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Chester CUSD No. 139 Board of Education meets Thursday

CHESTER – A regular open meeting of the Chester Community Unit School District 139 Board of Education will be held Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. following a closed meeting. The meeting will be held in the Chester High School Family and Consumer Science Classroom at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester, Illinois. The tentative agenda […]

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Christ Our Savior Lutheran High School FFA participates in events

EVANSVILLE — This past week Christ Our Savior FFA chapter participated in several events.  Section 22 officers held a leadership training school (LTS) for all the FFA chapters in section 22 at Waterloo High School. The evening began with pizza and fellowship. The officers divided the students from each chapter into different groups. The groups moved

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EPA releases bold national strategy to transform recycling in America

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the 2021 National Recycling Strategy to tackle major recycling challenges facing the nation and to create a stronger, more resilient, and cost-effective municipal solid waste recycling system. The 2021 strategy is also the first time EPA’s recycling strategy will address the climate impacts

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IDNR reminds hunters chronic wasting disease check stations will be open for 2021 firearm deer season

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) reminds hunters in counties where chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected that Firearm Deer Check Stations will be open this year in CWD-testing counties. Check stations were not open in 2020 due to health and safety protocols in place at that time. Check stations

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Illinois Chamber responds to the signing of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Chamber applauds the passage and signing into law of H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This bipartisan legislation fulfills a generational pursuit for adequate investment in Illinois’ vital and physical infrastructure by strengthening the work done in the state’s 2019 capital bill. In addition to the traditional Illinois priorities of

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Illinois Engineers applaud President Biden’s signing of federal infrastructure bill

SPRINGFIELD – The American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois (ACEC-IL) released the following statement regarding President Biden’s signature of the federal infrastructure bill: “Over the next five years, the federal infrastructure bill will invest over $17 billion in Illinois alone. That means billions of dollars dedicated to rebuilding and redesigning interstates, repairing and replacing

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LafargeHolcim will recycle six million tons of power-plant coal ash

CHICAGO–(Business Wire)–LafargeHolcim in the US, its subsidiary, Geocycle, and CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) Monday announced a major milestone in their multi-year initiative with the first barge shipment of power plant coal ash, part of a project which will result in the recovery and recycling of more than six million tons of coal ash for

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MDC reports 89,861 deer harvested during firearms opening weekend

JEFFERSON CITY – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 89,861 deer during opening weekend of the November portion of firearms deer season Nov. 13 and 14. Of the 89,861 deer harvested, 54,415 were antlered bucks, 7,187 were button bucks, and 28,259 were does. Top harvest counties

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MDC thanks deer hunters for help with CWD sampling

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) thanks the many deer hunters who participated in its mandatory sampling efforts in 34 counties Nov. 13 and 14 to find cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in harvested deer. Thanks to hunter participation, MDC collected tissue samples of lymph nodes from more than 18,700 hunter-harvested

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Missouri celebrates National Apprenticeship Week as it leads the nation in apprenticeship rankings

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week, Nov. 15-21. Governor Mike Parson signed a proclamation acknowledging the celebration in Missouri and citing the benefits of the program. Missouri ranks in the top 10 in the nation across four out of five categories for Registered

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