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6:30 am
Fri April 13, 2012

Mendota Residents Lament Plant Closing

Many residents of a small LaSalle County town are still in shock after news that one of its largest employers will be closing its doors next month.

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Business
10:05 pm
Thu April 12, 2012

Rockford hospital merger is off

Plans by OSF St. Anthony Medical Center to acquire Rockford Health System have been called off, just days before officials from both sides were to testify at a Federal Trade Commission hearing in Washington, D.C.  

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Business
6:30 am
Thu March 22, 2012

A Farmer Explains the Corn Checkoff

Credit Illinois Corn Growers

Most of the attention in Illinois has been on the primary, but there’s another vote coming up March 28th.  Corn farmers are being asked whether to raise the voluntary corn checkoff rate.  Paul Taylor raises corn in DeKalb County. He’s also a member of the Illinois Corn Growers Association and works with the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, which is asking for the increase.  WNIJ’s Guy Stephens spoke with Taylor. He began by asking, just what is a checkoff?

 

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