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A Marshalltown Maid-Rite has enlisted the help of state lawmakers in a long-simmering battle with food-safety inspectors who question the restaurant's cooking methods.
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The Appanoose County Community Fund Committee is once again accepting applications for grants to fund community projects in Appanoose County.
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Parents, students, staff and other supporters of the Keokuk public schools’ music program packed the Keokuk High School library Monday to hear the latest word on how instrumental music will be affected by $900,000 in proposed across-the-board budget cuts.
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The computer technology used by Oskaloosa city employees isn’t exactly where it needs to be, according to City Manager Michael Schrock Jr.
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The Columbia school board approved more than $400,000 in additional cuts to its 2010-2011 budget, at its meeting Monday night.
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QUINCY, ILL. -- There's good news and bad news on the job front these days. Unemployment is still high in Illinois, at eleven percent. However, the latest job figures show that employers are planning to hire more people in the coming months as the economy continues to revive.
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ROSATI, Mo. (AP) -- A man wanted on a felony warrant in Texas was shot and killed by state troopers in south-central Missouri after reportedly firing on officers along Interstate 44.
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