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Yesterday | The Honolulu Advertiser

Ex-Islander has all the answers

Some readers just don't know when to stop. And thank goodness. Mary Wong, a former Islander now living in Las Vegas, sent multiple recipes in answer to requests I shared last week: pineapple coconut pie, kalbi ...

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Related Topix: Recipes, Life, Food

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Alton Telegraph

Critics pan governor's IDNR budget cuts

Cuts to the budget of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources would compromise public safety, critics charged Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Alton, IL, Illinois, Illinois Government, Piasa, IL, Jersey County, IL

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Pike Press

Baugh Iva

Iva M. Baugh, 79, of Kampsville, died Monday, July 7, 2008 at Calhoun Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hardin.

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Related Topix: Kampsville, IL, Hardin, IL, Kane, IL, Pittsfield, IL

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Alton Telegraph

Grafton gets back to business

Flood insurance and FEMA will help flood victims in a tough year for the small, tourist-dependent community, but many are helping themselves.

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Related Topix: Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi College, Natural Disasters, Flood

Alton Telegraph

School districts struggle to keep technology current

Budgets are being cut, and less and less money is available, but still there is a push toward upgrading and implementing new technology.

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Related Topix: Jerseyville, IL, Jersey County, IL, Education Etc., Carlinville, IL, The College of Wooster

Sat Jul 12, 2008

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Grafton bounces back as flood waters recede

You can't keep this river town down. One business owner says bleach, paint and, yes, even a bit more water - the high-pressure kind - will put Grafton back on its feet, and quickly.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood

Fri Jul 11, 2008

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rest of Great River Road reopens

More roads reopened Tuesday in areas that were hit hard by flooding, including the remaining stretch of the Great River Road that had been closed since last month.

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Related Topix: Alton, IL, Brussels, IL, Weather, Jersey County, IL

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Belleville News

Commuter alert: Northbound I-55 is one lane after Illinois 4

Traffic around the metro-east Tuesday: In Worden road construction has reduced northbound Interstate 55 to one lane between Illinois 4/exit 33 and New Douglas/Nichols/exit 37 in Livingston.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government, New Douglas, IL, Livingston, IL, Alton, IL

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Belleville News

Commuter alert: Traffic slow on interstates, roads still closed by flooding

Traffic around the metro-east Wednesday morning: In St. Louis, there is slow traffic on Interstate 55, Interstate 64 and Interstate 70 westbound past the Poplar Street Bridge.

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Related Topix: St. Louis, MO Metro, Elsah, IL, Cahokia, IL

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Alton Telegraph

IDOT busy cleaning up River Road

Despite a setback from overnight rains, IDOT employees are working hard to reopen the Great River Road from Grafton to Alton before the holiday weekend.

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Related Topix: Alton, IL, Hardin, IL, Jersey County, IL

Thu Jul 03, 2008

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Raging Rivers WaterPark Reopens July Fourth

Raging Rivers WaterPark in Grafton, Illinois will reopen on Friday after being closed for more than a week due to flooding on roads surrounding the park.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

Alton Telegraph

Pit bull attacks 9-year-old boy

A 9-year-old boy was attacked and severely injured by a pit bull Thursday after he went into the dog's fenced yard to retrieve a toy.

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Related Topix: Elsah, IL, Alton, IL, St. Louis, MO Metro

Alton Telegraph

Grafton carries on, waiting for river to fall

While Grafton waits for the Mississippi River to crest, it tries to carry on and sustain itself.

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Related Topix: Jersey County, IL

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Alton Telegraph

Grafton crest again moved back

Floodwaters are seen Wednesday covering the intersection of Illinois Routes 3 and 100 in downtown Grafton, which is expected to get another 9 inches of water by Saturday.

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Related Topix: Weather, St. Louis, MO Metro, Jersey County, IL

Belleville News

Levees holding in Illinois, but Missouri residents not so lucky

The levees on the Illinois side of the river continue to hold back the Mississippi River, and pressure was eased somewhat when a levee that protects Winfield, Mo., failed early Friday.

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Related Topix: Illinois

Sat Jun 28, 2008

STLtoday

Sandbaggers continue flood battle

UPDATED: 4:18 p.m. WINFIELD, Mo. -- Some floodwater is getting past the wobbly Pin Oak levee but it continues to hold back the Mississippi River today, protecting 1,300 acres of farmland and the southeast ...

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Related Topix: East St. Louis, IL, St. Louis, MO Metro

Thu Jun 26, 2008

WBBM-AM Chicago

We Report. You Download.

'I See Trouble' A west suburban psychic is now charged with violating tax laws in addition to being accused of being a fraud.

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Cook County, IL, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Tue Jun 24, 2008

ABC7 - KGO-TV

Residents fight rising Mississippi River

With three days to go before the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce levees already strained and saturated from the pressure of the rising water.

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Related Topix: US News, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Mon Jun 23, 2008

KFVS12

Mississipi River expected to stop rising

Forecasters say this morning that the flooded Mississippi River is about to stop rising.

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WQAD-TV Moline

Grafton grapples with rising floodwaters

Volunteers travel across the country to help flood victims From a high-tech mobile kitchen comes a massive humanitarian effort -- thousands of hot homemade meals cooked, packaged and delivered to flood victims ...

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Grafton, Illinois is located in Jersey County and is part of the St. Louis, MO Metro Area. Zip codes in Grafton, IL include 62037.

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