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Jefferson County held an appreciation luncheon for county employees on January 10 at the 4H Building at the Jefferson County…

A benefit dinner for Adam Schoenbeck was held in Western over the weekend. Hundreds turned out to support the Schoenbeck…

Fairbury Rural Fire responded to a report of a car on fire at 5th and I Streets in Fairbury at…

Fairbury Rural Fire was dispatched to the scene of a truck fire at Bacon and I Streets in Fairbury at…

A meeting of the Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Committee was held Thursday evening, January 12. Many citizens spoke, either…

By Gordon Hopkins On Sunday, January 8, 2023, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and agricultural equipment maker John Deere…

By Gordon HopkinsFans and players alike were left with fits of uncontrolled coughing during the much anticipated annual MUDECAS basketball…

Southern School District players were class A MUDECAS champions in 1998. On Saturday, January 14, 2023, they will be recognized…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now overseeing the clean up of an oil spill that released an estimated…

By Gordon HopkinsNewly elected Governor Jim Pillen appointed his predecessor, Pete Ricketts, to fill the Senate seat vacated by Ben…