Aug. 2

• National Railsplitting Contest at the Logan County Fair on Sunday

• Lack of quorum stalls new CEL hires

• 4-H night in front of the grandstand

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• Chicken scrambles

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• Goat scrambles

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• Pig scrambles

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• Calf scrambles

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• Judging of the 2012 scramble calves

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• Celebrity scramble -- album

• 4-H Cat Show -- album

• 4-H, Junior and Open Dairy Show

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  • Album 3  |  Album 4

• 4-H Swine Show

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• Logan County Fair results:

  • Junior Dairy & Pygmy Goats

  • Junior Sheep

• Better Business Bureau alert: 'Best of ...' awards scheme

• Memorial's Transplant 5K registration now open

• Interactive new e-book explores Cahokia Mounds and the ancient Mississippian culture

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Aug. 1

• Haircut Actual, Mount Pulaski band of teenage rockers

• Column: Lawn rust and biting insects
  By John Fulton

• Big Oak Hunting Paradise hosts ladies-only Basic Pistol Course on Sunday

• 4-H Poultry Show

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• 4-H Goat Show

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• Logan County 4-H show results:

  • Dairy

  • Market Hogs

  • Breeding Hogs

• Wednesday's Logan County Fair results:

  • Junior Dairy & Pygmy Goats

  • Junior Dairy Cattle

  • Dairy Cattle

  • Open Horse Show

  • Dairy & Culinary

  • Textiles

• U of I news: Demand prospects for old-crop and new-crop soybeans

• Researchers track mercury in fish from Illinois streams

• IDHR and Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing unveil Fair Housing Webinar series

• New Lincoln document identified in Switzerland reveals story of early female journalist

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July 31

• Logan County receives GIS funding

• NWS Lincoln taking part in 'mixed case experiment'

• Crystal Quint crowned Miss Logan County Fair 2013 and Celia Cross, Little Miss

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• Safe Ride service available for Logan County Fair weekend

• Rain pushes kiddie tractor pull inside

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• 4-H Rabbit Show

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• 4-H Horse & Pony Show

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• A wet Tuesday doesn't stop the Fireman's Waterball

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• Logan County 4-H show results:

  Tuesday shows:

  • Cats

  • Goats

  • Horse & Pony

  • Rabbits

  • Poultry

  Previous shows:

  • Crops

  • Dogs

  • Food & Nutrition

  • Home & Family

  • Home Beautification

  • Miscellaneous

  • Vegetables

  • Visual Arts

• Tuesday's Logan County Fair results:

  • Agricultural Products

  • Fine Arts

  • Junior Horse & Pony

  • Junior Poultry

  • Junior Rabbits

  • Photography

  • Waterball

• Book Look: 'Taken'

• Illinois Dept. on Aging seeking nominations for Senior Hall of Fame

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July 30

• Logan County Fair changes up grandstand events
  Talent show moved to a grandstand event for Friday night

• Mount Pulaski Grade School registration starts Thursday

• Logan County Fair starts today. First order of business: crown a new queen -- album

• 4-H Dept. W exhibits:

• Miscellaneous

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• Crops

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• Floriculture & Horticulture

  • 4-H exhibitors present flowers, herbs and potted plants

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  • Album 3  |  Album 4

• Vegetables

  • Album

• Original Visual Arts

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• Scammers play on health care law confusion

• Wingshooting clinics scheduled at Decatur Gun Club

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July 29

• Tourism appoints Leslie Hoefle as interim director

• Logan County 4-H'ers join in the 100th anniversary celebration of Extension

  • Extension celebrates 100 years of extending knowledge

• 4-H Dog Show turns out blue ribbons for everyone

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• County continues to sort out public transportation oversight position

• WLB baseball sets tryout dates

• Zumba goes Hawaiian at Curves

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• This day in history

July 27

• Logan County Board recognizes Zion Lutheran and WLB student athletes

• Tickets available for LC Cards vs. Cubs event Aug. 10

• Slim Randles' Home Country: Shots and pills

• U of I news: Factual communication needed to build good-neighbor policy between livestock industry and communities

• Emerald ash borer found in Whiteside County

• CGB Diversified Crop Insurance Services announces new regional manager, Scott Crumbaugh

• This day in history