Feb. 11

• Legion to host special event Valentine's Day morning

• Area youth enjoy a week of fun and educational activities:

  • Montessori hosts spring open house

  • Family skate night at West Lincoln-Broadwell

  • Story session offers LJHS students a book list

  • Lincoln Public Library invites pirates to party

• Illinois American Water partners with theater group to present water education play to Lincoln schools

• Tax credits: This could be your year

• Unemployment offices closed next 2 Mondays

• Miller Park Zoo accepting jr. zookeeper registration

• Springfield Municipal Opera announces auditions workshop

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Feb. 9

• Absentee voting begins today in Logan County
  What voters should know before they cast their ballots

• State backdoor plan gives builders and buyers in Logan County building code options

• Logan 2.0 -- Grow Lincoln & Logan County Initiative announced this morning

• Chamber hosts Trivia Night for community networking

• Madigan, state attorneys general secure $25 billion settlement with nation's 5 largest banks

• Illinois college chiefs back Quinn call for more MAP money

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Feb. 8

• Special announcement: Former Logan County Board member, local businessman, friend to the community Terry W. Werth has passed away

• A whole lot of shaking at Christian Child Care

• Citizen frustrated over property maintenance issues

• Firefighter Chris Perrine sworn into service

• LCU promotes Brandon Umphrey

• Reminder: Lincoln & Logan County Development Partnership news conference at 9 a.m. Thursday activates initiatives to grow Lincoln & Logan County
  (See previously published article: Development partnership announces master plan implementation team)

• Quinn wants to cut $2 billion from Medicaid budget

• College Illinois to stay afloat, even if that means taxpayer bailout

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Feb. 7

• City Briefs: Aldermen hang tough on sewer bill collections; move to approve ICCAN as utility aggregation consultant; accept DCEO grant for downtown revitalization plan; and agree to purchase property for more parking

• Four Corners Lube needs city's help to complete business expansion

• Lincoln students to model earthquake preparedness drill today

• Annual conference for elders and church leaders

• Chamber looks for investors for tomorrow's workforce for Logan County

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• Humane Society soup luncheon, Cumberland Presbyterian dinner concert, Hartem FFA notes, 4-H Foundation spaghetti meal, FAFSA workshop, rummage sale by Jaycees, caregiver program at Vonderlieth, Zion honor roll, Zonta scholarships and Jenny Johnson in Close Up

Feb. 6

• Family reading night turns into a Super event at Washington-Monroe

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• County planning and zoning officials discuss Beason building thought unsafe

• Due to freezing fog, visibilities as low as a few hundred feet and some slick surfaces across central Illinois until noon

• Attorney wants to withdraw from Beason murder case

• Development partnership announces master plan implementation team

• Mount Pulaski Legion hosts Friday night wrestling, Pro Epic style

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• Railers come back Saturday with an easy win over Senators

• Illinois American Earth Day art contest

• State Farm plans to hire 3,000 employees

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