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Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield is sending that message to potential employees in a policy that will go into effect June 1. The insurer will "require applicants to assert that they are tobacco-free in order to be considered for a position," said Rob Schweers, spokesman for Wellmark, which employs approximately 1,600 people in Des Moines and another 200 throughout the rest of the state.
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On Thursday, the Adams County Sheriff's Office conducted a search warrant for cannabis at 937 N.4th Street Quincy, Illinois. Upon entry into the residence Michael Jones was located on the front porch. A search of the residence was conduted and approximately 100 grams of cannabis was located inside.
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Some of the best economic news in 17 months to reach the region arrived Thursday when unemployment rates for March showed a drop throughout West-Central Illinois and in most Northeast Missouri counties.
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Missouri's Department of Transportation says it has saved more than $20 million by using recycled asphalt and housing shingles to pave roads.
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It was thought that the biggest challenge in bringing down 1924 Market St., a rear section of which collapsed earlier this month, would be coming up with the necessary money. But now the city faces another roadblock.
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Kum & Go workers in Centerville discovered Wednesday morning that gasoline had leaked from one of their tanks in the last couple of days, according to Iowa DNR.
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Kirksville dentist Dr. Arnold Stephen Barber's trial has been postponed indefinitely because of medical reasons for Barber ... according to the Adair County Prosecutor. The trial was supposed to have started Wednesday. The 71-year-old Barber is charged with tampering with witnesses.
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