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Local News - 2006 |
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NEW Mount Pulaski Cemetery Logan County, Illinois - Alphabetical Listing of all Grave Sites |
Dec 27 Gerald Ford Dined Here - Late president also Split Rails During his Visit
Dec 20 Robert's Sysco Donating 20 Truck-loads of Food to Central IL Food Bank
Dec 14 Lincoln Will Get New Hospital
Nov 30 ICE STORM HITS MT. PULASKI & Surrounding Area Hard
Cast
Iron Tombstone Trial
Re-enactment Photos
Nov 20 Karl Scroggin Wins Humanities Service Award
Nov 25 Elkhart Losing its School
Nov 23 First Christian Church Addition
Nov 23 New Firehouse Photos
Nov 14 EPA Having Hearing on Ethanol Plant - Facility Would be Located in Hartsburg's Backyard
Nov 5 Game Show Fan Gets her Timing Right - Mt. Pulaski Woman to Appear Next Week on 'Price is Right'
Nov 14 EPA Having Hearing on Ethanol Plant - Facility Would be Located in Hartsburg's Backyard
2006 Christmas on Vinegar Hill
Nov 12 Repeat Performance of the Castiron Tombstone Trial - Nov. 18, 2006 1pm - Courthouse
ELECTION 2006 Scare Tactics: Politics, Halloween-style
Nov 1 Seven Copley Papers for Sale - SJR Among Four in Illinois & Three in Ohio
Oct 26 22,000 Year-old Woolly Mammoth Tusk
Oct
22 Annual
St. John's Lutheran Church Mission Project a Huge
Success!
Oct 18 J. Casey Costigan Selected as Associate Judge for 11th Judicial Circuit
Oct 15 Mt. Pulaski Alpine Euro-Bakery - for sale
Oct 11 Mt. Pulaski First Christian Church Addition
Oct 11 Mt. Pulaski New Firehouse
Nov 5 Game Show Fan Gets her Timing Right - Mt. Pulaski Woman to Appear Next Week on 'Price is Right'
Nov 4 2nd Annual "Antique Appraisals: Valuable or Priceless"
Oct 28 World Champs Cards Came Back from the Dead to Finish First
OCT 28 They Were There: Illinois Fans Rejoice
Oct 28 AND THAT'S A WINNER
Oct 27 Baseball's Biggest Little man Comes Through for Cards
Oct 12 Logan County Gets its First Taste of Winter
Oct 4 Chestnut EMS Back in Service
Sept 19 Trip Sours Area Farmer on Subsidies
Sept 14 Photos of Saddie's Secret Place
Sept 6 Tragedy Spawns New Life, New Shop
Sept 27 Elderhostel Tour- to Mt. Pulaski Courthouse
Mt.
Pulaski Courthouse Re-enactment: Cast Iron Tombstone Trial - went well in front of 3 packed houses
Lincoln's Trail Comes alive Again - all former 14 county seats will be re-visited
Sept 20 Former Resident Reports on his Annual Alaskan Moose & Caribou Hunt
Sept 16 Robert's Sysco says, 'Thank you, Lincoln and Logan County'
Sept 15 Electric Rates May Skyrocket 55%
Sept 6 Inspectors shut down Chestnut EMS
Aug 29 Chestnut Fire Feud Still Smolders
British
Citizen's Travels Take Him Through Mt. Pulaski
hears about our
town from Mt. Pulaski's website
Aug 25 Child-Safety Alert in Mt. Pulaski & Vicinity - Attempted Pickup of Young Girl on Aug. 14
Aug 18 Invisible Children
new Roadwork has been Re-scheduled in Mt. Pulaski
Aug 9 New Plan Hearing Draws Few Questions
Lincoln & Logan County Development Partnership
2006 Annual Fall Festival Sept. 7 - 8 - 9
Aug 29 Mike Rayson Appearance Well-attended at the MP Grade School Gym
Photos of Mt. Pulaski Community Band Concert - on the Courthouse Lawn
Aug 7 North Elkhart Hill Grove Dedicated for Preservation
July 20 Monday's School Board Meeting - Board Responds with the Facts
July 10 Beetle Mania-Hard-shelled Japanese Critters are Chewing Their Way Through Logan Co.
