May 15

• County to set salaries for clerk and recorder, treasurer, sheriff

• Donations stacking up nicely for 3rd annual HSLC garage sale

• Illinois American Water cuts ribbon on new offices and distribution center -- album

• Marcus Hoock is the Mount Pulaski May student of the month

• Zion Lutheran School holds graduation for its Pre-K class -- album

• Zion Lutheran School recognizes excellence at spring concert -- album

• NASFM and Grinnell Mutual release Life Safety Achievement Award applications to recognize fire departments

• Illinois Products Farmer’s Market opens for seventh season on the state fairgrounds

• The Civil War’s Secret Soldiers
  Discover the ways women supported the Civil War on the battlefield and home front May 17

• National Trails Day Celebration Set for Funk’s Grove June 7

• COLUMN
  Biting Gnats Have Returned
  By John Fulton

May 14

• Logan County’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Program to be dropped

• Bicycle Parade Added to “Rt. 66 Ribs & Rides Cruise-In”

• Production facility space sought by pet food company
  Hartsburg Emden prom goers enjoy a "Walk on a Sunset Beach"

  • Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3

• Brian Simpson shares lessons on life drawing

• LCJSW hosts first glass recycling event of the season -- album
  Community garden group kicks off the season with cook-out

  • Album 1 | Album 2

• Camp Invention, a nationally acclaimed summer enrichment program, kicks off the summer by inspiring young minds

• IDNR Conservation Police help prepare public for boating season with courtesy boat inspections
  No tickets will be issued during voluntary boat inspections

• Book Look: 'Sarah, Plain and Tall', 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler', 'A Wrinkle in Time'
  sponsored by Lincoln Public Library

• Illinois Raptor Center offers beginning birder class for adults

• Illinois Law Enforcement out in force to remind motorists to “Click It or Ticket”
  High number of unbuckled motor vehicle fatalities occur at night

May 13

• Production facility space sought by pet food company

• Logan County Board of Health approves Dianna Heyer as new administrator

• Kiwanis and Lincoln College make Mother’s Day special

• Album 1 | Album 2

• Atlanta Public Library Rededication Exercises to be Held May 26, 2014

• New Holland-Middletown Students win State History Fair

• Mount Pulaski High School recognizes students at Honors night

• LCHS functional and fine arts on display at Lincoln Art Institute

• Album 1 | Album 2

• Special notice to all water customers of the city of Mount Pulaski

• May is Older Americans Month in Illinois
  Observance highlights state’s leadership in providing quality programs that offer independence and protections to seniors

• IDOA schedules Clean Sweep collection in Central Illinois
  Program will safely dispose of unwanted agricultural pesticides

• IDES Employer fax numbers have changed
  Six-month grace period ends in May

• IDOT, Law Enforcement and Safety Advocates remind motorists to "Start Seeing Motorcycles"
  Governor Quinn Proclaims May Motorcycle Awareness Month; Seeks to Lower Fatalities on Illinois Roadways

May 12

• Weather Alert
  Cold front tonight to bring chances of strong storms and cooler temperatures for the week

• Provost Emeritus Tom Zurkhammer challenges Lincoln College grads to “take charge” and “be prepared”

  • Tom Zurkhammer honored as Provost Emeritus
    Students and families recall his influence

  • Album 1 | Album 2

• Mount Pulaski welcomes a new eatery

• Special notice to all water customers of the city of Mount Pulaski

• Lincoln and Logan County Development Partnership seeks to match Logan County Manufacturers with Certified Production Technicians

• Zion Lutheran School hosts Vines and Vendors

• Relay for Life breakfast slated for May 18

• School tax report

• USDA invites applications for loans and grants to support renewable energy and energy efficiency projects
  Up to $12.3 million in grants and $57.8 million in loan guarantees available

May 10

• Special notice to all water customers of the city of Mount Pulaski

• A special "Thank-you" from Lyndie

• ScoutSweep clean up near Madigan Park earns Life Scout for Hawkins

• Hartem’s Meeker brings home 3rd place from FFA public speaking finals

• Heartland College Youth Enrichment Program open now
  Early bird discounts available through June 1

• Lincoln College Day at Busch Stadium coming August 30
  St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs

• Today's Special Feature From the 2014 Home & Garden Magazine:
  And let there be light:
  Skylights, sky windows and sun tunnels
  By Jim Youngquist

• Illinois Department of Agriculture protects mulch buyers
  Cautions consumers of under volume packaging

• Governor Quinn proclaims May “Invasive Species Awareness Month”
  Illinois residents urged to help combat invasive species

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  “It’s okay, I’m using a dry fly.”

May 9

• HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

• Atlanta TIF Project to Begin Operation

• Global impact and "unfinished business" focus of LCU's 70th Founders' Day

• Album 1 | Album 2

• Zonta Club of Lincoln announces scholarship winners

• LC Swimmers Find Ways to Relieve Stress Through Helping Local Youth

• 2014 Junk drop off dates for Mount Pulaski

• Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford’s I-Cash Program to visit Lincoln
  Does the state have your money?

• Salt Creek Abate Notes

• Today's Special Feature From the 2014 Home & Garden Magazine:
  THE 10 MOST WANTED:
  A short list of beneficial garden insects
  By Jim Youngquist

• Eco-friendly Weed Control in Lawns
  By Melinda Myers

• IEMA encourages people to include pets in disaster preparedness plans
  “Animal Stories” radio spots to be featured as part of Pet Preparedness Month in May

• Core Construction of Morton pleads guilty to fraud for illegally obtaining contract for Illinois Capitol restoration project

• Illinois EPA hosts inaugural Water Loss Accounting Meeting, celebrates Drinking Water Week in Illinois
  Recognizes the 40th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act

May 8

• Fire alarm at courthouse part of safety exercise

• Students’ Talents Shine at Hartsburg-Emden Fine Arts Festival

• Native Lincolnite publishes article on Lincoln's political rhetoric

• Jake Sexton is the Illini Central April Student of the Month

• Park district notes

• Column:
  Borers and their control
  By John Fulton

• Today's Special Feature From the 2014 Home & Garden Magazine:
  Add character and utility to your landscape with a garden shed
  By Nila Smith

• April in Illinois was Warm and Wet

• Department of Insurance announces that Illinois will allow renewal of existing health plans for 2015
  Insurers will now have the choice to extend transitional policies for an addition year to ease transition under the Affordable Care Act