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Thursday, May 30, 2013  The Grainery in Payson Illinois has developed an international business relationship with a Japanese businessman and antiques from the area are being shipped overseas to Japan.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Emergency officials in Hancock County rescued a man trapped in a grain bin near Carthage.

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.

Friday, August 03, 2012  They can be seen on the Brooklyn Bridge, the Freedom Tower, in a farmer's field here in the Tri-States, and just about everywhere in between.

Friday, July 27, 2012  Nine doctors from the SIU School of Medicine made a stop at a farm in Adams County to get a first hand look at what kinds of things farmers encounter while working in crop and animal production.

Sunday, June 24, 2012  A Ewing man died from his injuries suffered in a car crash Sunday afternoon in Ewing.

Friday, June 01, 2012  Donald Creasy was operating a truck tractor semi trailer loaded with corn, eastbound on US 136, when he attempted a right turn onto IL 336 south exit ramp, according to an Illinois State Police crash report.

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

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  It began with two brothers out of Payson, Illinois looking to save time on their family farm. Eleven years later, Mast Productions is an award-winning company known throughout farms across the world, marketing grain-handling equipment to farmers and commercial businesses.

Friday, February 03, 2012  Sometimes things happen and there's just no rhyme or reason as to why.

Monday, January 30, 2012  Tantrum Hair Salon in Macomb held a fundraiser in honor of Remington Neeley.

Saturday, January 28, 2012  A young person from Macomb, Illinois lost her life in a one car accident Friday night outside of Bushnell, Ill.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011  In our Facebook Story of the Day for November 1st, we're talking about headaches once again.