Annual summit to address Kaskaskia Watershed solutions
February 16, 2019The annual Kaskaskia Summit will be held on Monday, March 4 at the Mariner’s Village Resort Conference Center in Carlyle. The conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m….
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Soybean yields, human affect on global warming and more
February 14, 2019This week in your farm and rural news roundup: Illinois set a new yield record for corn and soybeans in 2018, but no one knew it until the delayed USDA production summaries were finally…
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Metro East Area News Briefs
February 13, 2019New 600-acre TradePort coming to Pontoon Beach The Gateway TradePort – a new 600-acre industrial park with seven million square feet of institutional industrial space – will begin…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: shutdown delays, food safety alert and more
February 7, 2019This week’s farm and rural news rundown will focus on the first USDA crop reports issued in several weeks, and the ramifications of the recently ended partial federal government shutdown…
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St. Louis merger talks bring focus on Metro East municipalities’ debt
February 6, 2019A proposed new “Metro City” regional government structure involving the City of St. Louis and neighboring St. Louis County, will not include any portions of Metro East, spokesperson…
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Metro East Area News Briefs
February 6, 2019SW Illinois program looks at developing 2030 workforce A work-ready labor force with the skills required by 21st century commerce and industry is the goal of the Leadership Council…
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SIUE hosts National Solar Car Conference
February 1, 2019The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) hosted the Innovators Educational Foundation’s Solar Car Annual Conference this past weekend. More than 190…
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Merging St. Louis city and county seen as answer to debt crisis
January 31, 2019With the City of St. Louis $2 billion in debt, a government relations firm representing city bondholders and other business interests, is formally launching a campaign for a new regional…
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