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Construction on Urbana's $25 million-plus sixth-grade center to start soon
Jul. 2—URBANA — Construction starts this month to transform the building that was once Wiley Elementary into a new Urbana Middle School Sixth Grade Center to be completed by the 2025-26 school year. Last week, the school board approved a bid from the English Brothers Company to complete the project for over $25 million. Board President Paul Poulosky voted in favor of creating the sixth-grade ...
University of Illinois’s iFAB hub awarded more than $50 million
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A tech hub at the University of Illinois was awarded a multi-million dollar grant from the federal government. The White House announced Tuesday 12 tech hubs across the nation are getting $504 million from the Economic Development Administration, including the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s iFAB Tech Hub which is receiving $51 […]
Cerro Gordo School Board accepts art grant, names football field
The Cerro Gordo school board held its June meeting Wednesday, June 19, at 6:30 pm in the auditorium. The meeting started with sn Amended Budget hearing. The property tax money from Piatt County was received in June last year and will be expected this year in June or July at the latest. The budget will work out regardless even though the fiscal year ends June 30. The total budget remains solidly in the black.
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