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Thursday Apr 24 | Fire Engineering
BRIEF: Crews hold off barn fire from damaging other structure near Colfax
A large crew of firefighters was able to get a barn fire under control Wednesday morning, saving a nearby machine shed that had been threatened on the property south of Colfax. via Fire Engineering
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Arrowsmith Forum & PollsJan 9, 2008 | Pantagraph
Central Illinois hard-hit by flooding
“We're really concerned for the people whose sewer is backing up”
' Rain has canceled school in one community and residents in another are urged to use less water until flooded sewage systems can catch up. via Pantagraph
Dec 17, 2007 | The Pantagraph
“It's a project close to my heart”
Charlene Coultas can't bear to be cold -- or imagine the homeless being cold. "I lay awake at night and think it's so cold, how in the world are all these people existing?" she said. via The Pantagraph
Oct 23, 2007 | The Pantagraph
Record crop piling up at elevators
“As things went on, we saw the crop was going to be big. ... In the end it was maybe a little bit bigger than we thought it would be”
By Michelle Koetters mkoetters@pantagraph.com BLOOMINGTON -- Evergreen FS Grain Manager Steve Dennis has never moved so much grain so fast. via The Pantagraph
Oct 18, 2007 | The Pantagraph
Residents praise Saybrook substation
“The response time is 45 minutes.”
' Diane Wilson said youths used to frequently race cars and four-wheelers on the gravel road near her home, and people met nearby for what she suspected were drug deals. via The Pantagraph
Oct 1, 2007 | The Pantagraph
Trash burns cause field fires in McLean, nearby counties
“From what I've heard, the yields have been very good”
' Out-of-control trash burns ignited many of the field fires in McLean and neighboring counties over the weekend, causing damage to valuable farmland while keeping rural firefighters busy. via The Pantagraph
Sep 8, 2007 | The Pantagraph
Site near Arrowsmith has a violent, tragic history
“Other Foxes sang their death song. At least they would die as warriors.”
In the summer of 1730, at a site southeast of Arrowsmith in eastern McLean County, a combined force of French soldiers and their Native American allies laid siege to a doomed band of Fox Indians. via The Pantagraph
Aug 31, 2007 | Pantagraph
Corn Belt plans outage for wind turbine work
Corn Belt Energy Cooperative will schedule a power outage on from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the rural areas near Saybrook and Arrowsmith. via Pantagraph
Aug 24, 2007 | Pantagraph
Church found a future in 1982 tornadoA a a s ruins
“Maybe it was a sign from God that the church had to move”
' Judd Stover was sitting in the Merna Tap, a small-town watering hole, with friends one early afternoon when he noticed the weather turning bad. via Pantagraph
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