IROQUOIS COUNTY, ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS – Farmers who would like to run for a three-year-term on the Illinois Corn Marketing Board (ICMB), the Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board (ISPOB), or the Illinois Sheep and Wool Marketing Board (ISWMB) can now start circulating nomination petitions, according to i…
Farm Credit Illinois named 29 high school seniors as agriculture scholarship recipients and awarded 50 community improvement grants to FFA chapters and 4-H clubs in central and southern Illinois, according to information from the company.
Our area finally received some much needed precipitation the last few weeks, following almost a year of near-drought conditions.
(April 5, 2021) — With no substitute for blood and no way to manufacture it, volunteer donors are essential for hospital patients in need of transfusions. During National Volunteer Month this April, the American Red Cross is celebrating the blood, platelet and plasma donors who help fulfill …
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Watseka defeated Cissna Park in varsity volleyball action April 1 25-21, 25-27, 25-21.
The Watseka Warriors defeated the Seneca Fighting Irish 20-14 in football action April 2.
Iroquois County All County basketball teams have been named for 2020-21 for both boys and girls, according to information from the Iroquois County Administrators Association.
Cissna Park (4-4) defeated Iroquois West 25-16, 25-11 in volleyball April 5.
Clifton Central defeated Reed Custer Monday 2-0 in varsity soccer action.
Q. My late grandmother had a pair of these ceramic dogs on the top of her buffet. It has been in the family forever. As a child I always loved them. Now it is the only one surviving and it is mine. It is in good condition and is 5” high.
IROQUOIS COUNTY, ILLINOIS — Iroquois Special Education Association will host meetings to discuss 2021-22 plans for providing special education services to district students with disabilities who attend private school and home school, according to information from the association. Please call…
IROQUOIS COUNTY, ILLINOIS — Free developmental screening is being offered to families with children three to five in Iroquois County, according to information provided.
WATSEKA, ILLINOIS — Free developmental screenings for Iroquois County Unit #9 children birth to age 3 will be from 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m. April 30, according to information provided.
Kenneth and Gloria (Taden) Huizenga of Crescent City will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.
