April 25

• Funeral services for Mary Ellen Bruns to be held Friday morning

• Tourism director announces resignation

• Arbor Day Foundation names Lincoln a Tree City USA

• Elkhart continues to 'Celebrate Spring!'

• Route 66 will anchor weekend of activities in Logan County

• Illini Central announces students of the month for Feb. and March

• Early spring pests and to-do list
  By John Fulton

• County meeting minutes:

  • Animal control, March 13

  • Insurance, March 13

  • Board of whole, March 14

• Illinois Student Assistance Commission releases B4College smartphone app

• This day in history

April 24

April 23

• Geriets officially announces candidacy for Logan County sheriff

• District 27 honors alumni at 2nd annual Alumni Honors Dinner

  • District 27 names 'Distinguished Alumni':

    • Bill Bates

    • Roland Ginzel

    • D. Leigh Henson

• Cooler, showers and thunderstorms

• Lincoln College and community celebrate Earth Day with creation of Creekside Environmental Center

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• Brauer urges caution as floodwaters rise
  Petersburg faces serious flooding Tuesday

• West Lincoln-Broadwell preschool registration day Thursday

• Josef Bosnyak is the Mount Pulaski High School Senior-of-the-Month

• J-R Culinary Partners to take over management of Palms Grill

• Atlanta Rt. 66 Cruise-In May 11

• New Holland Cruise-In schedule announced

• Park district to offer square dance lessons in May

• J-R Culinary Partners to take over management of Palms Grill

• Atlanta Rt. 66 Cruise-In May 11

• New Holland Cruise-In schedule announced

• Park district to offer square dance lessons in May

• Josef Bosnyak is the Mount Pulaski High School Senior-of-the-Month

• Attorney General Madigan warns donors to be wary of scams tied to Boston Marathon bombings

• 24-hour vigil at Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  15 Medal of Honor recipients to join vigil

• This day in history

April 22

• Lincoln College and community celebrate Earth Day with creation of Creekside Environmental Center

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• 10th annual Spring for Tea kicks off year of fundraising for Harvest of Talents

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• Main Street Lincoln launches 'Square Talk'

• Community Action Head Start begins Logan County student recruitment

• Zion Lutheran Scholastic Bowl team completes season

• Zion Lutheran School 3rd-quarter honor roll

• Frontier Mutual Insurance Co. of Lincoln recognized by Grinnell Mutual

• From State's Attorney Jonathan Wright
  April felony cases

• USDA Rural Development celebrates Earth Day by promoting water quality in rural Illinois

• Bee program at Sugar Grove Nature Center for home-schoolers

• This day in history

April 20

• Local museum's history of aviation unfolds on PBS

• LCHS Red Carpet Runway and Grand March on May 4

• Isabelle Thompson is the ZLS March Student of the Month

• Land of Lincoln Honor Flight 'welcome home' party Tuesday

• Gov. Quinn honors residents and business for exceptional volunteer service
  List includes Ruth Hieronymus of Atlanta

• Logan and McLean counties have several projects in Gov. Quinn's 6-year, $12.62B transportation construction program

• IDOT and Union Pacific announce high-speed rail information session in Springfield for general contractors and subcontractors

• Most pertussis cases in Illinois since 1950
  National Infant Immunization Week, April 20-27

• Mary Todd Lincoln featured on C-SPAN 'First Ladies' series Monday

• 'Links to the Future' youth outdoors festival May 18 at Wolf Creek State Park

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April 19

• LCHS baseball tournament games for today canceled
  New schedule for Saturday

• Notice to parents and players: Park district boys baseball evaluations canceled

• Local officials tour new pumping station at Illinois American Water's Lincoln plant

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• Historical society voices support for tourism bureau

• If traveling, call ahead. Flooding throughout Illinois has made many roads impassable, local roads included. Cold, rain, snow in forecast.

• Red Cross flood tips
  Red Cross encourages families to be prepared and cautious

• Salvation Army offers flood cleanup kits for those in need

• Chamber hosts workforce development event for Logan County high school seniors

• Lincoln Public Library summer staffing benefits from new grant

• Hernandez named April Employee of the Month at ALMH

• Logan County Master Gardener Four Seasons Gardening program
  TeleNet series at Logan County U of I Extension office

• Central Illinois Sustainable Farming Network workshops

• Zion Lutheran School, Mount Pulaski, presents spring musical April 26

• Birding walks in Elkhart April 27

• Madigan sues local business for violating Do Not Call list

• Lincoln Presidential Museum explores one of the Civil War's bloodiest battle

• This day in history