The Vermilion County Conservation District will host an “Illinois RiverWatch Network” training workshop on Saturday, March 19, 9 am – 4 pm at the Kennekuk Environmental Education Center, Kennekuk County Park. The workshop is offered by The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) will train and certify participants as citizen scientists […]
Author: Dani Tietz
Maple Syrup Hike at Forest Glen Preserve scheduled for March 13
The Vermilion County Conservation District will offer a guided Maple Syrup Time Hike at Forest Glen Preserve on Sunday, March 13 at 1:30 p.m. The hike follows Willow Creek Trail and participants will learn the history of syrup making from the time of the native Americans thru the settlement years to […]
Athlete of the Week: Grant Brewer
Oakwood’s Grant Brewer captured an IHSA Class 1A Regional title wrestling at 145-lbs. Saturday. Brewer pinned all three opponents at the Heyworth Regional. With a 32-10 Brewer competes again on Feb. 11.
Indoor mask mandate to end in some circumstances on Feb. 28
Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday that the state of Illinois plans to lift the statewide indoor mask requirement on Monday, February 28, 2022, but still intends to continue masking requirements in P-12 schools subject to pending litigation which impacts a number of schools. Mask requirements will continue where they are […]
5 Essentials Survey open to parents
The 5 Essentials Survey is now open to students, teachers and parents through March 11. Administered by a third party, the UChicago Impact at the University of Chicago, the 5 Essentials Survey was implemented by ISBE more than eight years ago as a tool to gain confidential feedback about the […]
St. Jude Monticello-to-Peoria Run seeks runners
The St. Jude Monticello-to-Peoria Run is looking for runners with a heart for St. Jude. Founded in 2012, this year the team celebrates its 10th year running for the kids of St. Jude. The team also celebrates another special milestone this year; they will break the $500,000 mark in their […]
Local districts make decisions on requiring masks after temporary restraining order issued
Students in the Mahomet-Seymour School District had the option of wearing a mask—or not—as they came to school Monday morning. The change came on the back of a temporary restraining order granted Friday by Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow in response to a lawsuit brought to the court […]
Uniting Pride provides community, celebration for LBGTQIA+ community
Every human needs a place to belong. And yet, throughout all of time, groups of people have been separated from the whole, been made to feel as though they are less than, and even, many times, intimidated to be who they were born to be. The Mahomet-Seymour community felt a […]
Commentary: This snow is the chance for kids to be kids
There are two things I remember about snow as a child: one I considered good and the other I considered bad. We’ll start off with the bad. It seems it snowed more in rural Indiana in the 1980’s than it does now. The chance of a white Christmas was likely, […]
East Central Illinois Legacy Project: Urbana was first school district in the State to desegregate
If you don’t know the story, you probably know of the image of six-year-old Ruby Bridges walking down the stairs outside of William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on Nov. 14, 1960. The small Black girl in a dress and cardigan was surrounded by three U.S. Marshalls when she […]
