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Monday, May 13, 2013  The Rushville Public Library was remembered in a will and that money was used to help secure a state grant to build a new library.

Friday, May 10, 2013  A group of Drury University students have presented a plan for a demonstration house that supporters hope could help make Joplin a model of environmentally sound rebuilding from disasters.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Larget economic investment in the state's history.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Flooding along the Mississippi is creating a need for people to help sandbagging.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Bonansinga Driver location will provide more space, better access to areas and more opportunities for park district.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  After months of redesigning and taking input from Main Street merchants, construction on the Hannibal Main Street sidewalk project is about to resume.

Sunday, March 31, 2013  The owners of Sprouts Inn in Quincy are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arsonist behind an Easter morning fire.

Monday, March 18, 2013  The Fire Marshal is on site looking at what is left of the home Monday and it is likely that the cause of fire will be undetermined based upon the level of damage.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Construction is well underway into a bigger Central Illinois Food Bank in Springfield. The food bank serves 145 agencies in 21 central Illinois counties.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  A proposed hog confinement is back in the hands of the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds visited Fort Madison Tuesday for a town hall meeting on Lee County's recent economic development.

Friday, March 08, 2013  A new set of plans are ready to be unveiled to Hannibal Main Street merchants on the redesign of the sidewalks project.

Monday, March 04, 2013  These projects would resurface busy streets as well as make the intersection at Bower and 136 safer.

Friday, February 22, 2013  The Associated Press reported that Iowa state archaeologists discovered Native American artifacts on the site where Egyptian-based Orascom Construction Industries plans to build the plant.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Lee County was awarded a nearly $5 million grant for road upgrades at the site of the Iowa Fertilizer Company near Wever.