Wednesday, August 21

• After significant wrangling, mayoral vote breaks tie and only change to Lincoln liquor and video gaming regulations raises fees

• Logan County Department of Public Health: Mosquito-related disease prevention reminder

• Lincoln Community High School District 404
  Notice of Special Board Meeting and Agenda for August 22, 2019 - Pdf
  Principal topic: Solar Panel Project Update

• Lincoln community celebrates new location for Chucks Glass & Auto

• Illinois 4-H Foundation inducts 2019 Hall of Fame class
  Inductees include Pam Tibbs of Logan County

• USDA reminds producers of August 23rd deadline to re-enroll or extend expiring CRP contracts

• Memorial Medical Center receives National Quality Achievement Award for stroke care

• Back to School, Back to Work – But First Get a Permit
  It’s the law that children under 16 need a permit to work at most jobs in Illinois

• Pritzker signs bill allowing schools to supply undesignated Glucagon

Tuesday, August 20

• Bloomington man loses life in rural Atlanta

• County Clerk Theresa Moore
  Petition packets for the General Primary Election Tuesday, March 17, 2020

• Lincoln Police Department
  July 2019 monthly report - Pdf

• Lincoln College Alumnus names classroom in memory of his father
  Dorr Simer long-time area educator in Logan County

• Atlanta Library works to welcome tourists

• Illinois American Water announces 2019 Firefighter Grant Program
  Program offered to fire departments in communities served by Illinois American Water

• Relay for Life of Logan County sets 2018-19 wrap-up meeting for August 26th

• Warrensburg-Latham Lions Club to host first annual Fall Breakfast Extravaganza
  Menu will include a new item, Praline French Toast

• Fitz-a-Palooza returns for two day event September 6th and 7th

• Support for the Papers of Abraham Lincoln
  Two agencies award grants to presidential library’s project to publish all Lincoln documents

Monday, August 19

• Logan County Board revote leaning toward Public Facilities Tax vs Public Safety Tax

• Lincoln City Council
  August 19, 2019 Regular Meeting Agenda - Pdf

• Local Habitat for Humanity recognizes Leonard Krusemark

• Emden ALS awareness event adds to funds raised for support and research

• ALS Awareness 5K Run/Walk - slideshow

• City of Lincoln to begin fall street resurfacing projects August 20th

• Mount Pulaski Township Highway Department to begin road resurfacing projects August 20th

• Sugar Creek Wind Farm construction to begin

• Historian Gary Freese to speak at LCG&HS meeting tonight

• Dave Melton Family Singers to perform in San Jose August 25th

• Memorial Medical Center, SIU Medicine to host free seminar on opioid crisis

Saturday, August 17

• Logan County Board’s Finance Committee reviews Sheriff's Department budget changes

• City of Lincoln to begin fall street resurfacing projects August 20th

• Mount Pulaski Township Highway Department to begin road resurfacing projects August 20th

• Chinese University Students arrive at Lincoln College
  Seven new students and visiting scholar from Shenyang Jianzhu University participate in campus program

• Why did the tortoise cross the road?
  To get help from the local librarians

• David Neuendorf St. Clara's Employee of the Month in July

• Junior Achievement receives $10,000 Bayer Fund grant for Experiential Career Exploration

• Sugar Creek Wind Farm construction to begin

• University of Illinois Extension
  Late summer gardening tasks for fall harvest success

• Illinois Department of Public Health warns of hospitalizations potentially tied to vaping

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  Windy's bombastic sampling of creativity

• Strategies for growing edibles later into the season
  by Melinda Myers