Mount Pulaski News

With recession looming and people tightening their purse strings, one group seems to have slipped beneath the radar.

The swirling clouds pictured on the front of Monday's edition of The Courier were an ominous sign of what was to come that evening.

Gary Allspach of Mount Pulaski is a new member of the American Angus Association.

Travel/Tourism expenditures in the county were $29,450,000. up 5.4% from 2006. Local Tax receipts - $400,000 - up 5.5% from FY2006 These numbers show a slightly better tourism increase than the state's average ...

Mount Pulaski will trim trees, bushes and other vegetation that has grown into alleys in the next few weeks.

Like many small area communities, Mount Pulaski needs money for projects. Mount Pulaski mayor Bill Glaze attended Monday night's meeting of the Logan County Board's road and bridge committee to seek financial ...

The Ball Brothers will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Mount Pulaski Christian Church Fellowship Hall.

A check for $25.00 will be given to them to help support their noble endeavor. More information on this organization is available at www.togetherforlincoln.org . Shop the Square this holiday weekend July 3 - 5 ...

"We would be pleased if some of our correspondents would report news as often as possible.

Due to a mechanical issue, the HOPE Mobile will not travel to Chestnut or Mount Pulaski today.

SUNDAY'S ATTENDANCE: 1,789 at Lanphier Park WINNING PITCHER: Logan Mahon threw six innings, giving up one run on four hits with three strikeouts and five walks.

Private consultant Steve McClure, representing farm chemical and agribusiness powerhouse Monsanto, asked the Logan County Regional Planning Commission Wednesday to approve extending the Lincoln-Logan County ...

While recent storms went north of Logan County, more are approaching. And officials are crossing their fingers that the worst of the flooding - which has already claimed one life in central Illinois - is over.

As of Tuesday night, the following roads were closed in Logan County because of high water: * Nicholson Road at Brainard's Branch * 1400th Street from Rocky Ford bridge to 1600th Avenue * Route 136 at Emden ...

Three rounds of severe weather swept across central Illinois Tuesday, culminating in an oil-storage facility being struck by lightning near Mechanicsburg and the activation of tornado sirens in Springfield just ...

At commencement exercises Saturday evening in the Mount Pulaski High School gymnasium, 53 students were awarded diplomas by members of the Board of Education of Mount Pulaski Community Unit District 23.

Kelly Aylesworth started dancing under the instruction of Susan Collier at age 5. She's still dancing today, and the only time she took a break was when she was away at college.

With the traditional Avenue of Flags as a backdrop, members of Mount Pulaski's American Legion and Veterans of Foreign War posts fire a Memorial Day salute at Steenbergen Cemetery in rural Mount Pulaski Monday.

Awards go to students from Lincoln, New Holland, Mason City, Elkhart, Mount Pulaski and Emden Laura Baker was awarded the $2,000 Eva Jean Owen McCollum Memorial Scholarship to continue her studies in the ...

It's not Tammy Anderson's fault gas prices are skyrocketing beyond imagination; however, she suffers through the daily moans and groans of area residents who are fed up with the constant increases.