Mackinaw News

It's been a frustrating spring in the fields for local farmers. The cool and wettest spring on record has also left slim pickings in some other area fields.

Mr. and Mrs. James Robison of 303 E. Main St., Bradford, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house for family and friends from 1 to 4 p.m. June 7. The event, hosted by the couple's children, will be at the Bradford Baptist Church.

WMBD/WYZZ TV - MACKINAW -- From the classroom to the great outdoors, a group of third graders learn the important lesson of nurturing nature.

ESTATE OF MARION E. SCHULTZ, Deceased CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Marion E. Schultz.

A flood warning was issued Friday afternoon for the Mackinaw River. Persistent, heavy rains have caused the river to swell and has left standing water in some farmers' fields.

The Illinois Department of Public Health is advising residents who obtain their drinking water from private wells in the Mackinaw area to test their water for possible groundwater contamination.

Sweeter than sugar with a hint of - flowers? Yes, that's honey. Steve and Jill Mayes of Mackinaw - professional beekeepers with 400 hives in four area counties - use honey almost exclusively, from a drizzle on their morning cereal and coffee to dollops over ice cream and in Steve's favorite poppyseed dressing.

Tazewell County voters will consider a relatively new type of school-related sales tax April 7 that could generate up to $11.4 million for construction projects.

The American Red Cross Central Illinois Chapter is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 National Child Passenger Safety Week coloring contest.

We are being bombarded on a daily basis by negative economic reports. Tonight we have at least one exception.

A Mackinaw man faces felony weapons and domestic battery charges for allegedly abusing his elderly mother in an incident that appeared poised to escalate into a violent confrontation with police.

As you scan Steve Mayes' honey-making operation in Mackinaw, with its large industrial pot and plastic teddy bear containers ready to be filled, you wouldn't know his industry was in trouble.

Posted Jan 18, 2009 @ 03:37 PM Last update Jan 20, 2009 @ 02:49 PM Editor's note: Deer Creek-Mackinaw High School sophomore Taylor Corkill and hundreds of other students across the country were invited to ...

When the IGA grocery store in Mackinaw burned to the ground last September, owner Brett Zehr had no doubt he'd rebuild.

MeLisa Cleary was 30 years old and a mother of three when her marriage started to fall apart.

WMBD/WYZZ TV - PEORIA -- Christmas came a little early for retirement residents in Morton.