Thursday, September 3

• County considers adding 'sunset clause' to conditional use zoning

• New mining request makes first rezoning hurdle with Regional Planning Commission

• "Cosmos SW 6528" to debut at the Lincoln Art Institute September 26

• Neal Named August ALMH Employee of the Month

• Courthouse Foundation to host quilt show during the Mount Pulaski Fall Festival

• Column
  The fall garden and Cicada Killer Wasps
  By John Fulton

• Labor Day Drunk Driving Crackdown
  Law enforcement looking for drunk drivers to help stop deadly crime

• A celebration of White House pets
  Lincoln Presidential Library offers day of fun for families and their pets Sept. 12

• September events at Sugar Grove Nature Center

Wednesday, September 2

• Concerned citizen addresses council on Police and Fire Department Facility Feasibility

• Becker's Hospital Review names ALMH one of the 50 Critical Access Hospitals to know

• Work continues on new construction at Northwest School - Album

• Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch?
  All Midwest Central students will have free breakfast and lunch this school year

• Christian Homes, Inc. expands home and community-based services division

• Free All-Hazards Training for Logan County Businesses and Governmental Units – September 10, 2015
  Program offered through Greater Peoria Economic Development Council

• Enrollment Period for Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Safety-Net Programs Ends September 30

Tuesday, September 1

• West Nile Virus activity detected in Logan County

• Lunch and Learn discusses the importance of a good doctor/patient relationship

• Polling Place Notice for September 10 Special Election

• New Holland-Middletown English Department inspires donations

• Olympia students excel at FFA Fair

• Heartland Community College Announces Recent Graduates

• Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Festival celebrates 45th anniversary with expanded festival line-up

• “Go Ye – Send Me”
  Lincoln Zone Fall Rally slated for September 16 in Delavan

Monday, August 31

2015 Lincoln Balloon Festival

• Dunk tank tests volunteers’ mettle against wind and wet

• Balloon Festival kite flight moved to LCU campus on Saturday

  • Chicago Kiters at LCU - Slideshow

• Saturday at the Balloon Festival starts lousy, ends lovely

  • Scenes from the midway - slideshow

  • Crowds gather to enjoy the 2015 Lincoln Balloon Festival - Slideshow

  • Saturday evening launch - Slideshow

  • Saturday night glow - Slideshow

Saturday, August 29

2015 Lincoln Balloon Festival

• Something for everyone at the Lincoln Balloon Festival - Slideshow

• High winds don't dampen the spirits at the Lincoln Balloon Festival on Friday night

  • Friday night glow - slideshow

• Colon Cancer Awareness 5K coming to Madigan State Park
  Inaugural event will take place on September 19th

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  Glad you came over today … Billy

• State to Issue $16 million in Credits to Reverse Penalties for Monthly Electronic Wage Reporting
  Rules provide relief for nearly 13,000 employers over the next six months

• Join Lincoln’s legion of volunteers
  Orientation for new volunteers at Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum begins Sept. 15

Friday, August 28

2015 Lincoln Balloon Festival

• Lincoln bold and beautiful in sites and sounds this weekend

• Festival begins with a ribbon cut and a birthday celebration - Slideshow

• Windless night not much for hot air balloon distance, but still memorable

  • LDN's Angela Reiners takes flight in a hot air balloon - Slideshow

• Thursday night preview includes Darth Vader - Slideshow

• Sidewalk Chalk Art returns to downtown Lincoln - Slideshow

• Illinois August FSA Newsletter

• VFW’s Motion Granted: Unseal Prudential’s SGLI Records

Thursday, August 27

• Beloved ER nurse Anne Sydney retires after 38 years at ALMH

• John Welsh Memorial Ouzo Open funds go to Land of Lincoln Honor Flight

• 2015 Logan County Fair
  Floriculture Results

• Middletown Firemen’s Fall Festival scheduled for September 25 and 26

• Column
  Fall lawn care and Teasel
  By John Fulton

• Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra to present 19th annual Labor Day Pops Concert

• Rauner vetoes bill that would exempt townships from competitive bidding process