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The Weekly Post and The Prairie News will not publish a June 11/12 edition. We will be taking our annual summer vacation this week. Our offices will be closed from Friday, June 5 through Thursday, June 11. We will resume operations and our offices will be open, as normal, on Friday June 12. The Weekly Post deadline for advertizing will be Monday, June 15 at noon for the for the June 18 edition. The Prairie News advertizing deadline will be Tuesday, June 16 at noon for the June 19 edition. Thank you for your readership.

By ANDY LATORAFor The Weekly Post PRINCEVILLE – Chad Gardner likely reached his pitch count Monday night at the Princeville Board of Trustees meeting at Village Hall. Gardner, Princeville’s superintendent of public works, updated the board on the progress of projects underway in the village. The update was lengthy, but for good reason. Gardner had been absent from the twice-a-month board meetings for a bit since he’s also the softball coach at Princeville High School. Since the Lady Princes’ season concluded recently, Gardner was available to provide information on the progress of, for example, the village’s wastewater treatment plant and…

By CAROL TOWNSENDFor The Prairie News GALVA – A crowd of about 150 concerned citizens from Galva and the surrounding area filled half of the Galva High School gym Monday to hear more information on a proposed carbon-dioxide sequestration project. Among the items the crowd heard was a recommendation by Mat Schnepple, the director of the Henry-Stark County Office of Emergency Services, to place a moratorium on the project proposed by Lapis Carbon Solutions and the Big River Resources ethanol plant. Under the proposed plan, an estimated 725,000 metric tons of CO2 per year for the next 12 years would be…

Galva ReportOfficer dispatched:5-25 – to the 00 block of SW 4th St. for a trespassing complaint.5-25 – to the 600 block of N. Center Ave. for an animal neglect complaint.5-25 – to the 00 block of SW 4th St. for a civil standby to retrieve property.5-25 – to the 00 block of SW 4th St. for a loud noise complaint.5-26 – to the 400 block of SE 4th St. for a reckless driving complaint. Officer was not able to locate suspect vehicle.5-27 – to the 900 block of W. Division St. for a disturbance complaint. As a result, Luke Rawlings,…

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…

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…

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…

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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 –…

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…