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Real estate transfers in Brown County for April 2024
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. Jones Real Estate Holdings, LLC of Charlotte, N.C., sold 102 acres...
Virginia Theatre Festival Announces Casting For LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced casting for its upcoming production of the beloved cult-classic musical Little Shop of Horrors. Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Jeffrey Meanza, will run from July 11-21 in Culbreth Theatre. The cast for Little Shop of Horrors will include:. Robert Ariza (Seymour): Robert (he/him)...
Off-Duty Adams County Deputy Dies Following Excavator Accident in Madison County
(Adams Co) The Madison County Sheriff’s Office identified the man who died following an excavator accident as 34-year-old Nicholas Koeppe, of Corning. Koeppe is an Adams County Sheriff’s Deputy who was off-duty and working a part-time job at the time of the incident. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office...
Town leaders question Janesville-area solar farm
JANESVILLE — Local leaders have a mixed reaction to a 150-megawatt solar farm proposed to be built on up to 1,500 acres of farmland in the towns of Harmony and La Prairie, near Janesville. Allan Arndt, chair of the town of La Prairie, said state law doesn’t give municipalities much say over location, size and appearance of solar installations. So, he will focus on getting safeguards in place, so the land is made suitable again for agricultural use when it’s decommissioned. ...
Illini Community Hospital to be host of food drive on Wednesday
PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Illini Community Hospital will be the host of a “bonus” food drive on Wednesday, May 15, beginning at 3 p.m. and running until all food is distributed. Bowlers Universe, 113 Williams Industrial Dr., will be the distribution site. This second food drive of the...
Central IL manufacturers get slices of $1.7M state grant
CHICAGO, Ill. (WCIA) — Four small to mid-sized Central Illinois manufacturers received parts of a $1.7 million state grant to encourage growth and innovation. The Made in Illinois Grant Program awarded more than $30,000 each to manufacturers in Champaign, Danville, and Jacksonville. Through Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) and […]
Softball Game Recap: Springfield Southeast Takes a Loss
Springfield Southeast lost against Jacksonville back in April of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Springfield Southeast Spartans lost 24-1 to the Jacksonville Crimsons. Springfield Southeast has not had much luck with Jacksonville recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
‘Get off me!’: Former girlfriend tells jury how she was beaten, strangled and threatened to be shot by Loraine man
QUINCY — An Adams County jury of six men and six women listened to a recording Monday afternoon during which a Loraine woman, nine months pregnant at the time, claims she was strangled, bitten and had a loaded gun shoved into her throat and pointed at her stomach by her boyfriend.
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