8th Time in 9 Years
10:19 am
Tue April 23, 2013

Regional Murrow Award Given to News Director Rich Egger

Credit Curtis Bisbee
Regional Murrow Award for Use of Audio

For the eighth time in the last nine years, Tri States Public Radio's newsroom has won the regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Use of Audio in this year's RTDNA awards.  This year, the award goes to News Director Rich Egger for his audio postcard from Burlington's Snake Alley Art Fair.  The piece was judged as the best small market entry among public and commercial radio stations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

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Update on Lee County/Burlington
10:42 pm
Mon April 22, 2013

Hamilton Preparing for More Flooding

The site of Hamilton's old covered bridge is underwater right now.

The fact that the Mississippi River is slowly starting to recede is not stopping flood preparation in one Hancock County community.

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Waste Management
7:27 pm
Mon April 22, 2013

Flood Debris Pickup in Macomb

Waste Management has agreed to collect flood damaged items in Macomb for the next two weeks. 

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Burlington Petitioned for Public Vote
6:24 pm
Mon April 22, 2013

Keokuk Wants to Move on Franchise Fees

Keokuk Mayor Tom Marion says he is ready to move ahead with one of his priorities.

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Work Proceeds Pending Sale
11:13 am
Mon April 22, 2013

Former FM Library Receiving Makeover

The former Cattermole Library in Fort Madison

The former Cattermole Library in downtown Fort Madison is in line for an update.

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waiting for waters to receed
9:02 am
Mon April 22, 2013

McDonough County Works on Disaster Application

View from Wigwam Hallow Road just before the bridge on friday 4/19/2013

McDonough County has not been declared a state disaster area but the county is working on it’s application to be declared one.

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Lauren Silverman is the Health, Science and Technology reporter/blogger for KERA News. Before joining KERA, she worked at NPRââââââ

Joe has previously served as Managing Editor of Urban Tulsa Weekly, as the Arts & Entertainment Editor at Oklahoma Gazette and worked as a Staff Writer for The Oklahoman. Joe was a weekly correspondent for KGOU from 2007-2010. He grew up in Bartlesville, Okla., lives in Oklahoma City, and studied journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma.

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