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Fort Peck Reservoir’s water level has climbed one-tenth of a foot so far this year, meaning runoff of the Missouri River has been miniscule, says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It has only risen about onetenth of a foot this year and is projected to decline by almost one foot by the end of thi...

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We happened to read an interesting item (which has nothing to do with the new local brewery, Pleasant Prairie Brewing) about how many breweries are producing hard seltzers. The that caught our eye was down right weird . . . a 5.2-percent-ABV hard seltzer, made with the leftover water from 52 pound...

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Did you know those rhythm and blues specialists and masters of blood harmony, the Bee Gees, featuring older brother Barry Gibb and four-yearsyounger maternal twin brothers Robin and Maurice, wrote on the same day the songs Too Much Heaven and Tragedy in an afternoon off from the making of the Sg...

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While most of us think that Juneteenth is a new holiday, it is not. Juneteenth is June 19th, but observed publicly on Monday, June 20th this year. It is also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, commemorating the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. The celebration began in 18...

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Correction: In the May 26 issue we mentioned that Sam Handy and crew cleaned up the Fairview Cemetery in the Silver Star Community. We were accidentally given wrong information, it was Casey Handy and his farm crew that cleaned up and removed some old fence around the cemetery. Casey and crew ...

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The Leader provides a UPS drop off point for packages outbound, for no compensation. It’s just a drop place for packages that already have shipping labels. The Leader DOES NOT provide a place to leave packages for the USPS. We continually ask that people stop in and show the label before...