Saturday, October 3

• Shirley Bartelmay passes away at age 86

• Lincoln Kiwanis Donates to Local Schools

• Angela Whiteman named Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital September Colleague of the Month

• Olympia FFA Officer Spotlight
  Tyler Miller - President

• 2020 Fall Home Improvement Magazine
  Your dream home: Why someone else should build it

• Logan County 4-H Invites Youth to Join 4-H Clubs

• Heartland Foundation adapts annual 5K to a virtual and ‘Haunted’ format

• Illinois Fall Trout Season Opens October 17th

• Purdue University
  If you have any signs or symptoms of flu, stay home

• University of Illinois College of ACES
  Redefining drought in the US Corn Belt

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  Dewey Decker, Vermiculturist

• Create New Garden Beds This Fall
  By Melinda Myers

• COVID-19 ARCHIVES

• Friday, October 2, 2020
  Logan County COVID update
  Logan County sees second death from coronavirus - Pdf
  Nine new cases on Thursday and Friday

• Friday, October 2, 2020
  Logan County Dashboard
  14,214 tested - 13,730 negative- 484 positive - 42 active cases- 440 recovered - TWO deaths

• Friday, October 2, 2020
  Public Health Officials Announce 2,206 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease

• Election

  • Meet the candidates

  • Election related articles

• Perspectives

  • INFLATION ENSURES PROGRESSIVE TAX HIKE WILL HIT AN INCREASING NUMBER OF ILLINOISANS Illinois Policy Institute

Friday, October 2

• Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District seeks new revenue via a referendum on the November ballot

• City of Lincoln
  Employee health plans to see no premium increases in 2021
  Aldermen to decide on Health Savings Account contributions next week

• Lincoln City Council
  Public Notice of Meeting Monday, October 5, 2020
  Topic: Taxable General Obligation Bonds - Pdf

• 2020 Fall Home Improvement Magazine
  The lights stay on when your power goes out

• Ameren Illinois petitions Illinois Commerce Commission to protect downstate customers from unnecessary cost increases

• Illinois State Police Division of Forensic Service launch sexual assault kit tracking

• Pritzker Administration Announces $5 Million Business Grant Program for Agriculture Businesses
  Application for funding now available to livestock producers and small meat and poultry plants as a part of the state’s Business Interruption Grants (BIG) Program

• IDOI Helps Illinois Life Insurance Holders Collect More than $5 Million in Unclaimed Funds

• Oh, deer: Mating season ups crash risk
  IDOT, IDNR remind motorists to stay alert, don’t veer for deer

• COVID-19 ARCHIVES

• Thursday, October 01, 2020
  Logan County Dashboard
  14,025 tested - 13,549 negative- 476 positive - 40 active cases- 433 recovered - ONE death

• Thursday, October 1, 2020
  Public Health Officials Announce 2,166 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease

• Election 2020

  • November 3, 2020 General Election Sample Ballot - Pdf

  • Meet the candidates

  • Election related articles

• Perspectives

  • PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION THREATENS 20% TAX HIKE ON EVERYONE ‘REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEVEL OF INCOME’
    Illinois Policy Institute

• Letter to the Editor

  • Our nation’s soul is at risk

Thursday, October 1

• Civil servant Chuck Ruben leaves a finance legacy

• Illinois American Water Reminds Customers about Customer Assistance Program and Payment Plans
  Customers with a past due balance need to contact utility immediately to prevent service interruption

• Illinois Department of Public Health Issues COVID-19 Halloween Festivities Guidance
  The 3 W’s still apply – Wash your hands. Watch your distance. Wear your mask

• 2020 Fall Home Improvement Magazine
  Call the plumber!!!

• Atlanta Ag 4-H starts new program year with new leadership

• Chloe Olson named September Senior of the Month at Mount Pulaski High School

• Let’s Celebrate Early Childhood Literacy
  Parents and children invited to post their BIG READ on library Facebook page October 2nd

• Illinois Department of Labor Launches Back to Business Illinois
  Health and Safety Program Promotes Successful Small Business Reopenings

• Change of Date for October collection
  Mount Pulaski announces 2020 landscape waste pick-up dates

• COVID-19 ARCHIVES

• Wednesday, September 30, 2020
  Logan County COVID update
  Five new confirmed cases on Wednesday - Pdf

• Wednesday, September 30, 2020
  Logan County Dashboard
  13,702 tested - 13,187 negative- 475 positive - 42 active cases- 432 recovered - ONE death

• Wednesday, September 30, 2020
  Public Health Officials Announce 2,273 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease
  Public health officials warn Region 6 that additional mitigation measures could be coming

• November 3, 2020 General Election Sample Ballot - Pdf

• Meet the candidates