April 4

• Logan County Board approves new policies and procedures

• City administrator tackles fiscal 2013-14 budget
  Part 1

• Mount Pulaski post office will remain open, but ...

• New springtime hours at Lincoln city landfill

• ALMH hosts National Healthcare Decisions Day open house April 16

• County meeting minutes:

  • Ambulance, March 7

  • Executive, economic development, March 11

• Canine first-aid kit essentials
  By Lara Borgerson,
  Best Friends Animal Hospital

• Dealing with the drought
  By John Fulton

• From the
  Spring 2013 Logan County Farm Outlook

  • And here's a look at the weather

• This day in history

April 3

• City votes to change sewer billing cycle

• New narrowband frequencies updated for scanner listeners

• Chamber seeks nominations for outstanding office professionals

• Local gun club to host pistol course

• County meeting minutes:

  • Building and grounds, March 5

  • Planning and zoning, March 6

• From the
  Spring 2013 Logan County Farm Outlook

  • What about drought-tolerant corn?

• Tax filing deadline 2 weeks away

• National Public Health Week, April 1-7:
  Improving the health of your community

• Diane Hillard-Sembell, MD, to receive national award

• This day in history

April 2

• Special needs registration opens
  Personal information to improve emergency response

• Lincoln College dance, jazz and chorale groups to grace Johnston Center stage in April

• Integrity Data announces 2013 Community Giving Program

• New bereavement support group to meet at ALMH

• From the
  Spring 2013 Logan County Farm Outlook

  • Turnips and radishes: Making dollars & scents out of cover crops

• State fire marshal encourages child safety

• Memorial announces gala to benefit local hospice patients

• Illinois filmmakers encouraged to enter work in state's short film competition

• This day in history

April 1

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

  • Album 1   |   Album 2   |   Album 3

  • Album 4   |   Album 5   |   Album 6

  • Album 7   |   Album 8   |   Album 9

  • Album 10   |   Album 11   |   Album 12

• 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

• This day in history

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

• This day in history

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

  • Album

• 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

• This day in history