Community Calendar

Illinois Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologists are collecting live Christmas trees to be used as fish habitat in local lakes after the holidays.  The collected trees will be bundled together, weighted, and submerged at lakes, providing critical habitat for multiple fish species and promoting algae growth for insects that attract fish for anglers.  The […]

The Bald Eagle Festival and Bird Show will take place on Sunday, January 18, from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Come out to Pere Marquette Lodge & Conference Center, near Grafton, where you can meet our nation’s majestic symbol up close!  This crowd favorite festival will have numerous unique vendors, restaurant favorites, drink specials, free […]

American Red Cross Blood Drives in January: January 1, Thursday, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Charleston, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM January 4, Sunday, St Joseph Stringtown Community Club, Stringtown, 6:30 AM - Noon January 5, Monday, Teutopolis Banquet Hall, 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM January 6, Tuesday, Casey United Methodist Church, Noon - 6:00 […]

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln is now on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, giving the public a rare chance to see the historic document. Lincoln’s proclamation ordered an end to slavery in Southern states that took up arms against the United States during the Civil War, […]

  The public can call the Effingham County SWCD office (217-347-7107) to have an order form emailed or mailed to them.

American Red Cross Blood Drives in January: January 1, Thursday, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Charleston, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM January 4, Sunday, St Joseph Stringtown Community Club, Stringtown, 6:30 AM - Noon January 5, Monday, Teutopolis Banquet Hall, 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM January 6, Tuesday, Casey United Methodist Church, Noon - 6:00 […]

Eastern Illinois University is hosting a Traveling Holocaust Exhibit in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Auschwitz Experience in the Art of Prisoners, a traveling exhibit about the Holocaust, will be displayed in the West Reading Room at Booth Library on the EIU Campus, located at 600 Lincoln Avenue in Charleston, from January 11th […]

Enduring Freedom Ministries January Dates: Tuesday, January 6th, 4 - 6pm, Shumway Saturday, January 10th, 9a.m. - noon, Mason Tuesday, January 13th, 4 - 6pm, Shumway Wednesday, January 14th, noon - 2pm, Shumway Wednesday, January 21st, noon - 2pm, Shumway Saturday, January 31st, 8:30 - noon, Shumway Please call 217-868-5293 or 217-240-0059 to sign up, […]