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05/04/11 Ilyce Pauline Stumo, 75, Northwood, Iowa, died Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City, Iowa. A memorial service for Ilyce will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Elk Creek Lutheran Church, 4108 Killdeer Ave, Kensett, with the Rev. Tom Martin officiating.

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Nebraska Niobium Samples To Take Weeks for Testing

05/03/11 Tests for niobium on samples taken from under the small southeast Nebraska town of Elk Creek aren't expected to be completed for two or three months.

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Rare Find in Small Village Elk Creek

04/28/11 Niobium is a rare-metal. It's made of minerals so strong, that it maintains bridges - and even jet engines. Elk Creek Landowners have it right in their backyard.

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