Fuel will add another location in the region with it's newest operation to be built on Bloomfield Road near Broadview in Cape Girardeau. The site is located across Bloomfield Road from K's Merchandise is also...more>>>

Doughnuts Come to Cape Cape area doughnut lovers will welcome the opening of Houchin’s Do-Nut Drive In opening soon at the corner of North Kingshighway and Hopper Road. The location is in the former site of Mathis Motors, a used car dealership that closed in late summer. more>>>

New Kingshighway C-Store to Open Another new convenience store is under construction at 103 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Kidd Oil Company who is also an oil distributor based in Cape is building the new operation. more>>>

Race Track to Re-Open Race enthusiasts were thrilled to learn that the former Missouri International Racepark, located south of Cape Girardeau and directly of east of Interstate55 near Benton would re-open in the spring. more>>>

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