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RENOVO — Bucktail Medical Center recently received a $7,600 check from Clinton County Government by way of a grant from the PA Rural Health Initiative. The fu

RENOVO — Bucktail Medical Center recently received a $7,600.00 check from Clinton County Government by way of a grant from the PA Rural Health Initiative. The

Tim Reeves has resigned as CEO of Bucktail Medical Center, a 16-bed critical access hospital in Renovo, Pa. Board Chair John Lugg has appointed Laura Murny

Vickie Dianne Ryan, age 68, passed away peacefully on Feb. 21, 2022, at her home with her family.

Jeff Rankin: Undertaker’s wife had interesting life Jeff Rankin The Rankin File One of the frustrations of researching 19th-century life in western Illinois is that married women were generally regarded as wives and not as individuals. Even their obituaries often failed to disclose their first names. They were Mrs. (husband’s last name) and they were only recognized in light of how they complemented their spouses. Occasionally, when women had long been widowed and reached an advanced age, t...

Jeff Rankin: Historic Monmouth store fell victim to retail trends Jeff Rankin The Rankin File As long ago as the early 1960s, downtown Monmouth merchants were worried about the encroachment of shopping centers and discount stores on traditional retail establishments. We know now that they had good reason to worry. One of those merchants was about as traditional as you could find. Fred Schmitz, who for more than a quarter century ran a fabric store on the Public Square, showing up every day wear...

Jeff Rankin: John Lugg — Monmouth’s memorable mortician Jeff Rankin The Rankin File For most of us, the profession of funeral director may seem dreary or even macabre, and conjure up the image of a polite but morose individual. Although his name might have reflected those characteristics, longtime Monmouth mortician John Lugg would never have been described in those terms. Upon his death in 1951, he was celebrated as one of the city’s most engaged and engaging characters — an erudite, c...