ILLINOIS AG RETAIL SURVEY UNWAY FOR THE 2ND YEAR
(BLOOMINGTON) The second year of the Illinois Ag Retail Survey is underway now thru April to determine producer practices geared toward reducing nutrient loss as part of the state’s currently […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/23/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois was included in yesterday’s massive cellular service outage that affected thousands of customers across the nation. In fact, more than 50,000 AT&T users reported service outages in Illinois […]
FRIDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (02/23/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) After very small amounts of rainfall yesterday around our downstate area, we’ll return to a dry sky on this final Friday in February with still warmer-than-normal weather conditions in […]
RICHLAND COUNTY SWCD SPRING FISH SALE
(OLNEY) The Richland County Soil & Water Conservation District is now taking orders for its spring fish sale, with the delivery and pickup date set for Thursday, April 11th. While […]
UPCOMING ANHYDROUS AMMONIA TRAINING
(BLOOMINGTON) An in-person anhydrous ammonia training session will be offered next month in Bloomington to meet the state requirement for Illinois growers and grower farm operators. The free session will […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/22/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) With a projected deficit of close to $900 million, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker presented his sixth State of the State and State Budget address yesterday in Springfield. The plan […]
THURSDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (02/22/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a stalled out frontal boundary hanging over central Illinois starts to move again this morning, our cloudy sky could become wet with scattered rain and maybe a thunderstorm […]
LOCAL AND AREA EVENTS COMING UP THIS WEEKEND (02/21/2024)
(OLNEY) There’s a winner every weekend at the Olney VFW with its next Queen of Hearts drawing, all open to the public, at 4:00 this Sunday afternoon. Following a $20 […]
JASPER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING RECAP (02/21/2024)
(NEWTON) The Jasper County School Board of Education met for its regular monthly meeting in February last night in Newton. The Board : approved the payment of all bills as […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/21/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker will announce his proposed budget today with many folks seeking drastic changes on how the state handles illegal immigrants. State Senate Republicans say it’s possible […]