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The Fairfield City Council met last night. Aldermen approved a $1.8 million bid from Caldwell Tank, Inc., out of Louisville, Kentucky for a new water tower next to the million gallon storage tank on Northwest Seventh Street. Funding will come from a combination of TIF and city funding and a grant from then-Representative Darren Bailey. The City will likely need to finance about $700,000 of the project, per Alderman Tyler Lampley, and it may utilize a line of credit to do so. Payment would take one year and would have no impact on the general fund. The council heard several nominations for city...

Parades, patriotic ceremonies abound in cities and villages for Memorial Day.

A memorial ceremony was held Sunday in honor of an Irish-American pilot who was killed in a freak accident nearly a century ago.

FCHS Assistant Principal Bobby Wells says the school is planning to move away from the block schedule used for classes this past year, going back to a normal 8-3 format. He also says the school hopes to be completely maskless next year, but it is waiting to see where the CDC, IDPH, and state Board of Education guide them in the coming months. A good crowd was on hand for Memorial Day services yesterday in the Veterans Section of Maple Hill Cemetery. Fairfield Mayor Mike Dreith was the speaker for the event, and American Legion Post 176 Commander Tom Seaman and VFW Post 4535 Commander Ron Van ...

Observances slated for Tomahawk, Merrill, Rhinelander By MMC Staff NORTHERN WISCONSIN – Veterans organizations and the public are set to celebrate Memorial Day with numerous ceremonies in the area. Events are scheduled for Saturday, May 29, as well as on Memorial Day on Monday, May 31. The Lincoln County Veterans Service Office announced they will observe the day with flags to mark veteran graves in the cemeteries. “Volunteers from the area will be placing Memorial Day flags at the grave of veterans on record with the Lincoln County Veterans Service Office,” a release stated, noting that...