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School board OKs hire of Nathan Darko By JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post ELMWOOD – The Elmwood School Board on Monday approved Nathan Darko as its new dean of students and director of athletics in the high school and junior high. A resident of Bartonville, Darko currently works as a teacher with the Special Education Association of Peoria County. He has also taught physical education and coached junior-high girls basketball at Oak Grove School and was high school cheerleading coach at Limestone (2013-15) and Farmington (2018-23. While a student at Limestone High School, Darko had surgeries to remove a brain tumor…

By NICK VLAHOSFor The Weekly Post BRIMFIELD – Less than a month after a season that ended with a second successive Elite Eight appearance, Brimfield-Elmwood needed a new softball head coach. During its meeting June 24, the Brimfield School Board accepted the retirement of Kurt Juerjens, who since 2014 had coached the B-E high school varsity program. He also retired as Brimfield Grade School softball head coach, a position he’d held since 2015. “I just thought it was time,” Juerjens said a few days after the meeting. “I have some other things going on in life, and it was just…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Police reports • EDWARDS – A suspect in a multi-county police pursuit was found west of Edwards in his stopped vehicle, with an apparent self-inflicted fatal gunshot wound. The vehicle was located about 7 p.m. Sunday on Kramm Road north of Illinois Route 8, according to the Illinois State Police. The vehicle was wanted in connection with a shooting in Springfield. Authorities had stopped the vehicle, but it pulled away, and a chase ensued. State Police did not reveal where the vehicle first was stopped. Stark County…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Incidents & AccidentsStark County5-29 – Michael C. Davis, 50, no address listed, was cited for speeding 70 mph in a 55 zone.5-29 – A complaint of disorderly conduct reported from the 100 block of W.Main St. in Bradford was investigated with no further action.5-29 – A complaint of a young juvenile without supervision was reported in the middle of the road at the intersection of W. Clinton St. and Tonti Road in Toulon. Authorities reported that the minor was no longer in the roadway.5-30 – Steven W….

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Police reports • BRIMFIELD – An apparent fight at Brimfield Community Park resulted in no arrests. The incident was reported shortly before 7:30 p.m. May 24. Accusations included aggravated battery, aggravated assault and vehicular invasion, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report that was redacted almost entirely. Among the redactions were the names of a suspect; a victim from Brimfield; a parent or guardian from Elmwood; a parent or guardian from Brimfield; and three witnesses, one from Brimfield, one from Princeville and one from Marquette Heights….

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Galva ReportOfficer dispatched:6-1 – to a vehicle repossession taking place in the 300 block of NE 1st St.6-1 – While patrolling, officer located a large piece of metal in the roadway in the 1000 block of SE 2 nd St. It was removed.6-2 – three times to the 00 block of SW 4th St. for a loud-music complaint. The complaint was unfounded after officer observed the music was playing at a reasonable volume.6-2 – to the 100 block of NW 8th Ave. for a verbal domestic…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Police reports • PEORIA – A local man was accused of impersonating a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office deputy, including pulling over a driver and destroying his license. Dennis Walker, 43, was charged June 4 with false personation of a police officer in connection with an incident that happened May 27 in the 5800 block of W. Plank Rd. in Bellevue, according to the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office. The victim said Walker was driving an unmarked Ford Explorer with red and blue lights mounted on the dashboard…

June 20 th from 10 – 2 the village of Bishop Hill will be filled with excitement and musicduring the annual Midsommar Festivities. We’ll have a variety of craft, activities andbooths in the village park. Village businesses will have yard games set up for visitors toplay during the day. The Creative Commons will have a chainsaw artist performing.This is a free performance. Just bring a lawn chair and be ready to have fun! Sponsoredby the Geneseo Community Foundation. If you have any questions, contact Kathy atVasaArchivist@gmail.com or 309-927-3898.Schedule:10 am – “It’s not Magic, It’s Science” by Dr. Dean Campbell, Bradley…

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…