Business and Agriculture

  • St. Margaret’s getting $11 million update

    SPRING VALLEY — St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley is undergoing an $11 million construction project.
    Dec. 18, 2013 - 3:54 pm

  • Global peace movement has LaSalle roots

    LASALLE — An award given to Carus Corporation’s Chairman Emeritus Blouke Carus sheds light on an interesting bit of local history. The Chicago-based C ...
    Dec. 18, 2013 - 1:47 pm

  • Gibson appointed to board

    OGLESBY — Jim Gibson, electronics program coordinator at Illinois Valley Community College, has been appointed to the board of the National Associatio ...
    Dec. 18, 2013 - 1:47 pm

  • Morris receives national award

    PRINCETON — Country Financial Representative Michael Morris of Princeton received the Multiline Quality Award (MQA) for helping clients achieve financ ...
    Dec. 18, 2013 - 1:48 pm

  • Halberg wins award

    Kaylee Halberg of Sheffield was recently awarded the Newcomer of the Year Award by the Illinois Environmental Health Association at the annual Educati ...
    Dec. 18, 2013 - 1:44 pm

  • Prairieland Home Care honored

    SPRING VALLEY — Prairieland Home Care, 409 E. Second St., Spring Valley was recently named to the Top 500 of the 2013 HomeCare Elite recognition of th ...
    Dec. 18, 2013 - 1:43 pm

  • Conservationists wanted for program

    CHAMPAIGN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is opening the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) f ...
    Dec. 13, 2013 - 12:50 pm

  • Illinois Farm Bureau members set policy, elect new officers during annual meeting

    The Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) is home to a wealth of fond and familiar traditions, first and foremost being the promotion and support of agricultural ...
    Dec. 13, 2013 - 12:50 pm

  • Food service course offered

    MENDOTA — A food service sanitation manager certification course will be offered at the Mendota Community Hospital, 1401 E. 12th St., Conference Room ...
    Dec. 13, 2013 - 12:50 pm

  • USDA announces funding availability for value-added producer grants

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced the availability of nearly $10.5 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (US ...
    Dec. 13, 2013 - 12:50 pm

  • Frels receives IFB Eagle Award of Excellence

    CHICAGO — Mark Frels of Bloomington has been named the recipient of the 2013 Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) Eagle Award for Excellence. The award was pres ...
    Dec. 13, 2013 - 12:50 pm

  • Jackson attends Elite Conference

    The Bureau Valley FFA chapter sent Garrett Jackson to the Elite Conference Nov. 19 in Bloomington at the Illinois Farm Bureau headquarters. The Elit ...
    Dec. 13, 2013 - 12:50 pm

  • Health department releases scores

    The Bureau/Putnam County Health Department makes routine and unannounced visits each month to various food service establishments in Bureau and Putnam ...
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 2:33 pm

  • LCN employees celebrate new ownership

    PRINCETON — The 275 employees of LCN Closers in Princeton on Wednesday celebrated their new ownership with games, prizes and a catered lunch.
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 3:39 pm

  • Heartland Bank adds Hanson to Wealth Management Team

    PRINCETON – Heartland Bank and Trust Co. has added Karen S. Hanson as vice president and trust officer to its Asset Management and Trust Services team ...
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 2:31 pm

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