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Saturday, February 07, 2009
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Top Stories from the past week
Feb. 6
County briefs Recognitions and appointments; non-contract community animal control fee increased; county seeks health insurance proposals; storm declaration; business incubator startup; and committee changes
Former Kentucky Fried Chicken building is torn down (pictorial)
Ill. comptroller: Fed cutbacks, delays on Medicaid placing burden on state
Attorney general says misleading federal data could deter critical loan modifications
Washington-Monroe honor roll, Zonta Club, Zion Lutheran pancake and sausage, Nancy Carter, and Lester Cox make the Close UpBy Mike Fak
Feb. 5
President Obama returning to Illinois on Abraham Lincoln's birthday
'Go Red' on Friday to raise awareness of heart disease
H.O.P.E. Mobile offering free tests during Heart Health Month
Police chief releases Super Bowl directed patrols stats
Feb. 4
City of Lincoln voluntarily enters quarantine on ash trees Planting ash trees banned on city properties New ordinance includes other banned and recommended tree species
Wal-Mart managers to 'chill out' for Special Olympics
Plenty to do locally as we approach Abe's birthday
Feb. 3
City briefs: Heritage Days gets OK Car cruise-ins scheduled, Arbor Day tree planting set, and other business
Street dept. explains College St. damage and repair plans
C-SPAN Civics Bus to visit Lincoln College on Feb. 10
Putting a stamp of approval on Lincoln
Ford's Theatre drama 'One Destiny' at presidential museum Feb. 11-13
American Heart Association, LCHS regional speech team, WL-B honor roll, VFW all in Close Up By Mike Fak
Feb. 2
Scholarship funds still rolling in following Dr. King Day breakfast
Personality of the Week He can turn things around and does it with a smile: Bill Martin
No surprise: January colder, snowier than usual in Illinois
New Ill. governor plans Washington lobbying trip
DNR preliminary deer harvest totals
Railers 66, Canton 42 -- in sports
Jan. 31
Rare opportunity: Three key Lincoln documents to be displayed at presidential museum Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery
IDOT asks president to bump up Amtrak money in stimulus plan Requests $1.1 billion be increased to $5 billion
Heartland Community College to host free financial aid workshops Feb. 21
$8 million in suspended MAP grants released to college students
Local health officials assist with radon awareness and testing
New governor's 1st action Declares state disaster areas for 7 downstate counties
VA technology enhancements to benefit Illinois' Post-9/11 GI Bill aid recipients
Railers lose (OT) contest to Southeast 63-60
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