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USDA REDLG loan awarded to Pana Community Hospital

Prescription medication bottles and pills
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  • May 2018

USDA website on opioid crisis and rural areas

The iconic domed top of the United States Capitol Building on a sunny day in Washington DC
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  • May 2018

Omnibus budget includes electric co-op funding priorities

NRECA CEO Jim Matheson testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 1. (Photo By: NRECA)
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  • May 2018

NRECA CEO brings co-op message to Capitol Hill

On hand for the check presentation were (l-r): Doug Wilson, USDA Rural Development Illinois State Director; Josh Shallenberger, president/CEO, Shelby Electric Cooperative; Matt Bevers, president/CEO, First National Bank of Pana; Trina Casner, Pana Community Hospital president/CEO; Congressman Rodney Davis; John Gardner, president/CEO, People’s Bank and Trust, Pana; and Duane Noland, president/CEO, Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives.
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  • May 2018

USDA REDLG loan awarded to Pana Community Hospital

5k Solar Array Source Oak Ridge
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  • April 2018

Wabash Valley Power Association completes 99MW solar agreement

The two-year renovation of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion is in its final stages and is scheduled to reopen in July.
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  • April 2018

Illinois Governor’s Mansion Association announces re-opening date

Kevin O’Brien, Director of the Illinois Kevin O’Brien, Director of the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center at the University of Illinois, explains the ­importance of the center’s work in carbon capture technology.
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  • April 2018

U of I recipient of federal funding

Connecting rural areas to the grid
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  • April 2018

Broadband a necessity for rural America

Jim Thompson is presented his award by Nancy McDonald.
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  • April 2018

Thompson receives leadership award

The iconic domed top of the United States Capitol Building on a sunny day in Washington DC
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  • April 2018

Budget deal extends energy tax credits

NRECA CEO Jim Mattheson
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  • March 2018

Leading the energy future

Installation of Geothermal Loops
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  • March 2018

Geothermal tax credit extended

John “Grizzy” Grzywacz, Professor Emeritus OSHA Training Institute, electrified attendees of the SST Conference with his demonstration of high voltage special effect devices used in vintage horror movies.
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  • March 2018

Annual SST Conference held in Decatur

Rainbow between two power lines.
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  • March 2018

FERC to deliberate grid resilience

Rural scene - Barn and field with bales of hay
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  • March 2018

No happy new year for rural economy

Graphic showing map of United States with heading of Tax Reform placed on the map.
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  • March 2018

Tax reform and electric co-ops

Man installing a smoke alarm.
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  • February 2018

State Fire Marshall launches “Be Alarmed!” program

Youth to Washington students standing on the steps of the US Capitol building.
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  • February 2018

Don’t miss your chance

A main street in a typical midwest small town, complete with U.S. flags.
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  • February 2018

Bright spots in rural America’s finances

CMEC-Charleston Stone: Mike Vaughn (right), Charleston Stone ­operations ­manager, discusses company operations with Sam Adair, CMEC ­manager of marketing and member services.
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  • February 2018

Concern for community

Photo of pothole in the road.
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  • February 2018

USDA highlights $906,000 in infrastructure investments in rural Illinois

Social security cards with statements.
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  • January 2018

Growing your social security benefits beyond retirement age

Forest cut, cut pine, birch tree logs arranged in order in qubic meter sizes. Horizontal full frame crop. Day light, sunny day
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  • January 2018

IDNR warns landowners to check the value of their trees

Dairyland Power Cooperative Logo
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  • January 2018

Dairyland Power adds 98 MW of wind energy

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  • January 2018

Metal thefts still a problem despite drop

Giant turbines at the Meadow Lake Wind Farm in northwestern Indiana harvest the power of the wind to create electricity. Indiana’s electric cooperative power suppliers, Hoosier Energy and Wabash Valley Power Association, are purchasing the power for their 41 ­electric cooperatives to distribute to their member/ consumers all across Indiana and parts of Missouri and Illinois.
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  • January 2018

Wabash Valley and Hoosier Energy sign wind pact

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  • December 2017

Vets possess skills to fill utility workforce openings

Thermometer on snow shows low temperatures under zero. Low temperatures in degrees Celsius and fahrenheit. Cold winter weather twenty under zero.
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  • December 2017

Brace yourself for a colder winter

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  • December 2017

EPA action is first step toward regulation that provides certainty, flexibility

Three teams tied for best overall team performance in points, forcing the tie-breaker rule of time. Shown left to right are: EnerStar Electric’s first runner-up team of Jake Keys, Keith Borchers and Russ Camp. Center is the Shelby Electric best overall team of Matt Clark, Brian Chevalier and Jamie Sharp. Prairie Power, Inc.’s second runner-up team is Steve Gottman, Jason Volk and Josh Nattier.
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  • December 2017

Illinois linemen compete in annual rodeo

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  • December 2017

Social Security announces 2.0 percent benefit increase

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