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Man crafts custom plastic lures in Rome Illinois
Jeff Kuehl, a Decatur native living in Rome, Illinois, makes his own salt and scent infused bass fishing lures after finding mass produced baits lacking. He heats salt and black flakes into a green plastic mix, pours into aluminum molds, and tests various colors and plastics to improve quality.
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Rome, Ill
Jeff Kuehl
Kuehl
Decatur
Peoria
Rome
Illinois
Air Force
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Cool Lures
FBI Mole Tapes White Supremacist Leader In Judge Murder Plot
CHICAGO AP A federal informant embedded with Matthew Hale head of the World Church of the Creator recorded Hale promising murder after a trademark ruling. Hale, 31, is in custody on charges of soliciting the murder of U S District Judge Joan Lefkow. The defense argues the informant instigated the scheme and Hale pleaded not guilty.
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Chicago
Matthew Hale
World Church of the Creator
FBI
Hale
East Peoria
al-Qaida
U.S
Joan Humphrey Lefkow
Thomas Anthony Durkin
Patrick W. Bregan
Durkin
Midwest search widens for missing New Hampshire children
Investigators pursue bodies of Sarah Gehring 14 and Philip Gehring 11 last seen July 4 in Concord. Ohio state police and FBI searched Toledo parks seven hours with no results. FBI says dropped off along the father’s route in the Midwest. authorities treat case as double homicide in Gilroy California.
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New Hampshire
Concord
N.H
Ohio
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Sarah Gehring
Brother Philip
Robert Hawk
Cleveland
Manuel Gehring
Gehring
Gilroy
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Soybean experiment grows edible vegetable beans in Illinois
Mount Zion farmer Todd Statzer grows one acre of experimental soybeans intended as fresh vegetables. Developed by retired University of Illinois professor Richard Bernard, the beans are studied by US and USDA to test field viability and market potential in Central Illinois. Statzer will sell direct from Green Shadow farm and at Decatur and Mount Zion farmers markets.
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Illinois
Todd Statzer
Statzer
Green Shadow Farm
University of Illinois
Richard Bernard
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Decatur
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