Day: May 12, 2021
The Weekly Post public record for 5-6-21
NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Police reports • YATES CITY – Michael D. Smith, 30, of Yates City was charged on April 27 with domestic battery according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s report. • HANNA CITY – Michael S. Mapes, 50, of Hanna City was charged on April 30 with a violation of order of protection according to Peoria County Sheriff’s report. • HANNA CITY – Wendy E. Layton, 54, of Hanna City was charged on May 2 with domestic battery, according to a sheriff’s report….
Prairie News public record for 5-7-21
Incidents & Accidents Stark County 4-21 – A deer-related vehicle accident occurred on 950N, east of the intersection of 1200E. The driver involved was Kenneth D. Curry, 20, of Toulon. No injuries were reported but estimated damages to the vehicle were reported at over $1,500. 5-2 – A single-vehicle accident occurred on Route 91 north of Toulon at 2:56 p.m. The driver involved was Michael C. Dougherty Jr., 27, of Toulon. He was transported by Stark County Ambulance to St. Luke Hospital, in Kewanee. Dougherty was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, driving a vehicle without…
Stark ‘cut ties’ with principal
New school board members seated By JOHN A. BALLENTINE For The Prairie News WYOMING – The Stark County School District has “cut ties” with Junior/Senior High School Principal Jeff Utsinger, according to Superintendent Brett Elliott. Utsinger has been out of the schools since March and last December was hired as Assistant Superintendent in Canton, where he was scheduled to have a start date of July 1. Utsinger had been a principal at Stark County since the 2019-20 school year. Megan McGann was hired in March to replace Utsinger. “Mr. Utsinger had accumulated enough vacation/leave days to close out the school year,”…
Princeville OKs donation to festival
By JEFF LAMPE For The Weekly Post PRINCEVILLE – The Village Board on Monday approved a slight change to zoning rules regarding the construction of fences and approved a donation to the Heritage Days festival. Members of the Princeville Civic Association addressed the board and received a $3,000 donation for Heritage Days, which will be held June 24-28. One change is that the fire department will not host a beer tent, since the state is not yet issuing liquor licenses for non-retail uses. Heritage Days was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The board also heard a report from…
Brimfield planning for Cruise-In, Old Settlers
By LORI HEROLD For The Weekly Post BRIMFIELD – Plans for a Cruise-In supporting diabetes research and Brimfield’s Old Settlers Days summer festival are moving forward as planned after Monday’s meeting of the Brimfield Village Board, during which the board approved closing Illinois Route 150 for the events. The Cruise-In will be on Aug. 7 and Old Settlers Days will be from Aug. 12-14. Brimfield School District Superintendent Tony Shinall spoke about an opportunity for the school to offer distance learning by outfitting a room in the high school with the appropriate technology. Funding would come from a USDA grant, with…
Bridge to reality?
Event plans moving ahead By JEFF LAMPE For The Weekly Post News of a “bridge phase” for reopening Illinois from COVID restrictions could come next week, according to Gov. JB Pritzker, who framed his comments in the context of the return of the Chicago Auto Show in July. But the same news has played out at board and council meetings across the area of late. Life as we once knew it is slowly returning to normal, as indicated by approval of festivals and events that one year ago were cancelled by COVID. Some events are weeks away, as in Elmwood, where plans…
