Day: March 26, 2025

By JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post There are few headlines or television commercials promoting candidates running in next Tuesday’s election. But from a local perspective, the vote that will be conducted on April 1 for school boards, township positions, mayors, village trustees and other grassroots positions still has a very direct impact on our lives. How else to explain the standing-room-only crowd that gathered March 11 in Monica for a meeting of the Princeville Township Board? Among the topics discussed was mowing and maintenance of Princeville Township’s 20.5-acre cemetery. That issue and how it played out since last fall led to…

Board OKs ex-Limestone teacher, coach Bell By JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post ELMWOOD – While the weather is warmer in Arizona, Tom Bell is excited to leave the Grand Canyon State for a more familiar lifestyle and climate in central Illinois. The Elmwood School Board on Monday unanimously approved hiring Bell as junior and senior high principal to replace Tony McCoy, effective July 1. McCoy is retiring after eight years as a principal in CUSD 322. Prior to spending the past five years in Arizona, the last three as principal at Southern Arizona Community Academy in Tucson, Bell’s educational work was…

By MOLLY RICHESONFor The Weekly Post ELMWOOD – The City of Elmwood has lost $1 million in federal funding for planned improvements of its wastewater lagoons. U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen had requested funding in May 2024 to remove sludge from the bottom of the wastewater lagoon’s four cells (ponds) and to replace the system’s existing rock filter in the 2025 fiscal year. Wrote Sorensen in his request, “The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because the lagoons discharge into a nearby creek which empties into the Illinois River. This project will protect the waterways from contamination by sewage.” At…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Police reports• HANNA CITY – An Elmwood man was found dead about 2:30 a.m. on March 22 behind dumpsters at a business in the 12900 block of W. Farmington Rd., according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office. Keith A. Siegel, 39, was pronounced dead at the scene. Security-camera footage indicated Siegel might have fallen from a retaining wall and struck his head. An autopsy revealed Siegel died from traumatic closed-head injuries, according to the Peoria County Coroner’s Office. Toxicology results are pending. About four hours earlier on…