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 Mt. Pulaski VFW Post
777 on 25th annual
Christmas giving to veterans at Vonderlieth |
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Dec 24
Scrapbook tells how Rudolph went down in history |
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Dec 23
Understanding Iran: U.S. athlete reveals his inside
story |
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Dec 23 Atheists and church groups are squaring off in
California about how the atheists have won most of a
public park's display space that had been used for a
Nativity scene. "There's a very militant
atheist movement that's trying to drive out vestiges of
the truth. They're trying to deny the truth that this
nation is founded on Christian principles." |
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Dec 22
Three Mount
Pulaski High School students have been named Illinois
State Scholars for 2012-13 |
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Dec 21
Farm
Bureau committees donate to county food pantry |
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Dec 21
Drought may have killed a half-billion trees, Texas
Forest Service says |
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Dec 20
Mt. Pulaski Community Christmas Cantata |
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Dec 19
Mt. Pulaski Zion Lutheran Christmas Program |
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Dec 18
Former child maid from Egypt becomes US citizen |
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Dec 18
Despite rancor, General Assembly achieved much in 2011
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Dec 18
Hearing in Gee murder case canceled |
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Dec 18 Sj-R:
New Madrid fault study to prep for potential quake |
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Dec 18
The Mississippi River Ran Backward |
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Dec 18 New Madrid cut
loose 200 years ago - quake today could prove deadly
hundreds of miles from epicenter |
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Dec 18
For Missouri students, no debate on cellphone use |
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Dec 14
Paul Beaver
- Lincoln College History Emeritus - announces new book:
The Last Farm Boy
- to be released in a few days
Lincoln
Daily-News On-line - [Dec. 14th article]
Lincoln Courier - [Dec 14th article] |
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Dec 9
Erich Maxheimer - awarded Univ. of Illinois Air
Force ROTC Scholarship |
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Mt. Pulaski
Red History Books are here! |
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Nov 17 LDN:Study:
Illinois ranks high in taxes on poor families
Nov 15 SJ-R:
Numbers of 'poorest of poor' climbing
Nov 14 LDN:
Elkhart
dedicates 'Heritage Corner'
Nov 15 Lincoln Courier:
Christmas on Vinegar Hill
to take place in Mount Pulaski (23rd Annual)
Nov 15 Lincoln Courier:
Shelley Letterle wins
breast cancer awareness basket
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Nov
14
SR-J
: Avoid these fitness myths
Nov 14
SR-J :
State facilities remain in jeopardy despite COGFA vote
Nov 13
SR-J :
Looking good at 75: Lincoln Memorial Garden & Nature Center
Nov 12
New York Times::
On Campus, a Law Enforcement System to Itself
Nov 11
Caterpillar to build new North America plant -
add jobs in Decatur and Peoria
Lincoln Daily News:
Nov 7
Article:
Powell State Farm Agency survives a rough week
Photos:
Inside & outside of caved-in buildings |
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Nov. 11, 2011
Nov. 12, 2011
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Nov. 11
Photos: Mt. Pulaski vs. Spirngfield Lutheran
Nov. 11
Mount Pulaski moves into 1A volleyball title match
Nov 12
SJ-R:
1A State Volleyball Tournament: Mount Pulaski tops
Lutheran
Nov 12
Lincoln Courier:
CLASS 1A VOLLEYBALL: Hard-hitting Hilltoppers -Offensive
attack sends Mount Pulaski to Class 1A state
championship match
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SJ-R (Nov 11)
1A State Volleyball: Hilltoppers rely on stellar junior
class
SJ-R (Nov 11)
1A State Volleyball: Lutheran depends on Quigg and Roat
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Nov 6
Zakaria:
Part 1:
Fix education, restore social mobility -data
shows
that its much easier to climb the
socio-economic ladder in many parts of Europe than USA
Part 2:
Fix education, restore social mobility
NY City teacher earns only $23,000 / yr
Assoc Press:
Poorest poor in US hits new record: 1 in 15
people |
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Nov
4
Sue Beaver, former Mt. Pulaskian, is The
Courier's Citizen of the Month |
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Nov 3
The Courier
CLASS 1A VOLLEYBALL:
Hilltoppers
defeat Titans again -
On the verge of elimination, Mount Pulaski outside hitter Erika Leever stepped
into the spotlight and carried the Hilltoppers to a sectional championship |
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Nov 1
Hilltoppers head into sectional final
As Mount Pulaski controlled the
ball, Broadlands Heritage didn’t.
