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5:10 am
Fri September 28, 2012

Rochelle Company Selected for Big Rail Car Contract

Rochelle-based Nippon Sharyo has been named the intended recipient of a $352 million contract to build 130 bi-level passenger railcars to accommodate high-speed rail expansion in Illinois and two other Midwest states as well as California.

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Business
7:46 am
Thu September 20, 2012

Citizens First Under Pressure To Boost Capital

A northern Illinois bank faces pressure to improve its financial footing. Citizens First National Bank has received notification from regulators that it has become "critically under-capitalized."

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Public Radio
2:51 pm
Thu September 13, 2012

First Tim Emmons Scholarship Awarded

Tim Emmons

The inaugural Tim Emmons Memorial Scholarship was awarded today to Tammy Terwelp, Director of Content and Programming at Essential Public Media in Pittsburgh.

The scholarship, presented by the Public Radio Program Directors Association,  celebrates the life of Tim Emmons, longtime Program Director and General Manager of Northern Public Radio. He died in February after a long struggle with cancer.

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