•March 29, 2017• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor The Okaw Valley Timberwolves played four games in five days and finished the week with a 3-1 record. OV recorded wins over Edinburg, St. Elmo and Ramsey but lost to Maroa-Forsyth. Saturday against Edinburg, the Timberwolves scored seven runs in the fifth inning to blow the game open for the eventual 13-3 victory. Sam Hagerman and Hutson Dickens each knocked in two runs. … Read More
•March 29, 2017• SAIL, Soyland Access to Independent Living, will host a free workshop, Scams, Fraud and ID Theft 1:30-3 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 in Lovington Public Library located at 110 W. State Street. The speaker is Shari Rowe, postal inspector with United States Postal Inspection Service. The workshop is free; reservations are not required. For more information call Betty Watkins, Rural Outreach Coordinator at 774-4322. … Read More
•March 29, 2017• The Christina Sanders Memorial Scholarship 5K run is Saturday, May 20. Runners line up at Sullivan High School at 9 a.m. and weave through Wyman Park with all proceeds going to the scholarship. … Read More
•March 29, 2017• Jonathan Creek, Marrowbone 1 & 2, Sullivan 3 will all experience location changes beginning with the April 4 election County Clerk Georgia England reminds voters in Jonathan Creek Precinct, Marrowbone 1 and Marrowbone 2 Precincts and Sullivan 3 Precinct that the polling locations have changed. Voters will vote at the new locations beginning with the upcoming Consolidated Election Tuesday, April 4. The new locations are Jonathan Creek at Jonathan Creek Christian Church, Marrowbone 1 and Marrowbone 2 at Bethany Firehouse and Sullivan 3 at First United Methodist Church. Location changes were necessary in allowing more space for … Read More
25 Years Ago This Week Sheep shearing was a demonstration given near Rotorua which Joe and Joan Pound attended while in New Zealand during their around the world in 70 days adventure. Sarah Eaton, niece of Joe and Myrna Matheson, snuggled with her pet pot-bellied pig “Arnold”. The Mathesons have two Vietnamese pigs with son Adam raising “Hampton” as a 4-H project. A caravan to welcome home the award winning Sullivan Singers formed at the Masonic Home at 10 p.m. The Singers earned first runner up honors at the Showstoppers International competition in Orlando, Fla. Dr. Gregory K. Welty was named … Read More
Joyce Kropp Joyce Kropp, 92, a longtime resident of rural Warsaw, Illinois, passed away at 3:15 a.m. Sunday, March 26, 2017 in River Hills Village in Keokuk. She was born August 22, 1924 in Sullivan, a daughter of Victor and Mabel Poland Landers. She graduated from Sullivan High School. … Read More
•March 29, 2017• By Mike Brothers Sullivan School Board candidates revealed a universal support for seeking alternative revenues during a candidates’ forum held in Sullivan Thursday, March 23. Sponsored by the Sullivan Education Association and Sullivan Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development, interested citizens attended the 6:30 p.m. forum at the First United Methodist Church. SEA president Don Lockwood explained the format of the forum following a power point presentation by county clerk Georgia England explaining the complexities of the consolidated election. The Sullivan Unit 300 power point may be viewed at www.escottengland.com with England offering to answer questions during … Read More
•March 29, 2017• The Sullivan-Okaw Valley girls’ track and field team opened its season with a second-place finish with 12- points at the six-team Arcola meet last Tuesday. Natalie Drury and Esther Miller tied for first in the high jump at 4’4”. Laine Cameron ran the 300 hurdles in 52.7 for first place. Several other Redskins placed second. … Read More
•March 29, 2017• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor The Okaw Valley softball team kicked off its season with a 2-2 record. The Timberwolves defeated Edinburg and Central A&M but lost to Maroa-Forsyth and Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg. Against Edinburg at Crowder Park Saturday, OV scored seven runs with two outs to break open a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning. In the fourth inning rally, Benning singled to right. Grace Harlin followed with a single down the right field line, which allowed Benning to advance to third. Benning advanced to home on the throwing error to third base. … Read More
Alan Elliott Alan Eugene Elliott, 68, of Mt. Zion passed away at 4:44 a.m. Saturday, March 25, 2017 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. A service to honor and celebrate Alan’s life was held at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, March 29) in Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home in Mt. Zion. Alan was laid to rest in Mt. Zion Township Cemetery. … Read More