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Monday Nov 9 | Alton Telegraph

Grafton man faces burglary charges in Calhoun

A Grafton man allegedly caught red-handed while breaking into a video poker machine faces two burglary charges.

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Related Topix: Grafton, IL, Games, Poker, Batchtown, IL

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Alton Telegraph

Boil order called off in Calhoun County

Calhoun County Rural Water District on Thursday lifted a boil order after tests were complete following a water main break earlier this week along South Blue Ridge Road.

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Related Topix: Hardin, IL, Batchtown, IL

Alton Telegraph

Deloris Peuterbaugh

Deloris Mae Peuterbaugh, 75, died at 6:27 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville.

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Related Topix: Jerseyville, IL, Fieldon, IL, Jersey County, IL

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Alton Telegraph

Ferry flap: Business owners worried about access to Calhoun

October is the peak tourist season throughout Calhoun County, but many visitors and business operators are frustrated by long waits for motorists using the Brussels Ferry, which is operating only one of its boats.

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Related Topix: Brussels, IL, Grafton, IL, Jersey County, IL, Kampsville, IL

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Alton Telegraph

Calhoun crazy for quilts

Everyone is invited to attend the third annual Calhoun County Quilt and Church Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

Alton Telegraph

PHOTOS: Settler mettle

Chris "The Whip Guy" Camp snaps off the second flower petal from the outstretched arms of Mitch Reynolds during Old Settlers Days in Kampsville on Sunday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Kampsville, IL

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Koster site remains unique 40 years later

It's hard to tell today that a rural Eldred farmstead of bluffs, cornfields, pasture and streams held thousands of years of prehistoric living.

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Related Topix: Eldred, IL, Northwestern University, Kampsville, IL, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Alton Telegraph

Busy painter

For Jill Rulon, there aren't enough hours in a day - just the way this busy artist and business owner likes it.

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Related Topix: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Hardin, IL

Tue Oct 06, 2009

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Calhoun County Flood Risk Information Open House Is Oct. 13

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency , in partnership with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources , will host a flood risk information open house for residents of Calhoun County on Tuesday, Oct.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Alton Telegraph

Police blotter for Oct. 1

Albert B. Reel, 53, of Granite City, was charged Thursday with felony retail theft.

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Related Topix: Granite City, IL, Alton, IL, Jerseyville, IL, Hardin, IL

Mon Sep 28, 2009

Alton Telegraph

Brussels Ferry to get new boat, barge

The Brussels Ferry is getting a new push boat and vehicle barge, thanks to a $1.76 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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Related Topix: Brussels, IL, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Phil Hare, Democrat, Jersey County, IL, Grafton, IL, Hardin, IL

Fri Sep 25, 2009

Alton Telegraph

Jacobs seeks nomination for sheriff

Deputy Kyle Jacobs announced Friday he will be a candidate for Calhoun County sheriff in next year's Republican primary.

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Related Topix: East Alton, IL, Alton, IL, Belleville, IL, Greene County, IL

Mon Sep 21, 2009

Alton Telegraph

Fisherman reports attempted robbery

Authorities were investigating a fisherman's report that he struggled with a man who tried to rob him at knifepoint Monday evening.

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Related Topix: Brussels, IL

Thu Sep 17, 2009

Alton Telegraph

Billy-Bob book no joke

A Calhoun County entrepreneur has written a book readers can really sink their teeth into - their "Billy-Bob Teeth," that is.

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Related Topix: Dentures, Health, Hardin, IL

Wed Sep 09, 2009

Alton Telegraph

Area feels employment angst

The state of labor in the region this summer shows a significant amount of unemployment.

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Related Topix: Madison County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Alton, IL, St. Louis, MO Metro

Mon Sep 07, 2009

Alton Telegraph

Grafton mayor's secretary retiring

Sandy Rowling has been a key player in the rebuilding of Grafton since the Flood of 1993 as office manager and secretary to the mayor.

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Sat Sep 05, 2009

Alton Telegraph

Hardin water break shuts schools, prompts boil advisory

A water main break has forced school to be called off for the day in parts of Calhoun County.

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Related Topix: Hardin, IL

Thu Sep 03, 2009

Alton Telegraph

a Nunsensicala sisters back where they started

Five nuns engaging in hilarious nonsense equals "Nunsense," a musical by Dan Goggins.

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Related Topix: Hardin, IL, Entertainment

Tue Sep 01, 2009

Alton Telegraph

Hare bringing money for Calhoun County Highway 1

U.S. Rep. Phil Hare brought good news to Calhoun County when he visited Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Phil Hare, Democrat, Barack Obama, US Senate, Illinois, Hardin, IL, Brussels, IL

Mon Aug 31, 2009

Alton Telegraph

No bad apples in this bushel

The first herald of apple-picking season usually is Labor Day, but this year, the cooler days have signaled that the apple harvest is ready to be picked about two weeks early.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Labor Day, Hardin, IL, Agriculture, Science, Grafton, IL, Fieldon, IL

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