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MORTON – Not all the business news from COVID-19 pandemic-plagued 2020 was bleak. The village of Morton received 3.8% more sales tax revenue from the state during 2020 than it did in 2019. The exact figures, according to Village Administrator Julie Smick, were $4,436,796 in revenue in 2020 compared to $4,273,140 in 2019, an increase of $163,656. Other nearby communities, meanwhile, saw small dips in their revenue. Business adaptability was key to keep revenue flowing So how was this feat achieved? In large part because of never-say-die small business owners like Keely LeTourneau and Carol ...

WASHINGTON — City Administrator Ray Forsythe retired for personal reasons Friday, less than three weeks after informing city staff and elected officials about his decision. He was the city's highest-paid employee, with an annual salary of $133,515 after receiving a 3.5% pay raise last year. The city administrator oversees the day-to-day operations of the city. Forsythe sent an email about his impending retirement to city staff and elected officials April 7, the day after the city election. He was on vacation from April 7 until Friday. Before coming to Washington, Forsythe served as plannin...

ARi provides engineering solutions and services. "The timing of our merger with ARi couldn't have been better," Rasmussen said. "With more RVs on the road now, more will need windshield repairs and replacement. "We're the predominant provider of RV windshield replacement within a 70-mile radius of our shop, and we've gotten national attention because of our ZG3 Technology. We have a customer coming soon from Pennsylvania to get work done on an RV." Rasmussen said an ARi employee who has a woodworking shop near the former ZGlass location in Washington brought ARi and ZGlass together for discus...

A figurative buzz and a literal buzz. Association members want the city to allow beekeeping within Washington city limits, pointing to what they consider an effective beekeeping ordinance adopted by Peoria in 2016 after a similar campaign. There are about 150 association members in Tazewell, Peoria and Woodford counties. Some members are experienced beekeepers. Others are new to the hobby. Peoria is the lone community in the three-county area that allows beekeeping. Association members want other communities to join the list. "We're starting with Washington. We want to get other several commu...

MORTON – Jeff Kaufman and Candice Cain have signed on the dotted line. Kaufman, the mayor of Morton, and Cain, president of Long Island-based Gemelli Films, have put their signatures on a contact approved Wednesday by the Morton Village Board that will mean the film company's "Baking Up Love" movie will be shot entirely in Morton. Under terms of the contract approved Wednesday, Gemelli Films will receive a $75,000 tourism grant from Morton. But the village will receive a number of guarantees from the film company in return, including possible revenue.  In exchange for giving Gemelli Films...