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Woodford County news briefs

— August 21, 2019

REGION Eureka College partners with ICC on degrees Illinois Central College and Eureka College have teamed up to help students gain their baccalaureate degrees. Through a special…

Eureka, Pekin host disc golf world championships
— August 17, 2019

Professional Disc Golf World Championships were held Friday and Saturday, Aug. 16 and 17 at Eureka Lake and at the Sunset Hills Golf Club in Pekin.The PDGA chose Eureka and Pekin locations…
At back-to-school time, parents encouraged to consider flu, HPV vaccines
— August 14, 2019

As another school year nears, vaccinations are on many parents’ lists, along with school supplies, and many in the health care field think it’s a great time to remind everyone of…
For ‘Wizard of Oz’ fans, yellow brick road leads to tiny Mapleton
— August 7, 2019

The highway to Mapleton doesn’t quite look like the yellow brick road but it will take you to the land of Oz. The small Peoria County village located off U.S. Route 24 will host…
Support for St. Jude Research Hospital never a lost cause
— August 1, 2019

When Amos Muzyad Kairouz, the son of Lebanese immigrants, was young, he vowed to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of lost causes, that he would build a shrine in his honor, should…

Woodford County news briefs
— August 14, 2019

WOODFORD COUNTY Illinois Prairie libraries to hold workshop on Fake News The Illinois Prairie District Public Library is collaborating with New York City-based startup NewsGuard to…
Parents grateful to community as baby Wally happy at home
— August 8, 2019

Nineteen-month-old Wally Bastian of Chillicothe is living his best life, blissfully unaware that more than 8,000 people are following and applauding his story on Facebook. However,…
Central Illinois family marks nearly a century of annual reunions
— August 4, 2019

The first time the Peplow descendants held a family reunion, a passenger train still ran from Minier to Peoria every evening. That was in 1930. This year, on July 28, the relatives…