SIKESTON—Route 51 in Bollinger and Perry Counties will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform drainage repairs. This section of roadway is located from Route KK to Route 72 near Patton. Weather permitting, work will take place from Wednesday, Jan. 11 and Thursday, Jan. 12 from 7:30 a.m. […]
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center is home to the popular annual Maple Syrup Festival, set for March 25-26 this year. Before that, the center is hosting two hands-on Maple Syrup Production Demonstrations, and everyone is welcome to attend. Both workshop-style events will be
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — A team of Southern Illinois University Carbondale students bested more than 930 teams in an international trading challenge, earning fourth place in North America and 12th place in the world. It’s the first time, at least in recorded history, that an SIU team has even competed in Bloomberg’s
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JEFFERSON CITY – The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index declined 2.1 points in December to 89.8, marking the 12th consecutive month below the 49-year average of 98. Owners expecting better business conditions over the next six months worsened by eight points from November to a net negative 51%. Inflation remains the single most
BLOOMSDALE — St. Agnes Parish is congratulating St. Agnes Catholic School students who entered the Bloomsdale Knights of Columbus Council 1848 Essay Contests. This year’s essay theme was “How can you encourage others who have fallen away to return to Mass?” The winners are: 6th Grade-Logan Schilly 7th Grade-Reece Weiler 8th Grade-Caden
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ST. MARY — St. Mary Board of Alderman will meet in regular and closed sessions Thursday. These are the tentative agendas: ST. MARY BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING Posted January 10, 2023 Notice is hereby given that the St. Mary Board of Aldermen will have a Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on January 12, 2023
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The minutes of the Tuesday, January 3, 2023 meeting of the Ste. Genevieve County Commission have been released.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – On Monday, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that he has recruited Maddie McMillian Green to serve as Deputy Attorney General for Policy. In this role, Green will handle policy, legislation, and stakeholder outreach for the office. “I have had the pleasure of working with Maddie in the past, and
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AMES, Iowa – Nearly 1,800 graduates received degrees from Iowa State University in December. Graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies were held Dec. 16-17 at Hilton Coliseum. Among them is Landon Anderson of De Soto, who will received a Master of Science, Agronomy Beate Schmittmann, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
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Editor’s Note: If you are as unfamiliar with the terms “GaGa Pit” and “GaGa Ball” as I am, here is the Wikipedia definition: Gaga (Hebrew: גע גע literally ‘touch touch’) (also: ga-ga, gaga ball, or ga-ga ball) is a variant of dodgeball that is played in a gaga “pit”. Here is a video on the making of
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