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QUINCY — Four candidates are looking to fill two open seats on the John Wood Community College Board of Trustees. Andrew Sprague is the lone incumbent among the four seeking seeks in the April 1 consolidated general election. Former Adams County Board Chairman Kent Snider, who will officially leave his position on the board Nov.…
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As the country is still processing the results of the Nov. 5 presidential election (Donald Trump won for those of you who have been living under a rock or refuse to recognize facts), I stand by my statement from two weeks ago: America prevails. But, some think the election was a result of institutional misogyny…
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The newly-elected Adams County State’s Attorney talks about his transition into being the county’s lead prosecutor and balancing the administrative and courtroom duties of the office.
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Dennis and Marcia Steinkamp of Quincy are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married on November 29, 1974 at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church (now Blessed Sacrament), Quincy. Marcia, is the daughter of the late Anthony and Ruth Lohman of Quincy. Dennis is the son of the late Elmer and Rosetta Steinkamp of Quincy. They…
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The American Farm Bureau Federation has voted to terminate the membership of Illinois Farm Bureau Federation, effective Dec. 20. The vote came Tuesday from the AFBF board of directors, which met following a meeting with IFB and Country Financial executives in Bloomington, Ill. Country and IFB share the same board of directors and executives. In an email to…
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QUINCY — After nearly 22 years on the Adams County Board, Kent Snider presided over his final meeting as the governing body’s chair. Snider, who has been chairman for six years, was praised by his colleagues as well as Veterans Assistance Commission Superintendent Paul Havermale and former Adams County Board Chairman Mike McLaughlin who all…
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QUINCY — KHQA-TV has announced that the newshub which they had been contributing to will now pull a Horace Greeley and “Go West.” Sinclair Broadcast Group announced last week that Beginning Dec. 9, KTVO-TV out of Kirksville, Mo. will produce a daily regional newscast that will air on KHQA’s digital signals, with KHQA personnel contributing…
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Stan and Kathy Schwartz of Quincy will celebrate their 50th Anniversary with a Mass and gathering of friends and family in late December. Stan, the son of the late J. Eugene and Evelyn Schwartz and Kathy, the daughter of the late Dan and Marie Gramke were married on November 29, 1974 at St. Joseph Catholic…
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QUINCY — Tom Marx, a self-made entrepreneur who ran multiple businesses and developed dozens of properties across Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, died Sunday. He was 74. Marx sold everything from furniture to Christmas trees to fireworks as he expanded his business portfolio. He owned a furniture store, Furniture Connection, at the location now occupied by…
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MRN’s J. Robert Gough talks to State Representative-elect Kyle Moore, who will represent the 99th District in Illinois come Jan. 8.
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QUINCY – The Appellate Court of Illinois Fourth District has denied the appeal of Tim Bliefnick, the Quincy man convicted of murdering his estranged wife in Feb. 2023. The court affirmed the conviction and three life sentences he received in August 2023. He remains in the Menard Correctional Center. Bliefnick’s attorneys based their argument that…
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QUINCY — Adams County Circuit Judge Tad Brenner has accepted a plea deal between the Adams County State’s Attorney’s office and a Quincy man charged with first-degree murder. Victor A. Weems III, 20, and his attorney, Matt Wayman with the Hammer Law Firm in St. Louis, and First Assistant State’s Attorney Todd Eyler appeared before…
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QUINCY — An organization recently founded to offer rewards to help track down leads and eventually solve local cold cases has its first significant donation. Friends of Justice CEO Jack Miller said an anonymous donor has contributed $10,000 for information that leads to the prosecution of the person responsible for the 2019 slaying of Dennis…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup told the city’s Aeronautics Committee Wednesday that “multiple” airlines interested in taking over the Essential Air Service contract have reached out. In August, Troup wrote to the U.S. Department of Transportation and said Southern Airways Express, which has provided essential air service at the Quincy airport since Dec. 1,…
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I am fascinated by The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and love the Alan Moore comic and movie that followed, “V for Vendetta”. Remember, remember!The fifth of November,The Gunpowder treason and plot;I know of no reasonWhy the Gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot!Guy Fawkes and his companionsDid the scheme contrive,To blow the King and ParliamentAll up alive.Threescore…
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QUINCY – After months of debate by the public and waffling by some aldermen, the Quincy City Council came together Monday night to dump the issue of improvements to the intersection of 48th and State back into the lap of the Adams County Board. After all, Mayor Mike Troup said it was their road. “I’ve…
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QUINCY — Alderman Kelly Mays (R-3rd Ward) requested a breakdown of cost differences between a roundabout, stop lights and added turn lanes at 48th and State. Those are included in a packet that was provided to the Quincy City Council for discussion at Monday night’s meeting and is in the linked document.
