The owners and managers are brothers, John and Mike Conrad. Their late father, Roy P. Conrad, was the retired owner of the firm he helped to establish as the Clarion Printing Co. prior to WWII.

Products and services offered at the firm’s 120 N. Main Street location in Columbia, IL include printing, copies and related products and services. The company deals in advertising specialties as well. The Conrad family’s newspaper background gives them a broad perspective in the graphic arts and mass communications in general.

The family owned the Monroe County Clarion, The Columbia Star, the Millstadt Enterprise, The Enterprise Shopper and the Monroe County Reporter until July of 1987, when the newspaper portion of their business was sold to the Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis. After the sale, the Conrad brothers changed the name of their company from the Clarion Printing Co. to Conrad Press, Ltd. and moved to a different location in Columbia. 
March 17, 2001, John Conrad and Ed Wienhoff launched the Monroe County Independent, a newspaper with headquarters at Conrad Press.

Conrad Press offers a broad variety of services to business firms and individuals, from routine printing jobs to complex business forms and labels. The staff is also capable of design, copy preparation, photography and mailing services. Many organizations also rely on the Conrads for public relations and marketing consulting.

The Conrads are actively involved in civic, social, church, sports and fraternal organizations in the community…Conrad…A family in business over 60 years without tax breaks, rebates or billboards.