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Newton, IL, USA / WIKK 103.5 FM The Eagle | Classic Rock Mar 9, 2021 8:05 AM (OLNEY) The Olney City Council met last night in regular session for nearly four hours. The Council : approved the payment of all accounts payable : approved the $443,613 bid from Kieffer Brothers Construction for the Jasper Street & Lincoln Street 10-inch waterline replacement project : agreed to designate a Handicapped Parking Space on the northeast side of the municipal parking lot near Market Street Medical : agree...

(OLNEY) The Richland County TB & Health Office in Olney is reporting two (2) COVID-19 cases over the past week, since last Monday (3/1/21). The nu...

Newton, IL, USA / WIKK 103.5 FM The Eagle | Classic Rock Mar 9, 2021 8:22 AM (OLNEY) Congratulations to two Olney women, recognized by the Illinois Principals Association for their partnership to provide a school-based one-on-one youth mentoring program. Cris Edwards, Principal for the Richland County Elementary School, and Dana Baker, Director of Mentor Richland County, have jointly received the 2021 Reaching Out & Building Bridges Award from the IPA. Created to recognize an IPA principal or a...

Newton, IL, USA / WIKK 103.5 FM The Eagle | Classic Rock Mar 9, 2021 7:47 AM (CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported 1,182 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday with only 5 additional deaths. The state’s death toll due is at 20,767. The latest hospitalization report for Illinois shows 1,178 individuals in statewide hospitals with COVID-19. Of those, there were 266 patients in Intensive Care Units and 118 patients with COVID-19 on ventilators. For updates on all the inform...

Newton, IL, USA / WIKK 103.5 FM The Eagle | Classic Rock Mar 9, 2021 8:23 AM (SPRINGFIELD) The University of Illinois Extension is continuing its weekly webinar series for smaller farming operations, running every Thursday afternoon from 12:00 noon to 1:00. For details or to register, logon at www.web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=22955. The schedule includes : * * * March 25 : Kathryn Pereira, Marlie Wilson, Dakarai Howard : wholesale market benefits for small farms Fo...

Newton, IL, USA / WIKK 103.5 FM The Eagle | Classic Rock Mar 6, 2021 7:16 AM (OLNEY) Carle Health has named a new interim president for Carle Richland Memorial Hospital and its clinics. Gina Thomas is now serving as president with the recent departure of Harry Brockus from Carle Health. Ms. Thomas has been with Carle Richland Memorial Hospital since 1999, having most recently served as Chief Nursing Officer. Thomas has been a successful part of the Carle Richland Memorial Hospital leadership te...

(OLNEY) in Junior College Basketball on this Saturday - here's the doubleheader matchups involving the District and GRAC teams WOMEN & MEN * the O...

(SPRINGFIELD) The USDA has extended general sign up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), giving producers a chance to enroll land for the first...

(NEWTON) The Winter Jasper County Solid Waste Program continues tomorrow with the County Highway Garage dumpsters, along Route 33 northeast of Newton,...

Mar 5, 2021 8:19 AM (SPRINGFIELD) The USDA is providing technical and financial assistance to help Illinois farmers and livestock producers recover from damages brought on by recent winter storms. Farmers may contact their local USDA Service Center to learn about the programs available to help them recover from crop, land, infrastructure, and livestock/grazing and feed losses. For more, go to farmers.gov/recover/disaster-tool. Producers who have risk protection through Federal Crop Insurance or...