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Wednesday, April 12
City briefs Sewer and tap fees and new commercial property development addressed
Weather highlights from the first week of April
IDOT gives motorists a break during Easter weekend, offers motorists tips to conserve fuel
Top Stories from the past week
April 11
Local officials view Logan County GIS parcel mapping plans Farmland assessments expected to decrease
April 2 storm contained another tornado and powerful straight-line winds
Clean water two-day celebration on Peoria riverfront Displays and speakers address protecting our natural resources
April 10
Elkhart mine fire prompts swift, multiagency response
Gov. Blagojevich welcomes the world to Chicago for the 'Olympics of Biotech' The governor kicks off international convention that is expected to attract more than 20,000 people from all 50 states and 60 countries
Ex-prisoners of war and missing in action recognized
April 8
Motorists urged to use caution as highway construction season kicks off 6,700 work-zone crashes a year Photo enforcement vans to hit the highways soon
First lady Patti Blagojevich celebrates grand opening of first Y-ME Illinois Wig and Prosthesis Salon to serve breast cancer patients in downstate Illinois Salon to offer wigs, hats, scarves, breast prosthetics and prosthetic bras at no cost to patients with limited resources
April 7
Community leaders to attend GIS informational meeting
Tornado watch: The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a tornado watch for Logan County till 8 p.m. Other counties under the watch are Christian, DeWitt, Macon, Maucoupin, Menard, Morgan, and Sangamon.
Salvation Army at Lincoln readying to offer temporary shelter Volunteers needed to assist operation
Gov. Blagojevich urges Republican lawmakers to put politics aside and support jobs program that would put 230,000 people to work Jobs bill will build better roads, improve mass transit and ease school overcrowding throughout Illinois
Illinois Senior Hall of Fame candidates sought
April 6
County zooming in on zoning and ordinance issues
Geographic information system parcel mapping presentation set
Mount Pulaski sets 15 landscape waste pickups
Gov. Blagojevich declares 18 counties state disaster areas after latest round of severe storms Declaration enables state to assist hard-hit communities with their extraordinary storm-related costs
April 5
Exit here! Tourism starts signage campaign
Glass recycling resumes
Gov. Blagojevich announces IDOC staff, inmate work crews logged nearly 11,000 hours of cleanup work after tornadoes and severe storms
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