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Swedish corvette HMS Visby patrols the Stockholm Archipelago October 19 2014, searching for what the military says is a foreign threat in the waters.Sweden beefed up its military presence in the Stockholm archipelago on Saturday to scour its waters for "foreign underwater activity," a mobilization of Swedish ships, troops and helicopters unseen since the Cold War.

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• Illinois grain prices in country elevators

• Column
  Fall and Winter Rose Care  
  By John Fulton

• Logan County 4-H and Extension to host Fall Hunting discipline October 25th 
  Free curtain raising event open to all youth

• FSA Bulletin  
  USDA expands access to credit to help more beginning and family farmers regarding the Microloan program loan limits

• FSA News Bulletin 
  Enrollment for New Dairy Farm Risk Management Program to Begin Sept. 2

• FSA Bulletin  
  USDA Farm Service Agency announces key dates for new 2014 Farm Bill Safety Net programs

• FSA offers farm bill website

• U of I Policy Matters Website

Local

• Illinois Department of Public Health provides update on state’s preparedness efforts for Ebola
  Governor Quinn Directs agency to assemble Ebola Preparedness Task Force, announces informational hotline and website

• IDPH activates 24-hour Ebola Hotline
  800-889-3931   

• Bringing Outdoor Trails to Logan County 
  Why are trails important to Logan County?
  Public Meeting Scheduled for October 28

• Logan County Department of Public Health food inspection scores

• Births at ALMH

National, International

U.S. Ebola czar seeks to reverse government mistakes, step up response

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) (R) talks to Ron Klain (L), then-Chief of Staff for U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, outside of the senate Democrats' weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in this December 8, 2009 file photo.REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files

• Nigeria declared Ebola-free after containing virus

• High Intensity Interval Training commutes to the cubicle

• China's companies, billionaires must step up to fight Ebola: WFP

• Medications mistakes common among young children

• Has sugar lost its sweet spot? Paraguayan plant upends market

U.S. to issue new Ebola care guidelines, watch lists to shrink

Passengers disembark from the Carnival Magic cruise ship after it reached port in Galveston, Texas October 19, 2014. REUTERS/Daniel Kramer

• New Ebola guidelines will be more stringent: U.S. health official

• Spanish Ebola nurse appears clear of disease, says government

• Pentagon to create medical support team for U.S. Ebola response