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

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

  • Album 4  |  Album 5  |  Album 6

  • Album 7  |  Album 8

• Crops

  • Album 1  |  Album 2

• Floriculture & Horticulture

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

  • Album 1  |  Album 2

  • Album 3  |  Album 4

• Vegetables

  • Album

• Original Visual Arts

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

  • Album 4  |  Album 5  |  Album 6

  • Album 7  |  Album 8

• Scammers play on health care law confusion

• Wingshooting clinics scheduled at Decatur Gun Club

• This day in history

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

  • Album 1   |   Album 2   |   Album 3

• County continues to sort out public transportation oversight position

• WLB baseball sets tryout dates

• Zumba goes Hawaiian at Curves

  • Album 1   |   Album 2

• 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

July 26

• Pulaski Street project could bust budget
  Oglesby bridge to be added as bid alternate

• Community Action Senior Nutrition receives donation from Trinity Episcopal Church

• A pitch-perfect performance on the Mount Pulaski square -- album

• Recognition by Chronicle of Higher Education puts Lincoln Christian University in elite company

• Weekly Outlook: Beef industry about to make a slow turn

• This day in history

July 25

• District 27 registration Aug 5; school starts Aug. 26

• LCHS registration Aug. 5-7; classes begin Aug. 19

• Girl Scouts get cooled off with the help of the LRFPD -- album

• Buchanan awarded nursing scholarship by American Legion Auxiliary

• Lincoln Christian University offers ministry MA in Indy

• U of I Extension garden article: Purslane -- a summer weed?
  By Jennifer Fishburn, University of Illinois Extension

• This day in history

July 24