September 2023

Chester Personnel and Insurance Committee meets Wednesday

CHESTER – The Chester Personnel and Insurance Committee will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 13 in the Chester Muncipal Building.   NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING   CITY OF CHESTER PERSONNEL & INSURANCE COMMITTEE     Notice is hereby given that the Personnel & Insurance Committee of the City of Chester, Illinois, will hold a

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Chester Area Christian Food Pantry distribution held at Cohen

CHESTER – Chester Area Christian Food Pantry volunteer Bill Gross (right) watches as the St. Louis Area Food Bank truck driver unloads pallets of food to distribute at the August 23 Mobile Market. Jim Beers Photo     Carl Nitsche, a regular Chester Area Christian Food Pantry volunteer, takes a brief water break during the

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Gas prices to spike 50¢ to $1 per gallon in the Corn Belt

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. DALLAS – Drivers in Oklahoma, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Kansas: be ready. GasBuddy, the leading fuel savings platform saving North American drivers the most money on gas, today predicts that gas prices in these

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Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge expansion to benefit people, birds and important wildlife habitat

STE. GENEVIEVE — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a newly expanded acquisition boundary for the Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge in Missouri and Illinois. Authorization of this expansion will allow the Service to acquire up to 90,000 acres of land purchases from interested landowners who are willing sellers within the expanded

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Missouri State Parks plans events in southeast Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY  – If you’re in southeast Missouri next week, be sure to check out these activities at state parks and historic sites. Thursday, Sept. 14: Women Outdoors Class: Survival Skills at Echo Bluff State Park Join the Echo Bluff State Park team for a girls’ night out at their Women Outdoors series. These hands-on

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MU ag economists expect commodities to lose ground going forward

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Agricultural commodities that experienced peak prices in 2022 could see a backslide as 2023 is coming to end. Additionally, projects are showing this slowdown could last well into 2024.   The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri recently released an August 2023 update to its annual agricultural

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