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  • Effingham Noon Rotary Collects Big for Kids, Helps Establish New Club
  • Halbrook Announces Highway Projects Coming to the 107th District
  • Dieterich Man Ordered Held on Drug Charges
  • Unit 40 Board Acts on Personnel Matters
  • City Council Excited About Residential Projects Around Effingham
  • City Council Discusses Electric Aggregation Rates

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  • Hearts to Host No. 4 Mt. Zion in Regular-Season Home Finale
  • Junior High Cross Country — Tuesday, Oct. 7 Results
  • Effingham, Teutopolis, North Clay Runners Compete at Mattoon Cross Country Invitational
  • St. Anthony, North Clay/C.C. To Meet For NTC Baseball Tournament Title
  • Cubs Fight Back For Win, Blue Jays Clinch Series, Phillies, Tigers Claim Victories

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  • October 10, 2025
    Corn Maze with Scavenger Hunt – St. Paul Lutheran Church
  • October 10, 2025
    Indoor “Whatever” Sale at Village Square Mall
  • October 10, 2025
    Fall Festival at Mullen Baptist Church
  • October 10, 2025
    Meal’s Benefitting United Way In October
  • October 11, 2025
    Effingham Farmer’s Market

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