July 2024

Grace Knop named Memorial Hospital Employee of the Quarter

CHESTER – Brett Bollmann, CEO at Memorial Hospital named Grace Knop Employee of the Quarter for the Second Quarter 2024 on July 17, 2024.     Memorial Hospital CEO Brett Bollmann and Grace Knop.   Grace Knop, RN in the ER, ICU, and Med Surge Unit has worked at Memorial Hospital for almost two years. […]

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Illinois payroll jobs, unemployment rate up in June

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has announced that the unemployment rate increased +0.1 percentage point to 5.0 percent, while nonfarm payrolls increased +10,400 in June, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and released by IDES. The May revised unemployment rate was 4.9 percent, unchanged from

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Join MDC and NDA for July 30 webinar on invasive plant control for deer management

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the National Deer Association (NDA) invite landowners and others interested in managing deer on their properties to join them online on Tuesday, July 30, at 6 p.m. for a free Zoom webinar on invasive plant control for deer management. Hunters and landowners will learn about

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MDC buying tree seed from landowners for select species in southeast Missouri

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) George O. White Tree Nursery in Licking is currently purchasing seed from the public for a variety of tree and shrub species within southeast Missouri.   “The nursery conducts seed collections annually, and collected seeds are grown into bare root seedlings,” said MDC Community Forester Jennifer

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MDHEWD awarded $4 million Apprenticeship Building America grant to put Missourians on path to high-paying, in-demand jobs

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) has been awarded a $4 million Apprenticeship Building America grant by the U.S. Department of Labor that will help Missourians land high-wage jobs in high-demand industries.   MDHEWD, in partnership with Missouri Works Initiative (MWI) and BioSTL, will utilize the grant to

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Missouri grower elected to National Corn Board

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.–Farmer-leaders from across the nation elected past president of the Missouri Corn Growers Association Jay Schutte to the National Corn Board today. The election was held during the National Corn Growers Association’s Corn Congress currently taking place in Washington, D.C. Schutte, a corn farmer from Benton City, Mo., represented Missouri corn growers for

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Perryville Police report

PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest report.   Among those listed as arrested:   37-year-old Rhonda Franklin of St. Louis was arrested July 11th on charges of driving while revoked or suspended, failure to provide financial responsibility and failure to register a motor vehicle.   According to the police report a

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