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Nokomis Central Illinois

Illinois

Montgomery County signs off on Nokomis-Witt Ambulance tax hike

HILLSBORO -- Communities and rural areas serviced by the Nokomis-Witt Area Ambulance Service (NWAAS) will expect a hefty property tax hike beginning with the tax bills due in 2025 following the latest Montgomery County Board meeting on October 8. Representatives from NWAAS spoke before the board regarding the need to increase its tax levy significantly, despite the board's Finance and Budget Committee's disapproval of such a tax levy hike. The committee had even recommended that NWAAS communicate with the Raymond-Harvel […]

todayOctober 16, 2024 123

Nokomis citywide rummage sales Chamber

Illinois

Nokomis Chamber prepares for Halloween event

NOKOMIS -- The Greater Nokomis Chamber of Commerce met on October 8 inside the city council chambers at city hall. Minutes from the September 17 meeting, as well as the most recent treasurer's report, were approved. The most recent treasurer's report reflects an available balance of $1,860.45 in checking and CD balances of $45,045.27 with both CD terms coming up in November. In committee reports, the fall city-wide rummage sales were recently held on October 4-5, and everything was reported […]

todayOctober 15, 2024 103

Heartland Media Group of Central Illinois

Illinois

Heartland Media Group is moving downtown (soon)!

NOKOMIS -- Illinois operations for a Nokomis-based business will be moving to downtown Nokomis next month. Heartland Media Group of Central Illinois & Eastern Missouri, founded in 2022 by Jake Leonard, will be moving its Illinois operations downtown on November 1 in rented space at the back of 107 W. State St., the former Nokomis Medical Clinic. In addition to daily operations for Heartland Newsfeed, Leonard hopes to start print jobs as early as January through the group's Illinois Heartland […]

todayOctober 7, 2024 85

Nokomis Newkomis

Illinois

Nokomis Chamber holds September meeting

NOKOMIS -- The Greater Nokomis Chamber of Commerce held its monthly meeting on Thursday evening, September 17 inside the city council chambers at Nokomis City Hall. Minutes from the August 15 meeting, as well as the latest treasurer's report from Treasurer Ed Chausse, which reflected available funds of $1,900.60 and certificate of deposit balances of $43,037.40, were approved. An update was presented regarding the upcoming fall citywide rummage sales, which will be on October 4 and 5. Those wishing to […]

todaySeptember 23, 2024 109

Nokomis police arrest shoplifting Mattoon DUI

Illinois

Nokomis woman arrested for shoplifting, assault

SCHRAM CITY -- On Sunday, August 11, a Nokomis woman was apprehended for purportedly engaging in shoplifting at a Dollar General store. Shawna M. Pacewic, 50, of Nokomis, was taken into custody for the offenses of shoplifting, assault causing serious harm, driving with a suspended or revoked license, and failing to report a motor vehicle accident involving personal injury. E-911 telecommunicators from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department received the call at 4:58 p.m. of a person possibly struck by a […]

todayAugust 24, 2024 306

Nokomis Central Illinois

Illinois

Nokomis Chamber discusses merger, upcoming events

NOKOMIS -- The Greater Nokomis Chamber of Commerce met in a joint session with the Nokomis City Planning Commission and the Downtown Nokomis Association on Thursday, August 22 in the Nokomis City Council meeting room. Before formal Chamber business began, a proposal was presented to those in attendance from all three organizations by the Planning Commission for the three organizations to merge into one entity with the same mission in mind: economic development in the community, further improvements to downtown […]

todayAugust 23, 2024 186

Pana

Christian County

Pana District 8, Poettker cuts ribbon on new elementary school

PANA -- Pana Community Unit School District #8 held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, August 15, to celebrate the grand opening of its newest elementary school. Poettker Construction served as the construction manager and BLDD Architects worked as the architect for the new 67,000-square-foot two-story elementary school, which replaces the outdated elementary space formerly located in two separate buildings at Washington Elementary School on the west side of town and Lincoln Elementary School on the east side of town. Construction […]

todayAugust 20, 2024 182

petitioning Illinois

Illinois

Petitioning to begin Tuesday for 2025 consolidated election

HILLSBORO -- Montgomery County Clerk Sandy Leitheiser recently announced that due to Illinois Law change, all filings for school board member candidates will take place at the County Clerk’s Office for the upcoming April 1, 2025 Consolidated Election. Candidates for the following school districts will file in the Montgomery County Clerk’s Office: Hillsboro Unit School District #3, Litchfield Unit School District #12, Nokomis Unit School District #22, and Panhandle Unit School District #2. Candidates for all other local districts (townships, municipalities, […]

todayAugust 19, 2024 112

Union Pacific Nokomis

Illinois

Historic locomotive to make stop in Nokomis

NOKOMIS -- The Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 will be traveling through Nokomis on Tuesday, September 10, with arrival scheduled for 12:15 p.m. before departing at 12:45. The Union Pacific 4014 is a steam locomotive owned and operated by Union Pacific as part of its heritage fleet. It is a four-cylinder simple articulated 4-8-8-4 big boy model built in 1941 by the American Locomotive Company at the Schenectady Locomotive Works in New York. The locomotive was retired from revenue service […]

todayAugust 19, 2024 167

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