Water levels on the Mississippi River are low. That’s raising concerns for Illinois farmers during the harvest.
Drought monitor shows 45% of Illinois is being affected by at least a moderate drought and parts of southern Illinois are ...
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Low Mississippi River levels are again making it more expensive to transport crops in the Midwest
River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...
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Mississippi River mayors agree to unify ports from Louisiana up to Minnesota
The cooperative agreement is the first between the inland ports in the heart of the Corn Belt and the coastal ports of ...
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Letter to the editor: Vote for Democrats
I saw a lady on TV say the Democrats are the party of the rich, and the Republicans are the party of the poor. She’s wearing upside-down glasses! The Republicans ...
Mississippi River water levels are dangerously low—which is trouble for both farmers and supply chains
Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend. For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest ...
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JD Vance does a terrible Donald Trump impression
Claiming that he’d gotten the footage ahead of time, Vance shared a clip from the 2007 Miss Teen USA contest, where a contestant went viral for her disjointed answer. When Vance appeared on CNN ...
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PETS OF THE WEEK: Bona Dea, Bonfire and Hope
Bonfire and Bona Dea are lovely kittens who came into the shelter as very shy and undersocialized.