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USDA Invests $1.7 Billion to Protect Sensitive Agricultural Lands through Conservation Reserve Program
(State News ~ 11/02/16)
More than Half a Million Americans Involved with Protecting 24 Million Acres WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing nearly $1.7 billion in payments to more than half of a million Americans who have contracts with the government to protect sensitive agricultural lands. The investment, part of the voluntary USDA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), will allow producers to protect almost 24 million acres of wetlands, grasslands and wildlife habitat in 2016...
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Turn back the clocks this weekend
(Local News ~ 11/02/16)
It’s that time of year again. Time to turn back your clocks one hour before bed Saturday night and “fall back” for the end of Daylight Saving Time. DST begins on the second Sunday in March and reverts to standard time on the first Sunday in November. The time change occurs at 2 a.m...
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Long joins First Financial Bank
(Local News ~ 11/02/16)
Summer M. Long has joined First Financial Bank as Small Business/Agricultural Lender in the Commercial Loan Department. She works from the First Financial banking center at One First Financial Plaza in downtown Terre Haute. Long works with small businesses, agriculture-based companies and farmers to identify loan opportunities to support their enterprises...
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UDWI REMC reduces costs for member-owners
(Local News ~ 11/02/16)
The Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC has announced a cost reduction in the tracker portion of members’ bills beginning with its December billing. This reduction will result in an overall cost savings of 3.5 percent to member-owners, approximately $1,380,000, based on total annual KWh sales of around 314 million KWh...
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Ivy Tech Brazil spring semester beginning soon
(Community News ~ 11/02/16)
The Ivy Tech Brazil GOALS Academy, located at 501 East Jackson St., Brazil, will begin its spring semester on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The site offers courses in different areas of study such as English and math. For a course schedule list of spring offerings at the Brazil GOALS Academy, visit https://www.ivytech.edu/files/GOALS_Spring_2017.pdf...
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Son of Brazil man featured in Spencer newspaper
(Community News ~ 11/02/16)
Dylan Herbert’s essay for Indiana’s bicentennial won him a place in the Owen Valley Middle School Spotlight, a regular feature of the Spencer Evening World. Dylan is in Lisa Ranard’s Language Arts Class at OVMS. His parents are Jonathan Herbert of Brazil and Lynda Ellington of Spencer...
- Harold Wayne Haddon (Obituary ~ 11/02/16)
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Water rate increase may be coming in Clay City
(Local News ~ 11/02/16)
A water rate increase may be coming to Clay City water utility customers soon. The town has secured a grant to rebuild its water filtration system but Clay City will also have to have a $140,000 loan to cover the balance. The bank is requiring a water utility rate study to determine if the water utility can support the loan, said Council President Donnella Baumgartner...
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