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Dragons Robotics makes strong debut at first high school VEX V5 Competition

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STE. GENEVIEVE – Last month, Ste. Genevieve High School’s Dragons Robotics team competed in its first-ever high school VEX Robotics Competition V5 event, taking on the season’s Push Back challenge and delivering an impressive debut performance.     Students designed, built and programmed their own robot to compete in a fast-paced, highly strategic environment. Matches […]

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Chester Grade School announces 2026 Young Author winners

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This year CGS will send 16 students, 1st through 8th Grades, to the 31st Annual Young Authors’ Conference By Jim Beers CHESTER – It’s that time of year again and local schools in the Monroe-Randolph County area are gearing-up for the 2026 Young Authors’ Conference. This year the conference is being held in Sparta, Illinois

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Time is running out to participate in Valentines card drive

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SPRINGFIELD – With Valentine’s Day approaching, Sen. Terry Bryant and other members of the Senate Republican Caucus are once again spreading kindness through their annual Valentines for Seniors card drive, however, time is running out. Cards must be dropped off by Friday, February 6.     The initiative encourages residents to create and donate Valentine’s

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Steeleville woman named to Dean’s List at University of Maryland

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ADELPHI, MD — A Steeleville woman was among more than 18,700 University of Maryland Global Campus students who have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2025 term.   To earn the honor Jessica Whittom of Steeleville was required to complete at least six credits during the term, earned a grade point average of at least

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Red Bud woman named to Concordia honors list

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SEWARD, NE  JAN 20, 2026 — Christine Liefer of Red Bud was one of 267 Concordia University, Nebraska students recently named to the honors list for the Fall 2025 semester.   Students must earn a 3.90 GPA or higher while also completing a minimum of 12 credit hours to be eligible for this list.   About Concordia University, Nebraska Concordia

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Nolan Mudd named to MTSU Fall 2025 dean’s list

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee State University is congratulating 6,647 students who appear on the dean’s list for the Fall 2025 semester, including Nolan Mudd of Evansville, Ill.   To qualify for this distinction, an undergraduate student must maintain a current semester grade-point average of 3.5 or above and earn at least 12 semester hours.   Founded in 1911 as

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No fences needed: GPS collars show ‘virtual fencing’ is next frontier of livestock grazing

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — For generations, farmers have spent backbreaking hours tearing down and rebuilding fences just to move livestock to fresh grazing fields. Now, thanks to a groundbreaking project at the University of Missouri’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture, that chore is becoming a thing of the past.   With a $900,000 grant from the National

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