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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development and Oklahoma State Director Kenneth Corn announced Friday more than $2.8 million in grants to agriculture producers and rural small businesses to make investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements that will lower their energy costs, generate new income, and strengthen the resilience of their operation.
Read moreStaff Report This week Silver Dollar City announced plans to invest half a billion dollars over the next decade on the construction of new family adventures, including the development of 1,200 acres adjacent to the Ozark Mountain theme park. The strategic plan represents the largest investment in the company’s 65-year history and begins with the debut of the Silver Dollar City Resort, the first theme park resort in America’s Heartland.
Read moreThe New Lima Public School Board will convene for its regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21.
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Submitted by Lillian Hays A 92-year-old still drives her 1989 GMC S15 Sierra standard in the floor pickup.
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It took her 35 years but an unidentified woman in Washington state recently found out that “feeding raccoons may create undesirable situations,” according to the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Some 100 of the critters recently surrounded her home demanding food and scaring her, she said. As the experts put it, “feeding raccoons may create undesirable situations and often lose their fear of humans and may become aggressive when not fed as expected.”
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