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Bartonville reveals next steps for this towering 'nuisance' property

The days are numbered for a towering Peoria County eyesore property. Bartonville has purchased the former Allied Mills plant and is looking for a contractor demolish a structure it has deemed a "nuisance" for decades. According to Peoria County property records, the village took control of the property after it had been deemed abandoned last May. The property's former owner, Lord Mic Williams, was forced to give up the property in December 2024 after he had been deemed delinquent in his tax payments to the county. More: 'Nuisance property': Why Bartonville is in conflict with owner of old Allied Mills plant Now, Mayor Leon Ricca is looking to get a contractor in place for demolition before Dec. 1, with the process of demolition likely to take around a year before everything is brought down. "Well, it's out for bid right now," Ricca told the Journal Star. "We've had a lot of interest from demolition contractors around the country. Sometime after Dec. 1, we'll make a determination on which contractor gets awarded the bid. It'll probably take a year to tear it down; a lot of the asbestos has to be remediated from that and from the silos behind it." Ricca

Bartonville, IL · 11h

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Pekin has a new public golf course as Pekin Country Club becomes Marigold Meadows

PEORIA (25News Now) -As of this week, the Pekin Country Club golf course has a new name and is no longer private. Marigold Meadows is the name for the now public golf course that has quite the reputation for it’s putting greens and fun golf course!. Get 25NewsStreaming on...

Pekin, IL · 1d

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Twirl Into Decades Of Family Memories At This Unassuming Illinois Italian Restaurant In Pekin

A sandwich that shares its name with a Venetian boat has been pulling central Illinois families back to the same tables for decades. It’s called the gondola, and some folks still tie it to childhood memories from the early 1990s. The bread gets talked about just as much. It’s...

Pekin, IL · 6d

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New owners will close Hanna City’s Coffee Can

The Coffee Can coffee shop in Hanna City is scheduled to close permanently after its second shutdown, with its final day of operation set for Friday, November 13.

Hanna City, IL · 20h

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Illini Bluffs, Tri-Valley ready for state volleyball experience

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — One is a first timer at state, the other a two-timer. Both are small central Illinois schools ready to make a big impression at the state volleyball tournament Friday. Illini Bluffs plays at state for the only the second time in school history. The school with fewer than 250 students will […]

Glasford, IL · 14h

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Most People Drive Right Past These 7 Illinois Hot Dog Stands That Never Changed A Thing

One stand on this list piles the fries right on top of the hot dog and still won’t hand you ketchup. Another claims credit for putting a batter-dipped hot dog on a stick along old Route 66. I love that kind of stubbornness. Illinois has plenty of flashy food...

Illinois · 16h

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New ALPLM acquisition details Lincoln’s dry-goods purchases

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Oh, the things you can pick up at auction for two bucks. A Petersburg family has donated to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum a ledger from a local dry-goods store documenting sales for thirteen months in 1836-37. A young lawyer and lawmaker named Abraham Lincoln was a frequent customer, buying, among other things, clothing materials — buttons, fabric, and thread – to likely either make a suit or repair an existing one.

Springfield, IL · 1d

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Peoria County regional superintendent reveals oversight gap in ELITE program as PPS prepares for NOVA Academy

PEORIA (25News Now) - As Peoria Public Schools prepares to replace ELITE Community Outreach’s Game Changer Safe School with its new NOVA Academy, Peoria County’s regional superintendent says confusion over who was responsible for monitoring the program may have allowed compliance issues to go unchecked for years. The...

Peoria County, IL · 2d