The Hilltoppers (23-15 overall) advanced to the title
match of the
IHSA Class 1A Volleyball Mount Pulaski Sectional
Tournament after
sweeping the Hawks 25-21, 25-8 on Tuesday
Nov 2 Decatur Herald
& Review
Mount Pulaski rolls into rematch
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Oct 31
Decatur Herald & Review
Mt.
Pulaski helps create home for veterans in need in Decatur
Oct. 31
Meet your neighbor - Michael McCrea - Owner of Mt. Pulaski Botanica
Oct. 31
County schools fall short of federal test guidelines
Oct. 31
Lincoln Daily News
St. Thomas
Aquinas celebrates 150 yrs.
Oct. 31
Lincoln Daily News
Celebration Photos
Oct 31 Lincoln Courier
Bishop helps church toast its 150th year
Oct 28 Lincoln Courier:
St. Thomas Aquinas Celebrates 150 Years |
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Oc t 29
SJ-R:
35-year-old Lincoln murders cleared by inmate's deathbed confession
Oc t 29 Lincoln
Courier:
a Monster from Logan County
has died in Prison
- admitted to more murders
St. Thomas
Aquinas
150th
Anniversary Celebration
~ public
Invited
~
Oct 28 Lincoln Courier:
St. Thomas Aquinas Celebrates 150 Years
Oct 26
Study says Generation X is balanced and happy
-once labeled
"slackers," detached and melancholic (not now true)
Oct 22
Mt. Pulaski Rotary dedicates new tree at
Veteran's Memorial in MP Cemetery
Oct 18
U.S. deportations reach historic levels
Oct 18
Mount Pulaski Rotary to celebrate 75th birthday
Oct 17
Spielberg's Lincoln movie added
to local vet's long list of credits
Daniel Day-Lewis to Play Abraham Lincoln
in Steven Spielberg-Directed Biopic |
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Oct 17
Spielberg's Lincoln movie added
to local vet's long list of credits
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Oct 11
Mayor urges residents to 'write and rally'
for Logan Correctional Center
Oct 6
Steve Jobs Dies: Apple Chief Innovated
Personal Computer, Created iPad, iPod, iPhone
Oct 5
The Scully Family -- Farming the Prairie' - Nov. 4
Oct 4 Lincoln
man indicted by feds for fraud in grain elevator ops
Oct 3
Teachers learn about clouds, iPads & apps |
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Oct 1
In
this undated photo, the crew of the Kodiak-based Coast Guard
Cutter Munro monitors the Bangun Perkasa, a stateless fishing
vessel suspected of illegal large-scale high-seas drift net
fishing
in Alaska. When
Coast Guard crews boarded the ship Friday about 2,600 miles
southwest of Kodiak, they found 30 tons of squid and 30 shark
carcasses aboard. Workers tried to dump more than 10 miles of
net, but it was retrieved.
AP photo provided by the United
States Coast Guard
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USS Spruance DDG 111
Sept 28
1,500 Prisoners may be housed in gyms if Logan Co.
facility is closed
Sept 28 SJ-R:
Our Opinion: Begin pension fix by closing loophole -
"a huge slap in the face to taxpayers"
Sept 28
Impact of Prison closings would run deep |
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Sept 23
State begins
Asian carp anti-hunger program |
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Sept 22
Cline convicted of child's murder
Sept 21
Closing remarks in Cline trial presented 2 different
scenarios |
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9/11 Remembrance
Gathering
LDN
9-11 Remembrance Gathering
Video:
The
9/11 Memorial opens in New York City
ten years after the attack on the World Trade Center
Mt. Pulaski
Remembrance Gathering
2 pm - Sunday, Sept 11, 2011
Sept 12
Lincoln
Daily News On-Line
Sept 12 LDN
Album 1
LDN
Album 2
LDN
Album 3
LDN
Album 4
LDN
Pie Makers, Cupcake Bakers &
Custom Wheels come to Vinegar
Hill
Sept 13 Lincoln Courier:
Four generations
of the Willard Remmert family
Sept 13
Lincoln Courier:
Mount Pulaski Fall Festival
Parade Grand Marshals
Sept 8
Lincoln Courier:
Mt. Pulaski Fall Festival |
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"Remember Me" |
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Sept 8
Lincoln
Courier -
Mt. Pulaski
Fall
Festival |
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Sept 7
Hoerbert, Irwin and Stoll in state fair dairy
competition
Aug 21
Springfield Iles Elem gets IB Accreditation - only downstate IB
school
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Sept 7
August:
Drought
arrives in
Illinois |
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Sept 7
Lincoln VFW:
New name,
new
community
mission
Sept 7
Local
Students
receive 4-H
Scholarships
Sept 2
Drought drags on - area now under severe drought conditions
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Sept 1
Early harvest begins, but yields are all over the map
Sept 1
8 county veterans to take Honor Flight Sept. 13 |
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Aug 31
NOMADS spend the day in
Lincoln
Aug 28
Bin Laden's key deputy seen as very hard to replace for al Qaeda
Aug 24
LDN On-Line:
Mount Pulaski hail damage extensive
Aug 24
LDN On-Line::
NWS completes hail report:
Mt. Pulaski wins for bigges
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Aug 24
LDN
On-Line:
Lincoln, Mt. Pulaski total 5,450 lbs. in Stamp-Out-Hunger
Campaign |
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Aug 23
Lincoln Elks ending seasonal food service early - looking for
options
Aug 23
Springfield's Capital College Prep Academy
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Aug 21
Springfield Iles Elem gets IB Accreditation - only downstate IB
school |
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 LincolnDailyNews:
2011
ILLINOIS STATE FAIR |
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Aug 13 Hail Damage in Mt. Pulaski
Aug 15 Lin.
