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Friday, September 22
Jobs for Life participant Jennifer Cunningham receives Heartland Community College Scholarship
‘Free Hugs Guy’ brings message of peace to Lincoln College campus Ken E. Nwadike, Jr., Latest Excellence in Leadership Speaker
Lincoln College Presents Complete Shakespeare (Abridged) Comic Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits
Memorial Medical Center offers free hands-on healthcare program
Illinois has dry soils in mid-September
Nominations open for Military Economic Development Committee members
Thursday, September 21
Farm Credit Services offer free lunch to Logan County customers
Immanuel Lutheran Church provides Food for Thought for area children - Album
Logan County Sheriff: Description of active scams ongoing within the county
It’s Not Too Early To Get A Flu Shot Nasal spray again not recommended for 2017-2018 flu season
General Motors’ Ohio and Indiana Plants to Meet Electricity Needs with Wind Decision will include electricity from Hilltopper Wind Farm in rural Mount Pulaski
Illinois EPA Seeks Recycling Data from Illinois Counties Agency Developing Online Tool of Local Recycling Services
U of I research news Wait-and-see strategy pays off, incentives needed for risk takers
Wednesday, September 20
Logan County Board amends Joint Solid Waste contracts to five-year automatic renewal
Veterans plaques for the Logan County Courthouse display restored
Parents tooled in awareness when kids might be experimenting with substances
Lincoln Heritage Museum at Lincoln College Joins Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live! Free Admission on September 23, 2017, with a Downloadable Museum Day Live! Ticket
ALMH offers free Prenatal Classes
First Human West Nile Virus Death In Illinois For 2017
Illinois Residents Encouraged to Register for ‘The Great ShakeOut’ Earthquake Drill ‘Drop, Cover and Hold On’ Drill Set for October 19
September 2017 FSA Newsletter
Memorial’s Be Aware Women’s Fair returns to Illinois State Fairgrounds
Tuesday, September 19
Lincoln Community High School auditorium stage named for Dan “Mac” McLaughlin
Illinois EMA Awards $500,000 in Grants to 32 County Emergency Management Agencies Logan County EMA awarded $12,050
Lincoln Police Department monthly report for August, 2017 Pdf
Military convoy passes through Logan County on Route 66 cross country
MVPA "racks and stacks" military vehicles at Sunday stop in Atlanta - slideshow
Visitors enjoy a closer look at MVPS Convoy vehicles - slideshow
Regional Fresh Food Council to Host Local Food Summit
2017 annual Illinois governor’s ride to travel Route 66 from Chicagoland to Springfield on Sept. 23 Will come through downtown Lincoln with stop planned at the Mill on 66
Rauner broadens access to child care assistance program
Grant biographer to speak at ALPLM Historian Ronald White visits Lincoln Presidential Library on Sept. 21 to discuss ‘American Ulysses’
Monday, September 18
A beautiful weekend for family entertainment at the Annual Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Festival
Festival offers a step back in time to the 1860's lifestyle - slideshow
Festival includes 1860's crafts - slideshow
Trick riding returns to the festival - slideshow
Special attractions at Postville Park, VFW, and The Mill on 66 - slideshow
Saturday faces at the festival - slideshow
Railsplitting Festival ends with National Splitting Contest and traditions
Water Boiling Contest - slideshow
Junior Rail Splitting Contest - slideshow
Re-christening of the city of Lincoln A moment of silence for Charlie Ott - slideshow
National Rail Splitting Competition - slideshow
Sunday faces at the festival - slideshow
Mount Pulaski Fall Festival rich with memories
Friday evening features food and pageantry - slideshow
New royalty crowned on Friday night - slideshow
Saturday parade remembers two young lives - slideshow
Saturday parade begins with patriotism and royalty - slideshow
Parade includes political candidates - slideshow
Parade - cars, trucks, tractors and more - slideshow
Schools well represented in Saturday parade - slideshow
Disney fun reflected in parade - slideshow
Parade ends, but the fun doesn't stop - slideshow
Saturday, September 16
Two Lincoln artifacts return to the soil at the Lincoln Depot
Atlanta Ag 4-H "Planted in 4-H" and "Planted in the community" - Album
Humane Society to provide transport to spay/neuter clinic on October 2nd
Memorial Health System earns Quality Excellence Award from Illinois Hospital Association
New Holland-Middletown School participates in 2017 Solar Tour Over 130 homes and businesses will be showing off their solar on the Illinois Solar Tour
Rauner will begin search for new poet laureate
Slim Randles' Home Country 'Honorably mentioned' ain't bad a-tall
Successfully Transition Houseplants Indoors for Winter By Melinda Myers
Friday, September 15
Logan County Finance Committee proposes near balanced 2018 FY Budget to full board
Lincoln City Council Agenda Packet for Monday, September 18th voting session Pdf
Funding for Tropics sign continues to grow with donation from local McDonald's
Lincoln Woman’s Club collecting items for “Operation Santa” for our troops
Lincoln Church of the Nazarene adopts a new name
Water Survey researchers tracked weather changes during the eclipse
Millikin students, faculty to host Public Observation Nights at Requarth Observatory starting Sept. 15
HRSA Awards $7,252,595 to Illinois Health Centers to Tackle Mental Health and Fight the Opioid Overdose Crisis
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