Debris is pictured in the town of Pilger, Nebraska June 17, 2014.

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Local

• USDA Rural Development Recognizes Top Lender and New Homeowners
  Celebrating Homeownership Month in June

• ‘By the Bean’ brings something unique to Lincoln       

  • Album 1  |  Album 2

• From the office of the Logan County Treasurer
  Announcement of payment installment dates for 2014 property taxes  

National

U.S. mortgage applications drop in latest week: MBA


 

• Wall Street's latest fad is built on sand

• GM's CEO to face more Capitol Hill grilling over safety crisis

• T-Mobile looking to buy spectrum from smaller rivals: NY Post

Japan exports disappoint, risks hitting economy hard


 

• China new home prices fall in May - first drop in two years

• Iran economy remains in distress amid sanctions: U.S.'s Lew

• Lincoln IGA

• MKS Jewelers

• NAPA

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• Illinois grain prices in country elevators

• Deadlines approaching for 2014 Illinois State Fair competitions  

• Column
  Bagworms and Iron Chlorosis 
  By John Fulton

• June 9 FSA News Bulletin 
  2014 Crop Certification deadline - July 15

• June 2 FSA News Bulletin 

• FSA offers farm bill website

• U of I Policy Matters Website

• Police reports   

• Court reports

• Marriages, civil unions

• Dissolutions 

• Fire and rescue reports 

Local

• The Illinois Department of Public Health Adds a Test to Newborn Screening
  All newborns in Illinois will now be tested for severe combined immunodeficiency

• Memorial Service in Lincoln to Remember Hospice Patients   

• Shaw Named ALMH Employee of the Month  

• Lincoln Elks, Illinois Elks and ALMH Bring Free Clinic to Children 

• Logan County Department of Public Health food inspection scores

• Births at ALMH

National, International

U.S. government confident new vaccine will help fight pig virus


 

• Senate panel scolds TV's Dr. Oz over diet claims

• Novartis says slimmer structure to boost profitability

• French biotech Cellectis surges as Pfizer signs cancer drug deal

• Novartis, Pfizer seek U.S. approval of meningitis vaccines

• California bill to require warning labels on sugary drinks dies

• Could ignorance of illness be better for mental health?

• Stopping fluids at the end of life: a dilemma not just for Kasem’s family

• Death toll from West Africa Ebola hits 337: WHO update