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  • Christmas Tree Collections For Fish Habitat

    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 […]

  • Bald Eagle Festival and Bird Show

    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 […]

  • Sunday’s Schedule

    NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Houston at New England, 2 p.m. (ESPN, ABC) AFC Divisional Playoffs Los Angeles Rams at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. (NBC, Peacock) NFC Divisional Playoffs

  • Red Cross Blood Drives in January

    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 […]

  • Emancipation Proclamation On Display

    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, […]

  • Annual Tree Sale

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

  • Monday’s Schedule

    HIGH SCHOOL Girls Basketball National Trail Conference Tournament Game 1 – Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City vs. South Central, 10 a.m. Game 2 – Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg vs. North Clay, 11:30 a.m. Game 3 – Altamont vs. Dieterich, 1 p.m. Game 4 – Cumberland vs. Neoga, 2:30 p.m. Vandalia Tournament Game 1 -- Effingham vs. Mattoon, 10 a.m. Game 2 […]

  • Red Cross Blood Drives in January

    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 […]