Area News Highlights
Three Trustees with thirty-three years of service bid farewell to Atwood Village Board
Atwood Village President Bill Fleming, center, presented three retiring village trustees with a Key to the City at the regular meeting on April 24. Pictured are Chris Stoltz, Fleming, Ron Wallace and Dave Ard. By DORIS ELMORE Staff Writer The Atwood Village Board bid good-bye to three trustees at their regular meeting on Monday, April…
Read MoreMTZ school board adds Deering to the board
Regan Deering, Kent Newton, Jeff Sams and Kristi Niles swear in for their four-year terms to the Mt. Zion School Board. By BLAKE FAITH Staff Writer The Mt. Zion school board met on May 2 and swore in their new member Regan Deering and their returning three members in Kent Newton, Kristi Niles and Jeff…
Read MoreALAH Underclassmen Run At Tuscola
Knights freshmen Skyler Graham, left and Gracie Romine, next to Skyler, sprint to the 100 meter finish at the JV meet at Tuscola on May 1. Skyler’s time was 13.99 with Gracie right behind at 14.04. The Knight’s Frosh/Soph track teams bussed to Tuscola for their annual JV Coed event. No team score were kept.…
Read MoreKnights Softball Three-Peat LPC Conference Champions
Lincoln Prairie Conference Regular Season Champions!! The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond Knights softball team won the LPC regular season title with an 8-1 record. Pictured here are: Kneeling: Anna Rawlins, Karaline Vanausdoll, Kailee Otto, Kaci Beachy, Kat Perez, and Layla Deel. Standing: Assistant Coach Ginny Condill, Alayna Plank, Danaysha Stutzman, CC Davis, Madison Schweighart, Charley…
Read MoreKnights Boys Track and Field – Lincoln Prairie Champions!!
Knights Boys Track and Field – Lincoln Prairie Champions!! The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond Knights boys track and field team won their third consecutive Lincoln Prairie Conference title on Friday, May 2 at their home track. The first meet was held in 2021 and the Knights have been champions every year since. Pictured here with…
Read MoreALAH girls track 3rd at LPC.
ALAH girls track 3rd at LPC. Oh, So Close!!! The ALAH Knights girls track and field team finished in third place in the annual Lincoln Prairie Conference meet at home on Friday, May 5. They were just six points shy of second place. Pictured here after the meet are: front row: Kimberly Krutsinger, Emma Forman,…
Read MoreKnights Boys Win LPC Championship
ALAH distance coach Lyle Dorjahn is with four of his distance runners who had just finished winning the 4 X 400 meter relay to close the 2023 Lincoln Prairie Conference meet. Their victory also earned the Knights boys team the conference team title. The relay’s time of 3:45.84 established a new meet record breaking the…
Read MoreKnights 7th Grade Boys, 8th Grade Girls Are JHOC Champions
ALAH 7th Grade Boys – JHOC Champions!! The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond seventh grade boys track and field team won the 42nd annual Jr. High Okaw Conference meet at Tuscola on Tuesday, May 2. Seventh grade boys remaining for the team picture afterward are: from left to right: Ashton Crumrin, Coach Don McCarthy, Dustin Snyder,…
Read MoreCerro Gordo Bement Girls Capture Lincoln Prairie Conference Track & Field Title
CGB Girls Track and Field – Lincoln Prairie Conference Champions!! The Cerro Gordo Bement Lady Broncos captured the championship of the third annual Lincoln Prairie Conference track and field meet held in Arthur on Friday, May 5. The girls scored 121 points to win over second place Arcola who scored 77. Pictured here after the…
Read MoreCEO TRADE SHOW
Kaci Beachy, left, displays her wares at the CEO Trade Show Tuesday, April 25, at Yoder’s in Arthur. The CEO program teaches students in Douglas and Moultrie counties about entrepreneurship. Kaci is a senior at Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond High School and created the business K.B. Boutique. She said the business “is a rural, agriculture-based…
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