Blommer Chocolate laying off more than 200 workers in Chicago with plant closure

CHICAGO (CBS) -- More than 200 workers at the Blommer Chocolate Company ... which have led to reliability issues at the factory. On Monday, the company notified state officials the closure would ... Read More

Layoffs at Chicago tortilla factory are retaliation for organizing, workers say

Authentico Foods has laid off 60 production workers for at least two weeks, Arise Chicago said. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Workers at Authentico Foods say they worry a temporary shutdown will stretch ... Read More

Blommer to Close Chicago Chocolate Factory After 85 Years

After more than eight decades, Blommer Chocolate is closing its factory at the end of May. The factory opened in 1939, and while chocolate connoisseurs can’t find Blommer by its name on store ... Read More

Nativa Cannabis tribal dispensary closes temporarily after workers quit

Nativa Cannabis, a Seneca Nation-licensed recreational cannabis dispensary in Niagara Falls, temporarily closed after workers quit their jobs and walked out over the weekend. It is scheduled to ... Read More

Blommer Chocolate’s downtown Chicago factory to close

Blommer Chocolate is closing its downtown Chicago factory following plummeting ... fiscal year ending March 31 after struggling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, rising raw material ... Read More

Blommer Chocolate to Cut 226 Jobs After Chicago Factory Closing

Cocoa processor Blommer Chocolate Co. is cutting hundreds of jobs after ... close its 85-year-old Chicago factory. The company, owned by Japan’s Fuji Oil Holdings Inc., will lay off 226 workers ... Read More

Work temporarily closes Portage pavilion in national park

Renovation work has temporarily closed the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk’s distinctive pavilion overlooking Lake Michigan. The building’s restrooms and hallway are to reopen on Sunday ... Read More

Chicago expressway reopens on North Side after wrong-way crash

CHICAGO (CBS)--A wrong-way crash closed all lanes on the Kennedy Expressway Tuesday morning. According to preliminary reports, the wrong-way driver in a car slammed into the front of a garbage ... Read More

Dunlow VFD temporarily closes

WAYNE — The Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department voluntarily closed Thursday after officials ... not have a valid workers compensation insurance policy in place. According to a news release from ... Read More

Flights diverted after runway temporary closed

A number of flights were diverted at Newcastle International Airport after its runway was temporarily closed. The airport said the closure was for a "short period" of time on Wednesday evening while a ... Read More

Blommer Chocolate Company to close Chicago factory after 85 years

At its peak, the factor produced more than 200 million pounds of chocolate every year, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. After Fuji ... and will close the factory at the end of May. Read More