Spring weather preparedness

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•April 3, 2024• By Angela Hogan Experiencing the return of warm weather and all that it brings is always refreshing. However, being prepared for this weather transition is essential to stay safe from weather-related hazards.  Due to its location in the Midwest, Illinois is no stranger to dramatic weather shifts, especially during the spring months. The state experiences various weather phenomena, including thunderstorms, tornadoes, flooding, and even occasional snow and ice storms. Subsequently, the transition from winter to spring can be turbulent, with rapid changes in temperature and atmospheric conditions. Sudden storms and severe weather events can pose significant safety … Read More

Spores & More Festival returns

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•April 3, 2024• The 2024 rendition of the annual Spores N’ More Mushroom Festival will be held Saturday, April 27. The festival boasts a variety of activities provided by partners Windsor Happenings Around Town, Shelby County Office of Tourism, City of Windsor and USACE Lake Shelbyville. Kick off will be 10 a.m. – 2: p.m. on Maine Street in Windsor with food trucks, vendors, live music, morel mushrooms and more. A Mushroom soup lunch will be available at the Windsor American Legion. There will be cash prizes for the biggest and smallest morel mushroom found in the State of Illinois … Read More

Monthly Quarter Madness

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•April 3, 2024• Moultrie County Monthly Quarter Madness will hold their April Quarter Auction on Wednesday, April 10 at the at the Sullivan American Legion. Sullivan American Legion Post #68 is the charity of the month. The American Legion Post 68 coordinates services for Memorial Day, the 4th of July celebration, parade and fireworks, and participates in Veterans Day services at the local schools and nursing homes. They provide 4-year scholarships for students graduating from high schools in Moultrie County. And most importantly provide military rites for deceased veterans and their families. Vendors, direct sales and businesses at the event … Read More

Obituaries 4-3-2024: Dennis Johnson

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Dennis Johnson Dennis E, Johnson, 91, of Sullivan, passed away at 6:05 a.m. Thursday January 18, 2024 in St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur, Illinois. Memorial services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday April 13, 2024 in the Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan. Military Honors will be conducted after the service by the Sullivan American Legion Post #68. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until service time. Memorials are suggested to the Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library or to St. John’s Lutheran Church in Mattoon. Online condolences may be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net. … Read More

Community Blood Drive

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•April 3, 2024• Agri‑Fab Inc. will host a Community Blood Drive with ImpactLife, the provider of blood components for local hospitals. The blood drive will be from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on Friday, April 12 at 809 S. Hamilton St., inside the Gold Classroom All presenting donors get their choice of gift card, ImpactLife store bonus points, or a donation to Best Friends Animal Society. To donate, contact ImpactLife at (800) 747‑5401 or visit www.bloodcenter.org and use code 71025 to locate the drive. Potential donors must be at least 17 years of age (16 with parental permission form available … Read More

A Look Back…

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2014 Nathan Riley is 12 years old. He’s been fishing for only a couple years. He is mostly self-trained too, having watched dozens of YouTube videos on the sport. And it was he who was by himself at little ol’ Wyman Lake when he caught a 20-inch, 5-pound., 7-ounce large mouth bass on a cold March morning. Earlier this month Shelby County residents passed a new one percent sales tax aimed at helping area schools maintain their often-aging buildings. The referendum, which passed on March 18 and goes into effect April the following year, could bring Okaw Valley schools as … Read More

Remembering who we are…. 3

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•April 3, 2024• by Janet Roney In Robert Frost’s poem, Fire and Ice, he wonders whether fire or ice will destroy our world. He thought fire would, but “…I know enough of hate to say that for destruction ice is also great…”  Yes, ice certainly destroys, but the last glacier that came down from Wisconsin and Canada during our current ice age did some very good things to Moultrie County. Let’s review.  It left a flat surface with a fresh new covering of glacial drift that filled in old river valleys that are the aquifers that give us water. Because … Read More

Angler’s Tribute to Veterans

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•April 3, 2024• The annual Angler’s Tribute to Veterans Crappie Tournament will be held this Saturday on Lake Shelbyville. Early registration will take place Friday at the Sullivan VFW beginning at 5 p.m.. Take-off and weigh in will take place at the Bo Woods Ramp. Saturday registration will be at 5:30 a.m. with lines in at 7. Weigh-in will begin at 2:30 p.m. … Read More