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Emergency alerts system set to launch

Beginning in June 2012 a new type of emergency alert system is scheduled to launch across the country.  The federal government and wireless phone service providers have built a system that will send a text-like message to your phone.  These messages will be sent directly to phones that are in an area impacted by a threat and to phones that enter into an impacted area. More>>

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    Record corn prices are putting a little extra cash in farmer's pockets, and they're spending it on farm equipment, benefiting local companies like Burco Sales in Independence.

    "Very busy," said Shane Beatty with Burco. "Not enough hours in the day sometimes."
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