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Three Illinois rural electric coops to get $9.5 million in disaster loans
Springfield AP reports three rural electric cooperatives in Illinois will receive 9.5 million in federal emergency loans after an Easter ice storm. The Rural Electric Cooperative in Auburn gets 4.5 million, Menard Electric Cooperative in Petersburg 3 million, and Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative in Winchester 2 million. Officials say repairs reach 90 percent damage at Auburn, 300 of 8,000 customers still without power at Menard, and about 500 of 9,800 customers at Winchester remain powerless.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
D-Nl
U.S. Agriculture
Bob Berg
Stevenson
Bergland
Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative
Auburn
Menard Electric Cooperative
Petersburg
Illinois Rural Electric Co
Winchester
Roy Goode
Auburn Cooperative
Goode
Earl Pillsbury
Robert E. Gant
Winchester Cooperative