Who We Are...
The McDonough Democrat, Inc. is
the parent company comprised of two smaller businesses, The McDonough
Democrat and the Spoon River Press.
The McDonough
Democrat,
established in 1884, is a small hometown newspaper published weekly
and full of local news, pictures and advertisements for the Bushnell,
Prairie City, Avon and the surrounding communities. Like many
other
small town newspapers, the McDonough Democrat is correspondent
supported, and relies heavily on people in the surrounding area to
provide the news from their community.
The Spoon River
Press
is a full size commercial printing business located under the same roof
as the newspaper. Like many newspapers, various degrees of
printing
services were always available at the McDonough Democrat office.
In the
late
1970's when The McDonough Democrat, Inc. was formed, the Spoon River
Press was greatly expanded with a full size commercial printing
business. Still considered a "small" printing business with under
25
employees, the Spoon River Press is the largest commercial print shop
in the area.
The Spoon River Press is capable
of handling all your printing needs. From business cards to full
color
catalogs, we print it all with no job TOO BIG or too small. We
pride
our work on quality, second only to our service.