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Buy Your Tickets Now for Bent Back Glider Bench

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Atwood Chamber of Commerce is raffling off a 5’ Bent Back Glider Bench w/cupholder with the winner to be drawn at 8 p.m. on Saturday, August 17 during the Atwood Apple Dumpling Festival, need not be present to win. The bench is on display at the First State Bank of Atwood. Tickets are selling at…

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Remington Hiser commits to Blackburn College for wrestling

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Remington Hiser signing his letter of intent to wrestle at Blackburn College surrounded by Coach Klemm, his mom and sister. By BLAKE FAITH Staff Writer Mt. Zion wrestling senior Remington Hiser committed to wrestle at Blackburn College next year. “They have a beautiful campus and it’s really inclusive. They have a lot of clubs that…

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Cameron Schroth commits to play football at Knox College

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Cameron Schroth surrounded by his parents and Coach Etherton before singing his letter of intent to play college football at Knox College. By BLAKE FAITH Staff Writer Mt. Zion football senior Cameron Schroth committed to play football at Knox College. “I chose Knox because when we got there, my coach automatically knew about me,” Schroth…

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Vinny Fiore commits to wrestle at Millikin

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Vinny Fiore signing his letter of intent to wrestle at Millikin University surrounded by his parents, sister and Coach Klemm. By BLAKE FAITH Staff Writer Mt. Zion wrestling senior Vinny Fiore committed to wrestle at Millikin University. “I chose Millikin mainly because, well obviously, money, but also the biggest reason is, we have coaches,” Fire…

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Karson Bollhorst commits to North Central College for football

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Karson Bollhorst surrounded by his family as he signs his letter of intent to play football at North Central College. By BLAKE FAITH Staff Writer Mt. Zion football senior Karson Bollhirst committed to play football at North Central College. “They had a really good business program as they were telling me,” Bollhorst said. “The team’s…

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Douglas County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom program recently received a $5,000 grant from “ADM Cares”

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ADM CARES GRANT. The Douglas County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom program recently received a $5,000 grant from “ADM Cares”. Pictured are left to right: Leah Hembrough ADM Account Manager, Elizabeth Mitsdarffer ADM Account Manager, Tyler Harvey, Douglas County Farm Bureau Manager, and Michelle Simpson, ADM Account Manager. The Douglas County Farm Bureau Ag…

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Sen. Rose Files Resolution to Stop OSHA’s Proposed Plan and Prevent Volunteer Fire Departments from Shutting Down

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Springfield, IL—State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) has filed a resolution to prevent OSHA from enacting the new Emergency Response rule, which would be impractical for volunteer fire and emergency departments. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed updates to emergency response standards that would replace the current safety standards for fire departments. As…

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New Stop Signs Added Within Village Limits

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By DORIS ELMORE Staff Writer The Atwood Village Board voted to add additional stop signs at Wisconsin & Orchard and Wisconsin & Forest at their regular meeting on Monday, July 8. The traffic will stop on Wisconsin, so residents should be aware and pay attention to these new signs when traveling these streets. Village residents…

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Moultrie-Douglas County Fair Queens crowned July 8

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MEYER CROWNED 2024 MISS MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS. Claire Meyer of Tuscola was crowned the 2024 Miss Moultrie-Douglas County Fair Queen Monday evening, July 8 as storms rolled through the fairgrounds forcing the pageant to be moved inside the ALAH High School gym. Pictured are Maci Clodfelder (Villa Grove) 1st Runner-Up, newly crowned 2024 Miss Moultrie-Douglas Claire Meyer…

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