Hancock County, IL

Sorry to hear of the untimely passing of Troy VanFleet this week. Please keep his family and friends in your prayers. Got the last two sets of shelving out of the antique mall on Monday. Again, Sullivan’s Antiques and More at 9th and Hampshire has permanently closed so all the merchandise I had there is now in Plymouth. Come help me make some room for more!

CARTHAGE, Ill. — Hancock County is updating the Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan. Jack Curfman, Hancock County ESDA coordinator, says the current plan, adopted in 2018, will be expiring in 2023. “The Federal Emergency Management Agency requires that each jurisdiction has an approved Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan to be...

A Hancock County barn that dates back to the 1880s has a new home. But despite the barn moving less than 10 miles, it's been quite a journey. It’s known as the Bolton Barn, because it was built on Alexander Bolton’s farm in Sonora Township north of Nauvoo.

Carthage, Ill.- The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office has arrested one person following a shots fired call. TV station WGEM reports that on Wednesday at 3:14 PM Hancock County Deputies received a call of shots fired in the area of 499 Wabash avenue in Carthage, Illinois. Deputies were able to...

QUINCY — Blessing Hospice provides end-of-life care to terminally ill patients and support to their loved ones who provide the patient’s in-home care. Volunteers visit with patients for an hour, once a week, so their loved ones can leave the home to run errands. Volunteers may also serve on the Bedside Emotional Support Team. Those team members sit with a patient in their final hours when they are without the support of family and friends nearby.

Wednesday night, July 20th, was again a major event at the annual Hancock County Fair held at the Augusta Fairgrounds. That was particularly true for one local young lady, Emma Whitaker. Whitaker walked away with the Fair Queen title for this year. Another local entry, Grace Hester, didn’t do badly...

MACOMB — The ISP have identified the person killed during a gunfire exchange with police in Hancock County Wednesday, July 13 as Muscatine, Iowa resident Timothy Ostrander, 31. As previously reported, officers in Hancock County were called to respond to a report of a suspicious person the afternoon of...

Muddy River News transaction information is obtained from Illinois Real Estate Transfer Declaration forms accompanying recorded documents. Dates provided may differ from actual transaction or recording dates. Further details may be obtained from the PTAX form or recorded documents. The Hulls Family Trust sold a 41.07-acre farm in Sonora to...

Carthage, Ill.- Illinois State Police have identified the man who was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Hancock County. The ISP has identified the suspect as 31-year-old Timothy Ostrander of Muscatine, Iowa. According to a news release, Hancock County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a suspicious person on...

Authorities have released the name of the man accused of holding a Hancock County Sheriff's deputy by gunpoint before being killed by deputies after a chase. Timothy Ostrander, 31, of Muscatine, was killed during a confrontation with police on July 13, according to the Illinois State Police. The day of...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ill. (KWQC) - A Muscatine man is dead after state police say he took a deputies car and was shot by deputies. Illinois State Police on July 13 were called to investigate a shooting that involved two Hancock County Sheriff’s Office deputies. According to state police, Hancock...

Illinois State Police have identified the person killed in an officer-involved shooting in Hancock County as Timothy Ostrander, 31, of Muscatine, Iowa. The shooting happened on the afternoon of July 13 after a Hancock County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a report of a suspicious person. According to state...

HANCOCK COUNTY — After weeks of enduring severe bumps at street and business entrances coming onto Illinois 61 from both Plymouth and Augusta, W. L. Miller Company began the process of smoothing out life for these residents on Wednesday, July 13th. They completed that work in Plymouth on Wednesday,...