Wednesday

• County chooses retirement plan representative and gets an abbreviated rundown on last week's weather-related workout by emergency workers

• Illinois increases public assistance staff by 10%, improving low-income services

Tuesday

• Management of county employee retirement fund to be determined tonight

• Lincoln College student group to host mayoral debate

• Aggregate industry celebrates no deaths for first time in Illinois history

Monday

• Warmer national, global temperatures for December

• Gov. Blagojevich honors Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy by unveiling plans to expand opportunities for minority-owned businesses

• Contraceptives now covered by private insurance in Illinois

Saturday

• 'Follow the Information Trail' workshop shows how to research local property histories

• Staying healthy in the 21st century
  Key findings of the 2005 'Dietary Guidelines' of the USDA

Friday

• Weather plays havoc indoors and out
  Keeps emergency workers hopping

• Twelve child recoveries celebrated
  Credited to AMBER Alert improvements

• Illinois school officials begin new training for emergency situations

Thursday

• Winter weather advisory
  Significant snow expected in portions of central Illinois today

• Weather keeping everyone busy
  Creates wet woes

• No weather-related school closings or early dismissals as of 12:25 p.m. Thursday

• Sewer management company returns answers to city
  Contract negotiations set to begin

• Winter off to an unusually wet start
  State climatologist monitoring conditions

• Have fun but remember safety when enjoying winter sports

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