Japanese Beatles on a Corn Leaf
Jul 31 Sweltering Heat to Continue
July 21 [Lincoln Courier] Chestnut Loses Grocery store to Fire - Cause of Blaze that Gutted Building is Undetermined
July 21 Firefighters Battle Blaze in Chestnut
July 21 Chestnut Fire Damages Grocery Store
July 15 Caution Required in Regards to Allegations Made to Mt. Pulaski School Board Distirct #23
Heart of Illinois Youth Workcamp - Photos & News - Mt. Pulaski - 2006
July 14 Man Rescued From Grain Bin
July 14 Inch From Death-Man Sinks Up to his Nose in Corn Inside a Silo
July 14 Mt. Pulaski-Elkhart Road Work Wins Backing From County Board
July 13 Chestnut Losing its EMS Vehicle Mt. Pulaski Fire Officials Opt out of Earlier Agreement
July 12 Photos of Illinois WorkCampers in Mount Pulaski
July
12 300
Pairs of Helping Hands
Teens
Flock to Logan
County to Build, Repair and Serve
July
11 Rainy
Day Provides Much Needed Moisture for Local Crops
2"
Recorded Yesterday in and around Mt. Pulaski
Matt's Now: "Village Garden Family Restaurant" New Ownership as of July 3rd
July 11Youth Spend Summer Helping Others in & Around Mt. Pulaski
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VFW
Thanks
to our friends in and around Mt. Pulaski |
July 10 Dry June in Illinois
June 28 Photos: Christian Church Begins Work on It's New Addition
June 26 Photos: Hail Storm Hits South of Mt. Pulaski
June 21 County & Mount Pulaski Receive Storm Recovery Funds
2006 Library Summer Reading Program
June 20 Mt. Pulaski Getting New Fire House
June 20 Mt. Pulaski Troop 122 Leave for Annual Summer Camp
new Photos of 2nd Annual Vintage Style Show
Where do all the Old Computers Go? Local Recycling Protects Environment
June 13 Faulty Wiring Cause of Lincoln College Fire
June 13 Lincoln College Fire Almost Disasterous
June 7 Ethanol
Plant to be Built in Sangamon County
June
7 Elderhostel
Tour to Mt. Pulaski
June 7 Vintage Cars Tour to Mt. Pulaski
Elkhart Bridge is Historical Site
June 6 Panel Spares Elkhart Bridge
June 6 Logan County Tourism Director Geoff Ladd Statement on Elkhart Bridge
June 6 Five Entities Agree: The Elkhart Tunnel-Bridge is Historical and Cannot be Removed
June 4 Renowned Marksman Settled in Elkhart in 1850's
June 5 Louisiana Decorates Former MP Courthouse Site Manager
June 3 New Photos of HS Addition

May 30 2006
Annual Mt. Pulaski Memorial Day - Another Big Success
Vonderleith Easter Egg Hunt Photos
May 25 Technical Institute Moving from Lincoln to Springfield
May 25 Williamsville Bans Coal Trucks from City Street
May 24 Doppler Gets Upgrade at NWS
May 15 APC Battery Backups Helps Prevent: Sags, Blackouts, Spikes & Surges
May 22 Spring planting nearly complete Area producers reach finish line with soybeans in ground
May 13 "I Spy" Bike Tour Traces some of the A. Lincoln Trails
May
10 Mt.
May 10 Planning Commission Sets County on Path to Growth
May 9 College Program Benefits City Police, Firefighters
May 8 Elkhart Group Seeking Information From School Board
April 4 - was Florence Stoll's 91st Birthday
March 31 - April 2 Wind Damage
Florence Crippen 100 years Old Kathy Toohey's Aunt
33rd Annual Lake Fork Consignment Auction - March 25, 2006
Legionnaire's Disease in Lincoln
March 21 Logan County Election Results
Mar 21 Election Day
- 4-5" Snow Storm - Schools Closed
Mt. Pulaski voters defeat confusing tax issue
Steenbergen
Relay Tower Taken Down by March 12 Tornado
March 12 Tornado Information
Fricke earns medal for combat valor
Domestic abuse report leads to discovery of firearms arsenal
Illinois drought could worsen Task force warns state to be prepared
Drought
Conditions Remain
Winter
Fails to Dampen Dry Soil Conditions that Plagued Area
Farmers Last Year
Consolidation
Meeting on Elkhart School Packs
MP Unit District #23 Media Center
Elkhart
wages school battle
Residents
say school's future is at stake
School
Proposal Chills Elkhart
Plan
calls for sending junior high students to Mount Pulaski
Elkhart
raps school plan-
Residents don't want part of grade school bused to
Mount Pulaski
Consolidation
Meeting on Elkhart School Packs
MP Unit District #23 Media Center

Old
WWI Mt. Pulaski family photos and some diary entries...
This photo is of
John Lehmann's Aunt Johanna (Grathwohl) taken around 1916. The
writing is in German
and translates: "John is carrying fodder
to the horses. John is going to wash my face with snow.
If
he tries, I will hit him with a snowball".
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Spring
Brunch - March 19
American Legion Auxiliary
2nd
Annual Logan County A. Lincoln Birthday Luncheon
at the Maple Club - Photos
Lincoln
& Logan County Continue to Recognize A. Lincoln on his Birthday:
Lincoln
Daily News
Lincoln
Courier
Long-time Chestnut Grocers Retiring
Local Collector has more than 11,000 decks of cards
Happy
87th Birthday to USA American Legion
County board questions tourism financing obligation and Sysco salary offers
Route
121 crash kills 2
Semi skids on slick patch of highway near Lincoln
Decatur-Herald:
Feb
12th Top Story
Mt.
Pulaski HS Maintains High Rankings by Raising Expectations &
Focusing on Key Exam
Lincoln College holds formal ceremony for its new president
Lincoln
& Logan County Continue to Recognize A. Lincoln on his Birthday:
Lincoln
Daily News
Drake
focuses on social agenda
Board
candidate vows to bring fresh perspective
news Water-Main Flushing: Feb7 & Feb 8
Logan
County Sheriff's Deputy
Joe Pharis Completes Police Canine Handler Course
Mount Pulaski firm donates thousands of text books
Ethanol plant zoning wins panel's approval
"The
Big Blue Spruce"
-a holiday poem
Florence Stoll
Continues Her Weekly Tradition at Vonderleith
Veterans
- new Logan County book of Veterans Information to be Compiled