April 6

• County zooming in on zoning and ordinance issues

• Geographic information system parcel mapping presentation set

• Mount Pulaski sets 15 landscape waste pickups

• Gov. Blagojevich declares 18 counties state disaster areas after latest round of severe storms
  Declaration enables state to assist hard-hit communities with their extraordinary storm-related costs

April 5

• Exit here! Tourism starts signage campaign

• Glass recycling resumes

• Gov. Blagojevich announces IDOC staff, inmate work crews logged nearly 11,000 hours of cleanup work after tornadoes and severe storms

April 4

• Elkhart citizens organize in response to board's decision to consolidate junior high schools

• Recognitions and observances lead off city meeting

• Second Sunday storm leaves damage throughout San Jose

• Illinois seniors urged to enroll in Illinois Cares Rx as Medicare Part D deadline approaches

April 3

• Logan County Regional Planning Commission revamped
  New members announced

• Community Action cuts expenditures and revamps services to spare senior programs
  Land of Lincoln Work Force Investment Board appointees announced

• Blagojevich administration moves to shut down unscrupulous short-term lenders
  Governor pushes rules to enhance consumer protections for short-term loans
  Revocation order against four locations owned by Payday Loan Store of Illinois

• First lady Patti Blagojevich rallies with Illinois Campaign for Better Health Care, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky and hundreds of medical students for affordable, quality health care for all Illinoisans
  Gov. Blagojevich awarded Hero of Health Care Award from leading national health care advocacy group for his landmark All Kids plan and commitment to the Health Care Justice Act

April 1

• Lincoln Christian College to break ground for new dorm

• Easter Bunny coming to downtown Lincoln

• Children's Health Fair

• State fire marshal reminds people to change batteries in smoke alarms when changing the clocks
  Working smoke alarms critical to saving lives

• National organization commends Illinois for generous benefits offered to veterans and their families
  VFW: Other states now trying to emulate Illinois' successful programs

March 31

• Wind advisory

• Community Health Fair

• Used tire collection

• Health department to celebrate 35th anniversary

• Ag Day for kids

• Logan County Farm Bureau celebrates Ag Education Day with fourth-graders

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