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Funding for Conservation Program
Alton Daily News
A program geared to helping farmers with financial and technical needs will be funded for the rest of 2013, after being left out of a nine-month extension of the federal Farm Bill. Drew Thomason, outreach coordinator for the Illinois Stewardship ...

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Man Tries Stealing Cheese
Alton Daily News
An Illinois man is accused of a most unusual crime. Authorities in Plainfield say Veniamin Balika tried to steal 42-thousand-pounds of Muenster cheese from a company in Wisconsin. Authorities say Balika got as far as New Jersey but was busted there ...

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Supercomputer Unveiled
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The state and the University of Illinois have unveiled the Blue Waters supercomputer. Illinois invested $60 million to house the computer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While the state funded the housing of the computer in the ...

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Westboro To Protest Marine's Funeral
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The Westboro Baptist Church plans to protest at the funeral of a fallen Illinois Marine. According to a release on the WBC website, protestors will make an appearance outside St. Paul Catholic Church in Highland at 9:15 next Wednesday morning. The ...

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Illinois State Rep. Dan Burke Wants to Ban Dogs from Front Seat of Cars
Opposing Views
Dan Beiser (D-Alton). "This is, unfortunately, the worst time in our state's history," Burke explained. "It's a matter of prioritizing. ... Everything is timing." Burke is hopeful Illinois will ban dogs from drivers' laps just as New Jersey and Hawaii ...
Driving With Your Dog? Bill Would Prohibit Pets Behind the WheelDNAinfo

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Accused killer ruled unfit on appeal
Alton Telegraph
Sedlacek has been confined in the Forensic Unit at Alton Mental Health Center. The most recent reports are from December 2011. His doctors have reported he is mentally ill with schizophrenia. Rekowski said he is pleased that the latest appellate court ...

Southwestern Illinois man wins suit over hole in one
The State Journal-Register
A southwestern Illinois meat cutter who sued after a prize for his hole in one during a charity golf tournament wasn't paid out as promised has carded a legal victory. The (Alton) Telegraph reports that a Madison County judge has awarded Donald ...

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YW announces 2013 Women of Distinction
Alton Telegraph
Karen J. Wilson, Alton, an officer manager of the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois. - Carolyn Dooley, of Alton, active in Haskell Park events and other civic involvement. - Kathleen "Kate" Riney, of Alton, past president of the YWCA and a ...

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Woman gets 4 years in robbery of McDonald's worker
Belleville News Democrat
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A southwestern Illinois woman who apologetically insisted she aided in the robbery of an elderly McDonald's worker to help support her young son has been sentenced to four years in prison for the holdup. The (Alton) Telegraph ...

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Eat Local
Alton Daily News
Here in Illinois, State Rep. Sam Yingling (D-Round Lake Beach) wants to put into law that the first Saturday of each month be designated as “Eat Local, Buy Illinois Products Day.” "This bill shows support for those farmers growing produce in our state ...

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Less Corn Planting in Illinois
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Illinois farmers will be cutting back on corn this year. Farmers planted 12.8 million acres of corn in Illinois last year. The USDA reported Thursday that they expect to plant 12.2 million acres this year, a 5 percent drop. Rod Weinzierl, head of the ...

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U of I Audit
Alton Daily News
Don't bother asking if the University of Illinois has any more of those jobs where you can make $70,000 without showing up for work. A state audit reports the university's payroll systems were vulnerable enough for hourly employees to continue to ...

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State May Pay for Tattoo Removal
Alton Daily News
Victims of human trafficking wouldn't have to worry about paying for expensive tattoo removal, under a bill which has passed the Illinois House. State Rep. Kelly Burke (D- Evergreen Park) is sponsoring a bill that would compensate victims for the ...

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Motorcycle Season Is Here
Alton Daily News
Lt. Jeff Pfotenhauer of the Illinois State Police says last year, motorcycles represented 3 percent of registered vehicles in Illinois, but they gave us 16 percent of the fatalities. “This percentage is alarming, and should be a wakeup call to every ...

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Benefit Rally for Fallen Trooper
Alton Daily News
Family, friends, and even those who never met a fallen Illinois State Police trooper are invited to take part in a rally on April 20 in his honor. 32-year-old Trooper Kyle Deatherage (pictured) of Highland was struck by a truck-tractor semi on I-55 at ...

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MAP Tapped Out
Alton Daily News
There's hope for Illinois college students who have not applied for MAP grants yet. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission suspended applications March 1, anticipating that the applications for the Monetary Award Program already exhausted the ...

Alton High, other customers lose power
Alton Telegraph
Baumgartner said Alton High was the only district school affected, as far as she knew. She said she was told a couple of subdivisions near the school also had been without power. A spokeswoman for Ameren Illinois confirmed the outage had affected about ...

Illinois pensions and education are losing to gambling
Crain's Chicago Business
Another Illinois gambling bill sponsored by Rep. Daniel Beiser, D-Alton, includes more tax giveaways by authorizing thousands of additional slot and video gambling machines in “social clubs.” Mr. Quinn repeatedly has stated that the Legislature must ...

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Bipartisanship Requested for Transportation Bill
Alton Daily News
Members of the Illinois congressional delegation have been told they will act in a bipartisan manner on behalf of the state when Congress negotiates a new transportation bill. U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Hoffman Estates) says they were hauled into the ...

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Conceal Carry Debate Continues
Alton Daily News
Eight weeks remain in Illinois' legislative session, and lawmakers are supposed to pass a concealed-carry bill. It could take every day available to get it done. “I look at this as kind of like labor negotiations,” says Richard Pearson, executive ...

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