Members of the Nokomis Chamber of Commerce gathered for their third annual awards dinner held Monday evening, Jan. 27, at Town Pump Bowl and Lounge in Nokomis.
Chamber President Ed Heck …
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1/30/20
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It's one of the first signs that baseball season is almost here, and not even the Astros can steal it.
Montgomery County's own little slice of baseball heaven, the Bottomley-Ruffing-Schalk …
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1/30/20
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For the 10th year in a row, Stamp Out Cancer organizers are anticipating a sold-out event.
Last year, more than 600 tickets sold out in eight minutes with anxious buyers camping out as …
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1/27/20
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As of Thursday last week, three forged checks have come through local banks, drawn on accounts of victims of the rash of vehicle break-ins Jan. 20 at Fusion Fitness and DaVita Dialysis, according to …
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1/27/20
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A Hillsboro man who had been asking police to test his meth for strength was arrested on Monday, Jan. 20, after he allegedly dropped off an envelope of the suspected drug at the Hillsboro Police …
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1/27/20
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The Litchfield School District is looking to the future and success of its students, as part of a couple of motions passed at the regular monthly Litchfield School Board meeting, held Thursday …
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by Mary (Galer) Herschelman
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1/27/20
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President Chad Ruppert called the monthly meeting of the Nokomis school board into session on Tuesday, Jan. 21, with six board members in attendance in addition to Superintendent Scott Doerr, …
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by Randy Rieke
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1/27/20
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A new policy prohibits leaving boat trailers sitting on the marina parking lot all summer at Glenn Shoals Lake in Hillsboro, but does not leave boat owners without a place to store their …
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1/27/20
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The luxury helicopter that crashed Sunday morning in California, killing all nine people on board including former NBA star Kobe Bryant, was once owned by the state of Illinois.
The Sikorsky S-76B …
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by Ben Orner, Capitol News Illinois
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1/27/20
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Imagine Hillsboro's (Reinventing) Central Park committee asked the community to get involved during the group's launch party, the official start of their large-scale renovation project, on Wednesday, …
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1/24/20
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Friends and family of the Illinois Army National Guard, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry, including Charlie Company in Litchfield, said good-bye to the 400-some citizen soldiers who are headed to …
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1/23/20
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The Raymond Village Board accepted two resignations during their meeting on Monday, Jan. 20, including one for Village Clerk Susan Greenwalt effective Jan. 31.
Greenwalt's resignation was accepted …
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1/23/20
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A motion that would have taken the option of closing Sorento School off the table failed by one vote Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the Bond County Community District 2 school board meeting.
Facing …
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1/23/20
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"Being queen gives me the opportunity to give back to my community," said Miss Montgomery County Fair Brielle Marten of Litchfield. "Our community may be small, but it's so full of love, and I enjoy …
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by Mary (Galer) Herschelman
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1/23/20
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The premiere of the new Imagine Hillsboro Theater Group will be to a sold-out audience for Saturday night's Mystery Theater at The Abbey on Broad.
Because seating capacity has been reached, …
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1/23/20
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After nearly 40 years of practicing at Litchfield Family Practice, Dr. Jerome Epplin has had what he likes to call it - a change - as he's shifted his focus to mainly supportive living, nursing home …
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by Bethany Martin
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2/19/18
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