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Festival season opens with strawberries
By The Weekly Post ELMWOOD – Summer is drawing near, and so is the smell of grilling pork chops and the taste of festival food. The area’s festival season starts Saturday, June 6, when Elmwood holds its Strawberry Festival. The 38th annual food fest in Central Park returns many similar features. At the center of it all is a wide variety of sweet strawberry treats, kids activities, a car show, a food tent, craft vendors, a quilt show and live music in the bandstand. New this year will be Hot Wheels drag races for kids during the car show. The car…
Opting out could be power play
Ameren rates rising, but Farmington has no Homefield edge By JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post FARMINGTON – While Ameren Illinois is raising its prices for electricity, the City of Farmington’s alternative supplier still can’t compete. Ameren’s announced rate of 11.3 cents per killowatt hour effective June 1 is lower than the rate of 11.89 cents per kWh that the city receives from Homefield Energy of Collinsville. As a result, Farmington residents in the city’s electric aggregation program are reminded they can opt out of deals with Homefield at any time. To opt out, call 1-866-694-1262 and have your 10-digit Ameren account…
The Weekly Post public record for 6-4-26
NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Police reports • PRINCEVILLE – A Princeville man was arrested twice in as many days following disturbances at a local business. Siddharthsinh B. Jadeja, 36, was jailed following both incidents, which took place at the BP gasoline station at 614 E. Main St., according to heavily redacted Peoria County Sheriff’s Office reports. One incident happened about 12:30 p.m. May 3, the other about 6:45 p.m. May 4. A non-arrest gas-station incident that apparently involved Jadeja happened shortly after 7:15 p.m. May 2. A woman indicated she was…
Dabbling in trout down in Missouri
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The Prairie News public record for 5-29-26
NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Galva ReportOfficer dispatched:5-18 – to the 300 block of SE 6th St. for a complaint of suspicious activity.5-19 – to the 500 block of SW 3rd St. for a 911 hang-up complaint. Officer checked the area, but was not able to locate anyone needing assistance.5-19 – Officer met with a resident on Swank St. to discuss a city ordinance violation they had received.5-19 – to the 100 block of SE 1st Ave. for a loose-dog complaint. The dog was located and returned to its owner.5-19 –…
Couple was sold on Williamsfield
By NICK VLAHOSFor The Weekly Post WILLIAMSFIELD – One existing building in Williamsfield has become the site of 16 new addresses. Scott Perkins and Bobby Brown hope that leads to at least 16 new residents. The husband-and-wife team are the owners of Country Aire Senior Manor, a new independent-living facility along Illinois Route 180. The new owners purchased the building earlier this year for about $200,000 from the village, which received it last year by donation. For Brown and Perkins, it sounds like it was love at first sight. “We didn’t even make it into the building and I told…
Brimfield making progress on new bus barn
By ANDY LATORAFor The Weekly Post BRIMFIELD – The Brimfield School Board’s monthly meeting coincided with the last day of school for the district’s student on May 20. “We’re out before Memorial Day so that’s always very good for everyone’s psyche,” Brimfield Superintendent Chad Jones said. Jones then provided a brief update on the progress of the district’s bus barn, where interior walls have been framed and mechanical and electrical rough-ins are being completed. Power will be provided to all of the existing equipment and overhead doors in the coming weeks. “It looks terrific in there,” Jones said. “There’s still…
At the root of sidewalk problem
Trees axed during city repair projects By JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post ELMWOOD – Insurance costs and planting trees were two main topics of discussion during a brief meeting of the Elmwood City Council on May 15. As part of recent sidewalk-repair projects on Magnolia and Main streets, several trees located in the city right-of-way were cut down. Alderman Nathan Brunnelson said roots from the trees, some of them quite large, were causing problems with heaving of the sidewalks. Brunnelson said the plan is to plant trees this fall and to offer residents four species from which to choose. Because of…
The Weekly Post public record for 5-28-26
NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Police reports • PRINCEVILLE – Shots were fired at a Princeville-area residence that was the scene of a recent armed standoff. One of the residents told authorities her friends were target shooting on the property. Illinois State Police and Peoria and Stark county deputies responded about 9 p.m. April 30 to the residence, in the 13900 block of Illinois Route 90. Someone nearby heard more than a dozen shots, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report. Law enforcement surrounded the residence and commanded everybody inside…
The Prairie News public record for the week of 4-24-26, 5-1-26, 5-8-26 and 5-15-26
NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Week of 5-15-26 Peoria County Report5-1 – Joshua M. Belville, 34, of Wyoming surrendered shortly before 10 a.m. at the Peoria County Jail regarding a warrant related to 2025 vehicle-related offenses, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.Galva ReportOfficer dispatched:5-4 – to the 700 block of NW 4th St. to assist a citizen suffering from an apparent mental-health crisis.5-4- to the 500 block of SE Industrial Ave. to speak to a subject about an ongoing property-line dispute.5-4 – to the 800 block of NW 3rd Ave….
