News Progress

•July 12, 2017• Farmers Offered Land Leases By Mike Brothers Solar farms may shine a different light on the prairie soon. Over the past few months farmers in Moultrie, Douglas, Coles, and Edgar counties received packets from solar farm companies interested in locating on the prairie. Illinois Farm Bureau held an information meeting at Lake Land College June 28 to give interested farmers some direction. “We have only had two or three inquiries at our office since the packets were sent out,” Tyler Harvey, Moultrie Douglas advisor said. There were some 75 area farmers attending the Illinois Farm Bureau sponsored … Read More

•July 12, 2017• By Mike Brothers Coles-Moultrie 9-1-1 consolidation was recently completed with an open house held at the Dispatch Center across from Sarah Bush Lincoln in Coles County. The highway 16 facility was open from 3-6 p.m. June 28 with Director Bernie Buttrum conducting tours and explaining the path to completing the enhanced 9-1-1 emergency communication system. Included in the tour was a look into the dispatch operations located safely in the windowless basement of the building. Assistant Director Amanda Williamson explained committing to being a dispatcher means giving up a lot since they work from 8-12 hour shifts … Read More