News Index
(from the last 7 days)

Saturday, August 06, 2005

posted daily OVER THE NOON HOUR  (CDT)

Numbered contestants wait for the 'go' to chase down two- legged feathered fowl that cluck.

[picture by Jan Youngquist] click on picture for larger image

click here for more pictures from the fair

• New laws reduce administrative burden on Illinois schools

• New small-business incentive offered by state

• World, national news

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• Pictures from Friday's fair

• Fair results

• [No fair results were sent out by the Logan County Fair.  Results from Friday & Saturday should be in Monday's issue]

• Cow efficiency conference

• Agriculture news elsewhere

• Rust Confirmed in Mississippi

• U.S. Wheat harvest wrapping up

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 Law & Courts

• Marriages

• Dissolutions

• (There were no court reports this week.)

• Law news elsewhere

• Roberts hearing may focus on government work

• More...

• Historic tourism students visit Lincoln College

• St. Peter Lutheran activities planned

 Features

• Slim Randles'  Home Country
  When it's too hot for yardwork

 Community

• Serving in the military  sponsored by American Legion Post 263

• Calendar of events

 Business

• NEED A JOB? FIND IT HERE!    (2)

• Classifieds    (6)

Submit a classified ad online  [Lowest cost for advertising in the county!]

• Business news elsewhere

• Job growth up; interest rate hikes eyed

• Phone companies cheer DSL ruling

• More...

The Sports Page

• Sports news elsewhere

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• Health news elsewhere

• Low Folate Intake Linked to Low Birth Weight

• US scientists find flexible stem cells in placenta

• More...

• Personal tech news elsewhere

• Wireless networks --easy hacker pickings

• IBM joins podcast craze with audio think-pieces

• More..

• Home and garden news elsewhere

• Make a List to Organize Your Dorm Room

• Kitchen Islands Go Front and Center

• There's a Method to the Mess

• Preparing the Garden for the Postseason

• More...

• Travel news elsewhere

• 36 Hours: Duluth, Minn.

• Canada's Algonquin Provincial Park enthralls

• Stories from the Graveyard of the Atlantic

• More...

• Movie reviews elsewhere

• Mining the past for romanticism

• Lonely ensemble

• More...

• Book reviews elsewhere

• The wonders of an ordinary place

• The new college try

• Trapped inside a modern-day nightmare

• Seeing the forests through the tree

• More...

Friday, Aug. 5:

• Roads focus of Legends and White subdivision reviews
  Planning commission hears trucking business expansion plan

• State treasurer pledges $100 million in low-interest loans to assist Illinois farmers

• Governor appoints Harris to oversee state operations

• Fair results

• 4-H Heifer Show

• 4-H Steer Show

• Department B: Dairy cattle

• Department H3: Dairy and pygmy goats

• Department H4: Poultry

• Department H5: Rabbits

• Department H8: Junior horse and pony

• Department J: Agricultural products

• Department MF: Fine arts

• Department MP: Photography

• Feeding drought-stressed corn to cattle
  Healthier-looking corn a fooler; nitrates higher

• Brady's traveling office hours

Thursday, Aug. 4

Wednesday, Aug. 3

Tuesday, Aug. 2

Monday, Aug. 1

Saturday, July 30