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QUINCY – At the close of business on Friday, nearly 13,000 of Adams County’s votes for Tuesday’s general election had already been cast. That’s a little more than 29 percent according to Adams County Clerk Ryan Niekamp. Those totals consisted of 11,062 early votes and 1,918 votes by mail. In 2020, more than 17,500 people…
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MRN’s J. Robert Gough talks to Quincy School District officials about the school’s ranking in the latest Illinois School Report Card, which came out last week, and what can be done to improve the numbers.
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QUINCY — The majority of the 26 speakers at Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting didn’t want to talk about the “ridiculous roundabout” as one opponent called it, or the preservation of St. Boniface Church. Ten of the speakers wanted to advocate for better housing conditions for Quincy renters. Lisa Wigoda, a member of Quincy’s Safe…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council Monday night voted to grant St. Boniface Church, 641 Maine, landmark status. The 11-3 vote to support the effort included two aldermen who previously voted to deny the application: Mike Rein (R-5th Ward) and Jack Holtschlag (D-7th Ward). Holtschlag gave his reasons for the change of heart before he…
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QUINCY – As Halloween approaches, the issue of the 48th and State roundabout continues to haunt the community. It returns from the dead as does Count Dracula. It staggers like a zombie from “The Walking Dead.” Wooden stake, anyone? Daryl Dixon’s crossbow handy? The issue doesn’t appear to be any closer to finality as a…
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QUINCY — The Great River Economic Development Foundation announced Tuesday that MadisonBadgley Peters has been promoted to the position of Vice President of the organization. This is a newly-created post as GREDF and its president, Kyle Moore, prepare for the likelihood that Moore will be elected to the Illinois House of Representatives next month. Moore…
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QUINCY — A Quincy company redeveloping a downtown building into mixed-use is requesting more than $300,000 in tax increment financing from the City of Quincy as part of its nearly $6.9 million redevelopment of a century-old building. The Finance Committee unanimously voted during its Monday night meeting to send the proposal to the full City…
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QUINCY — Two GOP mayoral candidates turned in petitions at the beginning of the filing period Monday morning at Quincy City Hall. Brink was first in line with 740 signatures on his petitions. Troup was third in line behind former City Clerk Janet Hutmacher, who was turning in the petitions for City Clerk Laura Oakman.…
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QUINCY — Quincy Community Theatre Executive Director Burgundy Hill has announced that Brandon Thomsen is departing his role as the organization’s artistic director on Nov. 8. In a social media post Wednesday morning, Hill said it was a “bittersweet” moment, calling Thomsen “a remarkable colleague and dear friend.” Thomsen was with QCT for 18 years,…
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QUINCY — The Adams County Board will vote in its 2025 fiscal year budget in November and it is expected to be 3 to 4 percent higher than the current year’s spending plan. Finance Committee Chairman Bret Austin told the board at Tuesday night’s meeting the committee and staff have compiled the expected revenues and…
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Dave and Theresa Bockhold of rural Payson, will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary at a dinner with their children and grandchildren. They also celebrated this past May with a trip to Germany where they visited ancestral farms and met distant cousins. Mr. Bockhold and the former Theresa Genenbacher were married on October 27, 1979 in…
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