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Farm Progress Show Decatur

Illinois

Farm Progress Show returns to Decatur Aug. 29-31

DECATUR (FarmWeekNow) -- Advance tickets are selling quickly for this year’s Farm Progress Show, planned for Aug. 29-31 in Decatur. And for good reason. This year’s event, which is the first in four years to be held in the Prairie State without any restrictions, will feature nearly 550 exhibitors, the largest varied industries tent in the show’s history and daily field demonstrations and ride-and-drive opportunities. “It’s shaping up to be a tremendous Farm Progress Show (FPS),” Matt Jungmann, FPS manager, […]

todayAugust 21, 2023 118

crop moisture extreme heat humidity

Illinois

Heat wave could slow drought improvement

BLOOMINGTON (FarmWeekNow) -- Soil moisture levels and crop conditions improved significantly the past six weeks. But that pattern could shift as hot and dry conditions are projected to envelope much of the Corn Belt, including Illinois, for at least the next week. High temperatures could fire up well into the 90s with heat index readings into the triple-digits, based on the forecast as of press time. If realized, the hot and dry weather will slow drought improvement, according to Trent […]

todayAugust 18, 2023 1021

excessive heat

Illinois

Excessive heat watch issued for bi-state region

The National Weather Service offices in St. Louis and Lincoln have issued an excessive heat watch beginning Sunday and continuing through Wednesday for portions of Central Illinois. According to the Weather Service, the dangerously hot conditions will have the possibility of heat index values up to 108 degrees. The National Weather Service has an extreme heat watch activated for the immediate Heartland Newsfeed coverage area beginning Sunday. A dangerous heat wave will take hold over the region by the end of this weekend, […]

todayAugust 18, 2023 138 2

pickleball

Illinois

Pickleball fundraiser set for Saturday

RAYMOND -- Here's a quick question for you: what does putt-putt golf have to do with pickleball? This Saturday in Raymond, a putt-putt golf fundraiser will raise funds for the renovation and continued care of the pickleball courts at Kiwanis Park. "Garage Golf" will feature nine holes at various locations in Raymond Saturday between the hours of 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Panhandle Picklers, and the cost to participate is $25 per person. Event […]

todayAugust 18, 2023 149

Bliefnick

Illinois

Former Family Feud contestant Bliefnick gets life sentence for wife’s murder

https://youtu.be/Bpeq-X-DZGI KHQA/YOUTUBE VIDEO QUINCY (UPI) -- A former Family Feud contestant who joked on the game show that his marriage was a mistake has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his estranged wife. Tim Bliefnick, 40, of Quincy, on Friday was sentenced by Illinois Circuit Court Judge Robert Adrian to spend the remainder of his natural life in prison for breaking into the home of his wife, Rebecca Bliefnick, in February and shooting her to death. Tim Bliefnick was convicted in […]

todayAugust 14, 2023 1781

Illinois Native Americans

Capitol News Illinois

Pritzker signs bills expanding protections for Native Americans

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Gov. JB Pritzker signed a package of bills Friday extending cultural protections to Native Americans in Illinois and requiring the teaching of Native American history in public schools. At a bill signing ceremony in Schaumburg, Pritzker highlighted three historic sites that were significant in Native American history in Illinois – the Buel House along the Cherokee Trail of Tears in Pope County; the Pierre Menard Home in Randolph County; and the Kincaid Mounds that contain the remains of a Native American […]

todayAugust 8, 2023 1651

food

Local

Illinois Extension offering certified food class

HILLSBORO -- The University of Illinois Extension will be offering the state-mandated Certified Food Protection Managers class and exam. The Illinois Department of Public Health Food Sanitation Code (section 750.540) requires food service establishments to be under the operational supervision of a certified food protection manager during hours of operation. Certificates need renewal every five years and class attendance is mandatory to sit for the exam. The University of Illinois Extension of Montgomery County will be offering the course and […]

todayAugust 8, 2023 112

accident I-57 Mattoon Decatur crash

Illinois

Multi-vehicle accident near Mattoon along I-57

MATTOON -- The Illinois State Police is alerting drivers of an accident that has occurred in Coles County near Mattoon. Troop 7 troopers are on the scene of a minor multi-vehicle personal injury crash on Interstate 57 southbound near milepost 182. That is two miles south of Mattoon and milepost 184, which is the Illinois Route 16 exit. Both lanes of southbound traffic are currently blocked while efforts to recover the vehicles are underway. Southbound traffic will be diverted onto […]

todayAugust 2, 2023 1921

extreme heat relief rain thunderstorms July 29 2023

Illinois

Is extreme heat relief on the way?

UPDATE 4:03 p.m. CDT: The severe thunderstorm watch has extended into south-central and some parts of east-central Illinois. The watch has also been extended until 9 p.m. - JL The Heartland Newsfeed/Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network coverage area has been plagued with extreme heat this week. A heat advisory remains in effect until 9 p.m. Central tonight, but could relief be coming in before that? The National Weather Service is thinking that it is possible. At 11:25 a.m., the National Weather […]

todayJuly 29, 2023 1601 1 3

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