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Sunny Desai of Durant stands in front of the new Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Winona, which opened in May. His family's company, Desai Realty, owns the hotel and 64 acres of land along I-55 and U.S. 82. The company is planning a new strip mall near the hotel that Desai said he hopes to build and open in 2011.

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Shopping center planned in Winona
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth

Sun,12/19/10-1:00AM , 139 Reads
WINONA — Developers of the Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Winona have announced plans to add a new 20,000-square-foot shopping center at the U.S. 82/I-55 interchange in Winona, near the new hotel.
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Jimmy Dale Beck, who leases 16th Section land, talks with Carroll County Board of Education attorney Lori Bell during Thursday’s meeting. Beck complained about a neighboring leaseholder, Chris McCurdy. accessing his hunting land through Beck's farm land. Beck requested the board stop McCurdy from going through his land.

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Carroll school board rejects bid to make Hathorn historic site
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth

Fri,12/10/10-1:00PM , 96 Reads
VAIDEN — The Carroll County Board of Education denied a request by Vaiden citizens to allow them to pursue having the Hathorn Elementary School building declared a historic building.
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Carroll park filling its schedule
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth

Tue,11/30/10-1:00PM , 148 Reads
CARROLLTON — The Carroll County Recreation Park is already scheduled for numerous tournaments during the next baseball season, park manager Carey Moore told supervisors Monday, and will bring in fans and teams from both Mississippi and surrounding states.

He added that the park may try to incorporate softball.
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Expansion at Anel Corp. halfway done
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth

Sun,11/21/10-1:00AM , 89 Reads
CARROLL COUNTY — Anel Corp. has completed half of a $2.5 million expansion to its facility five miles south of Winona that will enable the company to hire at least 20 and possibly more new employees, according to General Manager Randy Watkins.
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