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Illinois Congressman Sorensen’s Priorities for Savanna, Sherrard Included in Infrastructure Bill
Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) applauded the inclusion of investments for Western Illinois in the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), legislation that authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers to carry out major water infrastructure upgrades across the country. Following Sorensen’s advocacy, the bill was passed out of the...
Rotary Learns About Restoration Farm Recovery Home
Imagine that you have just beaten your addiction, served some time in prison and are now “free”! You want to start a new life with your kids! Where can you go ? Rachel Short, Director of Restoration Farms, told the Rotarians at the July 16, 2024 meeting all about just such a place. Women who have completed a detox program can live with their children in a peaceful, rural setting, receive professional counseling, experience mentoring from caring volunteers, have on-site job training and education at the Farm.
Marion County Board on split votes moves forward on window replacement projects
The Marion County Board has voted 8 to 5 to move forward with a $400,000 window replacement project at the courthouse. The acceptance of the bid from Gardner-L and M Glass of Taylorville is contingent on the board finalizing a loan at its next meeting to pay off the project over a ten to 15 year period.
Grief support group to meet weekly at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital
SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital will offer a grief support group every Wednesday. The grief support group is for anyone in the community who has experienced loss, regardless of whether the loved one was a patient at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital. Sessions will be held on Wednesdays from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm beginning August 7 through October 9, 2024. Attendees should come to the meeting room next to the Gift Shop in St. Mary’s Hospital located at 400 N. Pleasant Ave, Centralia, IL 62801.
‘All they want is accessible clean water’: Customers express concerns over IL American Water rate hike at final forum
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Illinois American Water is pushing for a $152 million dollar rate hike. Tuesday night, dozens of people gathered at a public forum in Champaign to voice their concerns. Customers would see their monthly water bills rise a little more than $29 dollars starting next year. For some people who showed up […]
Rosemary and James Gibbons 50th Anniversary Celebration
Mr. and Mrs. James Gibbons of rural Edgewood, IL will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, July 27, 2024 at the Mason Civic Center in Mason. Friends and family are invited to attend the open house from 2-4 p.m. at the Center. Rosemary and James were married on Saturday,...
Volunteer-Led Effort Leads to Bigger Popcorn Machine at Danville’s Fischer Theatre
DANVILLE — It wasn’t the typical ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday in Danville congratulating a new or relocated business or new business owners. The Fischer Theatre itself is celebrating 140 years this year, and it was out with the old, smaller popcorn popper at the theater and in with a new, larger one this summer.
After a flourishing 40 years, Growing Grounds in Bloomington seeks a new owner
Just as every plant has a season in which it grows, so, too, do people. And for Dale Naffziger, the season of growth — of building a business from the ground up and running it — is coming to a close. After 40 years in business this year,...
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