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BRENDEN MOORE DECATUR — Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe admitted that the current state of the downtown trolley is a pet peeve of hers. It’s a sentiment shared by several members of the city council, who expressed frustration with the lack of ridership, decrying it as a waste of resources. “They drive around town all day with nobody on them,” Moore Wolfe said. “... The driver must get really lonely.” But, concerns aside, the council voted Monday to authorize the use of up to $785,000 in federal grant funds for the purchase of two new hybrid trolleys f...

DECATUR — Decatur City Council members are used to grappling with problems of how to stretch too few tax dollars to cover the city’s needs. But their meeting Wednesday night presented them with a new and more pleasant financial conundrum: how to spend more than $458,000 of taxpayer money made available to them by the federal government for the sole purpose of helping people. Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe had earlier suggested council members come up with their own ideas for spending the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds, and got plenty of proposals: suggestio...

DECATUR — John Jackson traveled across the globe in his role at Archer Daniels Midland Co., executing various optimization projects everywhere from South America to Europe.

The facility will be owned and operated by InnovaFeed and will co-locate with ADM’s Decatur corn processing complex. Construction is targeted to begin in 2021, pending necessary permitting and approvals. CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW With future economic development in mind, the Decatur City Council approved an engineering agreement that will explore how to best serve a large, unsewered area on the city’s industrial northeast side. The council voted 5-1 on Monday to approve the $180,859 agreement with engineering firm Clark Dietz Inc., with Councilman David Horn voting "...

DECATUR — Decatur City Council members who pledged to take a vote on whether to relax restrictions on indoor service at bars and restaurants when they meet Tuesday are going to be faced with tap-dancing their way through a regulatory and financial minefield. The risk, city officials warn, is that the state will retaliate expensively against cities that defy the rules put in place to try and slow the COVID-19 pandemic.   But council members Chuck Kuhle and Lisa Gregory made it clear at the last council meeting on Jan. 11 that they wanted a vote on allowing at least a reopening to 25...