News Progress

Senior Peace Meal For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770 Monday, August 21 – Captains seafood cake w/tartar or cocktail sauce, macaroni and cheese, Italian mixed veggies, orange juice, dinner roll, peaches Tuesday, August 22 – Chicken enchiladas, brown rice vegetable pilaf, Harvard beets, whole grain wheat (1), apricots Wednesday, August 23 – Meat loaf, mashed potatoes w/gravy, Texas toast, seasoned greens, dreamsicle dessert Thursday, August 24 – Taco salad w/meat, be a,s lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, sour cream and taco sauce, mandarin oranges, taco chips, cake Friday, August 25 – Turkey or cheese salad, vegetable soup, sunshine salad, … Read More

•August 16, 2017• At the 2017 Illinois State Fair, the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) will conduct routine inspections of all amusement rides and attractions. On the Carnival Midway, Adventure Village, and Happy Hollows pavilions, there are more than 65 rides for fairgoers to enjoy. IDOL’s Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety Division inspects and permits every ride and determines whether they are safe to operate. No ride is permitted to run if it does not pass inspection. … Read More

•August 16, 2017• A pilot program aimed at eradicating bush honeysuckle on Lake Shelbyville is scheduled for the fall. Bush honeysuckle, an aggressive exotic plant that is taking over much of the woodlands at Lake Shelbyville, will be treated with Rodeo Herbicide, an aquatic safe form of glyphosate, with the use of a crop-duster helicopter. Timing of the treatment will be dependent upon leaf fall as the leaves need to be off the trees in order for the herbicide to make its way to the forest floor where the bush honeysuckle is located. Bush honeysuckle goes dormant up to a … Read More