Courier:
Durbin Visits Logan County Democrats
Aug 15 Lin.
Courier:
Hail Batters Mt. Pulaski
Aug 15 Lincoln
DailyNews:
Senator Richard Durbin Visits Lincoln
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Aug 12
Progress for Logan County Public Transportation system
Aug 12
USA Chinook Crash Victims
Aug 12
Volunteers prepare the long line of foodstuffs at last
night's mobile food pantry
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Aug 11
US Sen.
Richard
Durbin to
visit Logan
County
Democrats
Saturday
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Aug 4
Regional
superintendents:
We'll stay
without pay
for a little
longer |
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Aug 4
Elkhart to
take tax hit
from change
at Viper
Mine |
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Aug 4
Robert and
Jo Ellen
Maske: their
labor of
love at the
fair
Aug 210 habits of highly
organized people
Aug 1
Community colleges step in
to fill 'skills gap'
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Logan County
Fair . . . Aug 2
- 7, 2011 |
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Aug 2
LDN numbers
keep
growing,
including
Facebook
totals |
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Aug 2
10 habits of highly
organized people
Aug 1
Community colleges step in
to fill 'skills gap'
July 30
Replica of Wright brothers
1910 plane crashes in Ohio,
killing 2 |
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July 30
Replica of Wright brothers
1910 plane crashes in Ohio,
killing 2
July 21
Why one good teacher has decided to quit
July 21
Feds probe school's
'neutrality,' bullying
July 20
Mt. Pulaski
Community Band Concert - July 20th
Photos & Program
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Margaret's Funeral |
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July 20
Attorneys: Beason murder
suspect's rights
violated |
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July 19
Abe the Bruiser? Abe
“The Animal” Lincoln? |
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July 19
Defy your age: What
truly helps you stay
younger inside and out |
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July 14175th
Anniversary Year [1836 -
2011]
July 14
Photos
& highlights of 2011 |
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June 29
Decatur
Army PFC. Scott Rector
recounts harrowing
clashes with the Taliban
in Afghanistan -
says troops are making a
difference |
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June 28
Decatur-Herald
Mt. Pulaski's 175th Bash
extends over July 4th
Weekend
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Springfield Clinic -
Opening in Mt. Pulaski -
June 21st
- 2011
June 28
Lincoln Courier:
Head Home to the Hill
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June 28
LinDailyNews On-line:
Mt. Pulaski Horseshows
(1912-1936) were
extravagant - so will be
Mt. Pulaski's 175th
Celebration
this 4th of July weekend
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June 28
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June 27
Sunday, June 26th
Bloomington
Pantagraph
article on Mt.
Pulaski 175th:
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June 27
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June 27 Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted on 17 of 20 public corruption charges.
The jury acquitted him on one count and was hung on two others. FULL STORY
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175th Article & Photos of "Slice
of Life" in Mt. Pulaski
Mon., June 6th
Issue of SJ-R:
SJ-R Article
SJ-R Photos
6/23
Illinois Times Article
6/24
LDN Article
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Mt. Pulaski's Sumthin'
Different
1960's
Band
at the 175th
Celebration |
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June 24
Huge celebration in
Mount Pulaski for 175th
on July 4 weekend |
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June 22
LDN:
Mount Pulaski has
storied musical history |
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June 22
LDN:
Logan County
Board decides on
wind farm, public
transportation, board
pay and precincts
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June 21 Lincoln Daily
News On-Line:
Tritium leaks found at
many nuke sites
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June 20
Inside the Logan County
Courthouse dome
Lincoln
Daily-News On-Line ...
