April 1

• Kids get all 'egg-cited' at Lincoln Park District

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• Health insurance to cost county $32,000 more, even with switch to Blue Cross

• Logan County tentative multiplier announced

• Mount Pulaski landscape waste pickup schedule

• Mount Pulaski water main flushing dates

• From the
  Spring 2013 Logan County Farm Outlook

  • Is irrigation a good backup plan for Logan County producers?

• IDOT introduces 'Gear Up -- Ride Smart' motorcycle safety campaign

• Explore Illinois' historic buildings with new screen saver

• Taking another look at Gov. Otto Kerner
  Conference on April 13 will go beyond corruption charges to examine accomplishments in mental health, education, civil rights

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March 29

• He did not ... yes, He did!
  An Easter devotional by Larry Crawford,
  pastor of Open Arms Christian Fellowship

• We tell the stories over and over again
  An Easter devotional by the Rev. Jan Johnson, interim pastor of St. John United Church of Christ

• So, how much snow did we get? Preliminary data indicates over 1 foot in Logan County

  • New all-time 24-hour snowfall record at Springfield

• Gertrude Bruce of Williamsville donates quilts to ALMH patients

• Zion Lutheran student nominated for IESA Scholar Attitude Award

• Zion Lutheran students win IESA state chess awards

• Culver's egg hunt rescheduled

• Animal rescue fundraiser in memory of Ray Fulk

• From the
  Spring 2013 Logan County Farm Outlook

  • The condition of Logan County soils

• Memorial Medical Center Foundation awards $380,000 in grants

• Award-winning singer and songwriter John Mayer to entertain at Illinois State Fair

• Lincoln collection donated to presidential library

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March 28

• Greenslate and Jackson offer reports on recent snowstorm

• City hears suggestion for tobacco licensing

• Mount Pulaski High School FFA and Logan County Ag Scholarship Committee receive $2,500 cash grants for student scholarships

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• Healthy Communities Partnership bowling party celebrates substance-free lifestyles

• Mount Pulaski Grade School 3rd-quarter honor roll

• Mount Pulaski High School 3rd-quarter honor roll

• Spring gardening tips
  By John Fulton

• From the
  Spring 2013 Logan County Farm Outlook

  • Farming, drought, land sales: Getting in or getting out?

• With Monetary Award Program funds exhausted, Pell grants still available

• Weekly Outlook: 2013 corn and soybean acreage and yield prospects

• Rare goat at Miller Park Zoo gives birth
  2nd this year

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March 27

• City talks tourism

• Tourism bureau continues planning for the future

• Community Action announces scholarships available

• LCU to offer Camp Invention for area youth this summer
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• County meeting minutes:

  • Insurance and legislative, Feb. 13

  • Logan County Joint Solid Waste Agency, Feb. 20

  • Airport and farm, March 4

  • Road and bridge, March 4

• From the
  Spring 2013 Logan County Farm Outlook

  • To insure or not to insure

• Gov. Quinn announces $486M spring construction program for roads and bridges

• Illinois adds 12,400 jobs in February
  Job growth encourages more people to look for work

• U of I news: Regulation recommendations so that biofuel plants don't become weeds

• Illinois' spring trout season opens April 6

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March 26

• Community garden group provides information at annual kickoff meeting

• YMCA program takes youth to the woods to test their archery skills

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• Lincoln Rotary Club seeks hosts for exchange student

• Logan County Board minutes:

  • Board of whole, Feb. 14

  • Adjourned session, Feb. 20

• From the
  Spring 2013 Logan County Farm Outlook

  • Who got hurt by the 2012 drought?

• Still time to enter weather alert radio contest

• Jennifer Nottage, MD, joins Eye Institute at Springfield Clinic

• Personal liberty from Joseph Smith to Guantanamo
  Illinois legal experts discuss the courts' changing view over 2 centuries of the right to habeas corpus

• Miller Park Zoo sea lion finds new home
  Bloomington zoo to welcome new harbor seals after sea lion departs for Louisville Zoo

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March 25

• Health fair draws huge crowd

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• Artwork by Beason's Bert Hill on display

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• Scenes from the Lincoln Jaycee Easter Egg Hunt in Latham Park Saturday

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• Chamber Young Professionals host bowling event

• Relay For Life meeting rescheduled due to weather

• LCHS 3rd-quarter honor roll

• WLB 3rd-quarter honor roll

• Zack Prather is ZLS February Student of the Month

• From the
  Spring 2013 Logan County Farm Outlook

  • 2012 in review
    By John Fulton

• Gov. Quinn announces $2.4M capital investment in central Illinois projects
  Projects include roofing systems at Logan Correctional Center, Macon County rest area and bridge repair

• Record-low tuberculosis cases in Illinois -- but state remains among the highest in the nation

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