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Tuesday, November 29, 2011  The Iowa Department of Transportation announced that the Highway 61 by-pass around Ft. Madison is now open to traffic.

Saturday, May 21, 2011  Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon believes that an electric cooperative in a rural northeast Missouri county could be setting a trend for other rural areas of the nation to follow

Wednesday, September 15, 2010  Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri has been "open and transparent" with its use of federal stimulus money and there's no need for additional state legislation.

Monday, August 16, 2010  Regional Round-Up is the place to click for interesting news and lifestyle stories across the area.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010  The city of Ottumwa has nine new buses.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke began Wednesday to outline the central bank's strategy for reeling in stimulus money once the economic recovery is more firmly rooted.

Thursday, January 28, 2010  Iowa officials are awaiting word on whether the state will receive federal economic stimulus money to develop a high-speed rail system that would link eastern Iowa with Chicago.

Thursday, November 12, 2009  Others lose.

Friday, August 07, 2009  Missouri officials are looking for help in seeking federal economic stimulus money for the creation of electronic health records.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009  Missouri transportation officials have approved $200 million of rail projects for which they hope to receive federal stimulus money.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009  The Iowa State Education Association, the Iowa Association of School Boards, the School Administrators of Iowa, the Urban Education Network and the Area Education Agencies are asking Culver to intervene.

Sunday, April 26, 2009  State lawmakers and Gov. Jay Nixon can't agree on how to spend half of Missouri's federal economic stimulus package.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009  The projects for state, county and city road systems include federal economic stimulus money.

Monday, March 30, 2009  What happens after the federal stimulus money runs out in two years?

Saturday, February 14, 2009  The House and Senate approved the $790 billion economic plan Friday.