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  • Tornado Sirens Sounded at Dieterich
  • Water Authority Sold Off Two Lots in Blue Point
  • St. Elmo School Board Acts on Intergovernmental Agreements
  • Stew-Stras School Board Issues Bonds
  • Homestead Exemption Renewals in the Mail Today
  • Cowden-Herrick School Board Acts on Floor, Track Refinishing

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  • North Clay Notches Win
  • 8th Grade NTC Volleyball Action
  • IHSA Announces Boys High School Basketball Regionals
  • Liv Hoene, Max Buzzard Named To 2026 IHSA All-State Academic Team
  • St. Elmo/Brownstown, North Clay, Cumberland Claim Boys H.S. Basketball Wins, CHBC, Neoga, Dieterich, Newton Drop Losses
  • Altamont Gets Revenge, Hands St. Anthony 63-56 Loss, Effingham Falls To Taylorville On Last Second Shot

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    Bald Eagle Days at Pere Marquette State Park
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