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CERRO GORDO MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES
CERRO GORDO MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES The Cerro Gordo American Legion Post #117, Auxiliary Unit, and Sons of the American Legion held Memorial Day services at four cemeteries on Monday, May 26. The cemeteries were Cross, Croninger (Cisco), LaPlace and Cerro Gordo. A potluck luncheon will be held for those involved in the ceremony at the…
Read MoreWELCOME TO ATWOOD SIGN
WELCOME TO ATWOOD. On Tuesday, June 3 the Welcome to Atwood sign was installed on the east side of Dollar General. The sign says it all. Thank you Atwood Village Board. Great job!
Read MoreKIDS CAMP
KIDS CAMP. The 3rd Annual Piatt County Fair Kids Camp was held this past week at the fairgrounds in Cerro Gordo for Kingergarten-8th grade students. Fifty kids attended the week long camp making a wide variety of craft projects that will be entered at the fair and will be on display until Saturday at which…
Read MoreCAREER VARSITY POINTS RECORD
CAREER VARSITY POINTS RECORD. Kyson Pflum was recently recognized for surpassing 2,000 career varsity points while playing for Arthur Christian School. He is only the second boys basketball player in school history to accomplish this feat. Pflum ended his high school career with 2,046 varsity points, scoring 708 of those during his senior year. Kyson…
Read MoreMACON COUNTY ROYALTY.
MACON COUNTY ROYALTY. The 2025 Miss Macon County Fair Queen pageant was held on Thursday evening at the fairgrounds as 26 contestants competed for their respective titles. Pictured are newly crowned 2025 Junior Miss Kennedy Warnsley, 2025 Miss Macon County Fair Queen Alyssa Wicks, and 2025 Little Miss Kingsley Joyner. Wicks, a St. Teresa High…
Read MoreA-HGS DARE Graduates 18 Students
Alexandria Stodden, DARE Poster Winner A-H Grade School DARE Graduates: The students are correctly identified as follows, front row, Liam Brinkley, Alexandria Stodden, Megan Schrock, Ceres Norton, Ayden Mort, Mila Heykoop, Officer Brazzell, Serenity Blakey, Kaidan Bradshaw, Abram Binion, Bentley Hutchison and BrynnLeigh Ensign. Back row, Gabriella Perez, Jace Trower, Lane Larkins, Noah Peeler, William…
Read MoreMt. Zion Softball 3A Regional Champs
BRAVES REGIONAL CHAMPIONS. The Mt. Zion girls softball team won the Regional Championship for the 8th year in a row defeating Charleston 12-7 last Friday and advanced to the sectional semi-final on Wednesday evening. Pictured is (front row) Emma Weaver,Tatum Gray, Ana Kanemaru, Molly Doolin,Nikki Ellegood, and Addison Rotz. Middle row: Ellie Green, Izzy Bolyard,…
Read MoreALAH High School Boys Track and Field at the IHSA State Meet
ALAH senior Jacob Tighe looks to see where his shot put lands at the IHSA Boys State Track and Field prelims on Thursday, May 29. Jacob’s best throw of the day was 47’ 10.5” but did not advance him to the finals. Jacob had a great career in the shot put in his four years…
Read MoreCGB’s Fuson earns ninth in 1600; just misses medaling in 800
Cerro Gordo/Bements Will Fuson (174) leads his heat of the 800 in the preliminaries of the Class 1A state track and field meet at Eastern Illinois University. Fuson ran a 2:00.5 and made the finals. Sally McCarthy photo By Mike Monahan CHARLESTON – For the second season in a row Will Fuson, a member of…
Read MoreStirrett signs to play football for Illinois College
Maddix Stirrett, pictured here with his brother, Mace, dad, Mikie, mom, Megan and sister, Maelee plans to major in accounting at Illinois College. Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond High School is proud to announce that senior football student-athlete Maddix Stirrett will be continuing both his academic and athletic career at Illinois College. Illinois College, located in…
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