Album 1
Lincoln Daily-News
On-Line ... Album 2 |
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June 17
Ag tours to be offered in MP - Derek Martin, along with Todd Farris, who represents the Elkhart Grain Company - Tom Harris of Herrin Fertilizer in Mount Pulaski - Austin Ehle, representing Becks Seed Corn - Dustin Cross of Cross Brothers Implements
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June 13
Fred Lipp of Mt. Pulaski
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muzzle-loading gun
demonstration & gun
shoot at the Mt. Pulaski
175th celebration
(Sat., July 2nd)
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Veteran's
Memorial in Mt. Pulaski Cemetery
May 31 Lincoln Daily News:
Multiple
events bring Mount Pulaski
community together to honor veterans
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May 30
Saudi
prince- Keep U.S. hooked
on oil |
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May 28
Mt. Pulaski in
Springfield's Illinois
Times Summer Guide |
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Lin Daily News:
Famous Houses
in
Needlepoint
Lin Courier:
Salute to the
Presidents
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May 28
Man spends 27 years
wrongly imprisoned
writing songs |
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May 25
Oprah bids farewell in
final show |
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May 24
Miss Illinois 2010
Visits MPHS to Deliver a
Safe-Driving Message &
Some Heartbreaking
Stories |
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May 19
Logan County Board
passes 1% sales tax for
schools |
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May 17
Nominations are now in
(click here for names) |
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May 17
Viper Coal Mine in
Elkhart Sold |
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May 14
Hannah Allen
Senior-of-the-Year at
Mount Pulaski High
School |
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May 14
2nd
annual development
partnership fundraiser
enjoys large turnout
Development Partnership
- Photo Album |
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May 12
Ex-KU official Ben
Kirtland sentenced
-$2
million ticket-scalping
scandal at University of
Kansas |
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May 11
Mt. Pulaski 175th
Anniversary RedBook
History Committee
gathers to finalized the
manuscript & photos |
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May 10
Lincoln Courier article
- Mt.
Pulaski Business in
Women's homemade quilt
drawing for student
scholarships |
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Mar. 8
High-speed rail meeting answers concerns for Logan County leaders
Part 1 (Mar. 7)
Part 2 (Mar. 8)
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May 7
Lincoln Courier Photos
of Mt. Pulaski
Courthouse Annual
PromWalk |
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May 7 Lincoln Daily News
On-Line:
The
Mount Pulaski High
School had their prom
grand march this
weekend.
There were many great
pictures of local
youngsters dressed in
their finest as they
paraded before hundreds
on the Mount Pulaski
square. More
pictures of the prom
grand march can be found
at www.mtpulaskiil.com.
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May 5
Springfield Clinic to
have
satellite office in
Mount Pulaski
- June 1st |
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Students at Zion Lutheran Mount Pulaski ventured on the Holy Highway with their trusty GPS which stood for Gods Plan for Salvation
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May 2
Illinois
Audubon Society in
Elkhart for dinner-talk
and awards |
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Apr 29
Pro Wrestling Epic
Mt. Pulaski Am. Legion Hall
April 29 (Fri.) - 2011 |
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Apr 26
Mount Pulaski 175th
activities-deadlines
for ticketed events
published |
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Apr 25
LDN:
No deaths in St. Louis
tornado called a miracle |
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Apr 25
Ahhhhh... the good old
days! -
A
personal account by
Annabelle Boyd |
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2011 Annual Mt.
Pulaski JC's Easter Egg Roll on Vonderlieth Living Center Lawn |
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Apr 22
Potential jurors already
think Blagojevich guilty |
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Apr 21
Blagojevich's second
corruption trial |
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Apr 20
Cubs threw 1918 World
Series? |
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Apr 20
Pensions to be paid
without borrowing for
1st time in 2 years |
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Apr 20
Illinois treasurer
offers support for
short-term borrowing |
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Apr 18
High-Speed Rail Working
its Way Through Lincoln
Rail News Event (Mar. 7)
Rail News
Event (Mar. 8) |
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Apr 14
Teachers at Center of
Overhaul
-
Legislation has
widespread support as
"teachers,
administrators,
education reform groups
and key lawmakers have
agreed on a sweeping
package of changes in
how Illinois teachers
are hired, fired,
negotiate contracts and
move from job to job." |
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Mar 29
Mt. Pulaski History
Books still on Sale -
Lincoln Daily News
On-Line |
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Mar 28
Civil War statue
committee prepared for
April 9 dedication |
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Mar 25
Nine
area young adults are
awarded agricultural
scholarships
from the Lincoln/Logan
County Chamber of
Commerce Ag Scholarship
program
Lincoln Daily News
-
on line
Lincoln Courier |
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Mar 22
Looking for Lincoln
partnership event
- Mar 20 at Lincoln
College "Lincoln Center" |
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Mar 22
Anna Simpson Celebrates
100 Years of Blessings
- by Jo Hilliard,
Director of Vonderlieth
Living Center |
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Mar 15
Mt. Pulaski High School
FFA Alumni Labor Auction
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Mar 14
Safety System Adds to
Cost of Rail Upgrade
-
Price tag for overhaul
of line between St.
