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Friday, April 26, 2013  Jonathon Pollock constructed a homemade levee to protect his house from rising floodwater.

Friday, April 26, 2013  The massive sandbagging effort in Meredosia has slowed down and now officials are patrolliong levees looking for weak points and boils.

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.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011  The groups say the plant should be paid for with private, not government, investment.

Monday, February 28, 2011  The wait is nearly over for the four Illinois counties hoping to be the FutureGen clean coal project's carbon dioxide storage site. The FutureGen Alliance will announce its selection Monday. The alliance is a group of coal companies and other firms working with the U.S. Department of Energy on FutureGen.

Sunday, November 14, 2010 

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  Morgan County has put its hat into the ring for the facility to store the carbon dioxide.

Saturday, May 23, 2009  Residents in Meredosia, Ill. fight to keep Illinois River out of their homes.