Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees Leland Strom will serve as a Member of the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees.* Strom is a partner in the Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund, one of the nation’s first Rural Business Investment Companies (RBIC) licensed by the USDA to invest capital in rural America. From 2006-2015, he served as CEO and Chairman with the Farm Credit Administration (FCA), which is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and supervising the Farm Credit System and Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation. While at FCA, Strom chaired the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation and established the agency’s office of EEO and Inclusion. He has served as CEO of FARM Illinois, President of the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation, and was a member of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank’s Advisory Council on Agriculture, Labor, and Small Business. Other board memberships have included AgriBank FCB, Country Financia
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush requested the Government Accountability Office evaluate the cleanup of the St. Louis County site contaminated by radioactive waste from the Manhattan Project.
From NPR: Developers of a high-powered transmission line running through northern Missouri and Illinois say the project has all the necessary state approvals to begin first-phase construction. Chicago-based Invenergy made the announcement after the Missouri Public Service Commission approved an updated plan last week. The roughly $7 billion project will bring clean energy from Kansas […]
Only senior homeowners whose properties are worth less than $550,000 in market value would be eligible under the revised plan offered by Republican Councilman Dennis Hancock of Fenton.
From St. Louis Magazine: By Mike Miller There seems to be no end in sight for the pickleball boom in the United States. As interest and participation levels have soared in recent years, it’s been called the fastest-growing sport in the country. But while pickleball has attracted Americans of all ages and skill levels, a […]
Whenever I’m headed to Columbia or KC, I always stops at Crane’s Store just off I-70 at Williamsburg (pop. 1,500). Take Exit 161 and you’ll find one of the oldest country stores in the nation. It’s a living museum of the old general store that served small rural communities years ago. Just look for the...
From West News Magazine: The Jewish Community Center Association is seeking an amended site development plan for an 11.4-acre tract located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Baxter and Wild Horse Creek roads. Stock & Associates submitted the plan for a proposed exterior renovation, which will include a new façade at the existing […]
Taylor has built his business around spilling the gory, ghastly, ghostly history of Missouri and Illinois, and it’s become a spectral spectator sport over the past 30 years.
From Gensler: This Q&A is part of a series of interviews with Gensler architects, designers, and others in the firm about their career journey, and the impact that design and architecture can have on our communities and the human experience. Here, we sit down with Gabriela Alvergue, a designer in our Chicago office: Did you […]
Graham Nash is the latest rock star to sell his music catalog. Variety reports the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has made a deal with Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artist Group, putting them in charge…
A 600-plus-page report from the National Academies of Science includes 80 recommendations for how the U.S. can achieve its target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
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