Today and next week, our focus is a Tulip Time landmark. In 1895, Herman Van Tongeren started making cigars in a factory on E. Tenth Street. By 1917, he had a retail store at 12 E. Eighth St. and a ...

Editor's Note: This story was published in June 2020. HOLLAND — Did you know Holland once had a Wooden Shoe Factory? The business launched in the 1920s, when Chester Van Tongeren opened the Dutch ...

LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) — A building that once housed the Fairfield Shoe Company will be converted into a commercial space that includes apartments. The renovation of a century-old factory at 219 N.

Tina Parker's mother was pregnant with her while she worked at the International Shoe Factory in the 1960s. Now, Parker is excited about the state's plans to purchase and restore the building, turning ...

Earlier this year, DSW parent company Designer Brands Inc. and Pensole Lewis College of Business & Design (PLC) cut the ribbon to their new JEMS by Pensole factory in Somersworth, N.H., the first ...