John Deere has a new line of &#8220bullet rotor STS combines which deliver ultimate harvesting performance to meet the productivity requirements of today's growers. Midwest Messenger: New Products Midwest Messenger. This five-speed drive system delivers 45 percent more feederhouse-drive capacity to allow more productivity from the new 600C Corn Heads. Instead of continuously holding an adjustment switch for a particular setting, the operator is now able to rotate a selection knob to the...

Gresham said it would be impossible to get every hospital staff member, every police officer, every sheriff s deputy and every firefighter in the parade as grand marshals, so the heads of these agencies were chosen, Gresham explained. We will have stilt walkers and antique tractors. Who can deny the fact they did just that during the tornado? Those wishing to participate in the day s contests will need to sign up at 9:30 a. Saturday s train ride to Plains will include entertainment, and...

A King Corn silo sales brochure from the early 1900s sold for $1,700 Friday, fetching the highest price of the 184 items that went on the block during the opening session of a John Deere memorabilia auction held at the John Deere Collectors Center in Moline. A King Corn silo sales brochure from the early 1900s sold for $1,700 Friday, fetching the highest price of the 184 items that went on the block during the opening session of a John Deere memorabilia auction held at the John Deere...

It is difficult to have an "olde time" parade without entries of antique automobiles, farm tractors and fire trucks, each of which are well represented. This year's parade will provide spectators with many enthusiastic parade participants, ranging from the Patrick Henry High School marching band to Santa Claus riding high atop an antique fire truck. The Kiwanis Club has sponsored the perfect attendance challenge to the students for many years and awards bicycles and gift certificates to...

Annual Turkey Fry Helps Feed Homeless Rising Gas Prices Adding To Holiday Expenses Robbery Leads To Shooting In East Nashville 2 Injured In North Nashville Shooting Police Search For Suspect In Mapco Robbery, Shooting Man Robbed, Shot On Front Porch more >> AP Regional. Annual Turkey Fry Helps Feed Homeless Rising Gas Prices Adding To Holiday Expenses Robbery Leads To Shooting In East Nashville 2 Injured In North Nashville Shooting Police Search For Suspect In Mapco Robbery, Shooting Man...

Greenwood anniversary Obituaries Opinion Soldiers' stories Weather Columnists Andrew Greeley Courtney Greve Allison Hantschel Phil Kadner Marlene Lang Kristen McQueary Rich Miller Dennis Robaugh News :: printer friendly email article Donation builds new school gym. Greenwood anniversary Obituaries Opinion Soldiers' stories Weather Columnists Andrew Greeley Courtney Greve Allison Hantschel Phil Kadner Marlene Lang Kristen McQueary Rich Miller Dennis Robaugh News :: printer friendly email...

Rudyard woman gives millions to MSU By JO DEE BLACK Tribune Business Editor RUDYARD When Jeff Jacobsen, the dean of Montana State University Bozeman, revealed the amount a retired farmer and rancher plans to donate to the school's Animal Bioscience Teaching Facility capital campaign during Ag Days earlier this month, he said the number twice. Rudyard woman gives millions to MSU By JO DEE BLACK Tribune Business Editor RUDYARD When Jeff Jacobsen, the dean of Montana State University Bozeman,...

Mattress in road sparked I-490 truck fire Staff reports November 14, 2007 9:25 am A portion of Interstate 490 was closed for nearly eight hours after a tractor-trailer ran over a mattress last night that apparently started a fire on the highway. Helfer said the truck was carrying heavy machinery and oil and apparently had leaked some oil on the road. Helfer said Tylyuk was unable to avoid a metal-coil mattress that had fallen on the westbound lanes of highway. When the rig struck the...

Deer are roaming and the dog tries to bolt after them, my big brave dog who gives up and calms down only to be spooked by milkweed pods dried on their stalks. Bushes and plants, heavy laden with seed, bend, and the leaves are fewer and fewer on the trees, the sun more able to shine through, the ocean back in sight. There are places the grass is green, others where it has yet to recover from the summer and is dry. We see the twisting ropes of Virginia creeper, October red, the bright orange...