Louis & Chicago is
four
times more
than 2003 study
predicted |
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Mar 14
Last Supper Carving
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Mar 7
Casimir Pulaski festive
Birthday Party a SMASH
HIT |
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Mar 7
Looking for Lincoln,
Main Street partnership
event scheduled for
March 20 |
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Mar 5
Casimir Pulaski festive
Birthday Party a SMASH HIT |
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Feb
27
Tractors Come Out at Mt.
Pulaski - by Jean Ann
Miller
Photo by Jean Ann Miller
of Lincoln Courier |
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Feb 26
"From Cornfields to
Airfields" -
Oscar Kocher of
Christian Village has
had remarkable life |
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Feb 16
2010 Census data show
biggest growth in
bedroom communities
around Springfield -
rural villages and towns
losing population due to
jobs |
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Feb 15
Egypt's
military
plans
for
constitutional
referendum
-
The
county's
Interior
Ministry
is
trying
to
connect
with
the
public
through
Facebook
--
which
some
credit
with
helping
topple
a
regime
of
almost
30
years.
-
The
ministry
created
a
Facebook
page
in
attempt
to
bring
back
"good
relations
with
the
public
and
improve
the
image
of
Egyptian
police,"
according
to a
statement
carried
by
state
media.
The
unprecedented
changes
in
the
most
populous
Arab
nation
have
been
watched
closely
throughout
the
Middle
East
and
North
Africa,
where
more
unrest
has
unfolded
in
places
like
Iran,
Bahrain,
Algeria
and
Yemen.
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Feb. 12th
Performances
at Mt. Pulaski Courthouse remember Lincoln |
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Feb. 12th
- Abraham
Lincoln
Birthday at the Mt. Pulaski Courthouse
Feb. 12th
-
Abe’s birthday to be toasted
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Mt. Pulaski
Courthouse
Feb. 12th
Activities
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Abraham Lincoln's Farewell Address Sesquicentennial
11 Feb., 2011 |
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Feb.
7
Recharging our Outlooks
and our Patriotism
7 pm: Speaker at First Christian Church |
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Feb
2
Kepler
space telescope spots
five Earth-sized planets
in our galaxy |
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Feb 1 Snow Album |
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Jan 29
Local Dems have their
night at the Lincoln
Knights |
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Jan 27
Iowa football players
battling muscle disorder
- following
grueling offseason
workouts that left them
with extreme soreness
and discolored urine |
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Jan 27
Florida Lawmaker wants
teachers to grade
parents
- to allow parents to be
graded on their
involvement in their
kid's education |
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Jan 26
Terrorists look to
unprotected parts of
airports |
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Jan 22
Inside a brain injury
recovery |
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Jan 21 Lincoln Daily
News ... On-Line (LDN)
Las Vegas Nite at Mt.
Pulaski Vonderlieth
Living Center |
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Jan 18
New dental clinic for
Logan County coming
together fast
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Jan 18
High fuel, food prices
expected to keep going
up |
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Jan 18
Grocery stocks squeezed
- stores absorbing much
of rise in commodity
prices
-
perhaps the trucking
industry needs
subsidizing like our
rail & airline system
did years ago? |
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Jan 18
There must be a way to
fight future Glock shock |
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Jan 17
Young King inspired by time
in Conn., work on farm |
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Jan 13
How
many rounds of ammo are enough? |
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Jan 13
We
must enact, then enforce, senisble gun laws - we must
recognize the obvious distinction between rifles, shotguns and target
pistols used
for sport on the one hand, and semi-automatic handguns [& rifles]
designed for killing people on the other |
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Jan 13
Guns
and the great American craziness |
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Jan 13
Weight
of words in focus
after Arizona
shooting |
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Jan 3
Mt. Pulaski Kicks Off 175th Anniversary
Celebration |
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Jan 3
Mt. Pulaski Poses
for 2011
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Jan 3
New consequences for
Illinois speeders |
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 New
Year's Eve Kick-off ... Dec. 31st
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Illinois
House
Health Information
Last
American
WWI
Vet
Dies
