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Thursday, January 03, 2013  Gov. Jay Nixon appointed Donnie Davis, of Edina, as Treasurer for Knox County Thursday.

Friday, December 14, 2012  The Ursa Farmer's Cooperative opens their seventh facility in Canton Missouri with this one being the first facility in Missouri.

Friday, October 19, 2012  Ursa Farmers Coop dedicates a new multimillion dollar grain facility in Canton, Mo.

Friday, September 21, 2012  Everything has been cleared up at the site of the barge accident in Granite City, but the accident stirred up possibilities of trouble for local grain elevators.

Monday, May 14, 2012  Now we've learned that a new national chain restaurant is slated to open this summer in Canton, Missouri.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012  The bridge will be closed Wednesday, March 14. IDOT has special instruction for drivers hauling loads to the Ursa Farmers CoOP elevator in Meyer.

Sunday, April 10, 2011  A large tornado flattened a grain elevator and destroyed homes and buildings on its weekend rampage through the small western Iowa town of Mapleton. Authorities reported no serious injuries.

Thursday, November 11, 2010  Kevin Denison placed in the top 12 semi-finalists of the National Elevator Pitch Competition.

Thursday, October 21, 2010  Once the site is ready the Ursa Farmer's Cooperative and the 400 Missouri farm families who belong to the cooperative, will invest $6 million to construct the facility.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010  We may never know what caused the Warsaw grain elevator explosion that sent one man to the hospital.

Wednesday, September 08, 2010  Update: Illinois Fire Marshal to visit explosion site Thursday afternoon

Monday, June 21, 2010  28 year old Curtis McKune and 19 year old Scotty Loveland, both of Carthage, allegedly broke into the elevator in Golden Illinois in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 20th.

Monday, February 23, 2009  The Missouri Department of Agriculture, along with other Missouri state agencies have seized the assets of T. J. Gieseker Farms & Trucking in Audrain County.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009  The Quincy Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 121st Annual Meeting by honoring several key business professionals. Four past and present businessmen were inducted into the Business Hall of Fame.

Monday, March 12, 2007  Community comes together as reconstruction continues