As in years past, Sacred Heart Church in Warsaw, Immaculate Conception Church in Carthage, Sacred Heart Church in Dallas City, St. Mary’s Church in Hamilton, and St. Peter and Paul Church in N…

Mark and Carolyn Hanson will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an Open House at Bethel Presbyterian Church, 1421 Broadway, Hamilton, on Saturday, April 6, from 2 to 5 p.m. The coup…

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Kibbe Hancock Heritage Museum in Carthage will open for the season Tuesday, April 2. The free museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 12 to 4 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Special g…

Barb Schafer, Nauvoo’s newest alderman representing the First Ward, was born at Peoria. Her parents, Larry and Lois Knoche, moved their family to their Nauvoo dairy farm when she was 2 years o…

I work every day with the people who raised me. Four desks in the farm office provide space for mom, dad, brother and sister. It’s the same crew I sat with at the dinner table in the 1980s. Th…

Hancock County Farm Bureau teamed up with Memorial Hospital Foundation to provide estate planning information to roughly 40 Hancock County Farm Bureau Farming Members. This dinner was held on …

America’s farmers, ranchers and growers are some of our nation’s greatest assets. Not only do we rely on agriculture for our food, feed, fiber, and fuel, our agricultural producers preserve ou…

Tim Laffoon will celebrate his 60th birthday on March, 30, 2024. Please help him celebrate by sending a card: Tim Laffoon, 326 Cherry St., Apt. 3, Carthage, Ill., 62321. Happy Birthday, Tim!

A Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) meeting will be held Tuesday, April 16, at the Nauvoo Fire Station at 6 p.m.

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The Hamilton Public Library has started a new opportunity for students of the Hamilton School District grades Pre-K through 12th to be a “Book Influencer.” Each month, a student will be named …

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The Nauvoo City Council, along with 16 in the audience, met Tuesday, March 13, in the council chambers at the Nauvoo City Center on a pleasant evening. Acting Mayor Tacy Nelson gaveled the pro…

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The Hancock County Republican Central Committee (HCRCC) hosted its annual Lincoln Day Dinner for a great crowd of approximately 100 at the Smokin’ Gun Hunting Lodge & Event Center, rural H…

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High school senior Sarah Stinemates, of Carthage, has been awarded a Western Illinois University (WIU) President's Scholarship, in conjunction with the AIM HIGH Western Commitment scholarship.…

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The Nauvoo Betterment Association (NBA) hosted a Trivia Contest with a “Nauvoo Nature” theme on Saturday, March 16, at the Nauvoo City Center. The event began at 5 p.m. and attendees could pur…

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The “Preschool for All” team will be offering Developmental Screenings for 3- and 4-year-old children. The screening will provide evaluations in the following areas: language; concepts; motor;…

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Although numerous rumors about the development of a new DG Market store on the east side of Augusta have circulated, the Media Department of Dollar General, requested for comment, sought to se…

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In recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Blessing Health is providing free, take-home colorectal cancer screening kits to the public at locations in west central Illinois …