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QUINCY — The Illinois Attorney General’s office has received the recordings of the closed sessions of the Adams County Board and Finance Committee meetings for May and acknowledged the board’s actions during those meetings were “improper”. In a statement e-mailed from the AG’s communications office Thursday afternoon: “We are pleased that Adams County has acknowledged…
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QUINCY — The Quincy School Board unanimously elected Shelley Arns as president and Rachael Petty as vice-president in a brief special meeting Tuesday afternoon. Sayeed Ali resigned as board president, but will remain on the board. Arns had been vice president of the board since April 2021 when she took over for Mike Troup, who…
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt defeated a former governor and two U.S. Representatives on his way to the Republican nomination for one of Missouri’s two U.S. Senate seats. Missouri’s senior Senator, Republican Roy Blunt, is retiring at the end of his term. Schmitt will face Trudy Busch Valentine, an heiress to the Anheuser-Busch brewing dynasty.…
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John Jackson handily won his bid for re-election as Associate Circuit Judge, defeating Tyler White 3,420 votes to 804 votes. Jackson, the former prosecuting attorney in Marion County, has been on the bench since 1996. The 10th Judicial Circuit includes Marion, Ralls and Monroe counties. White, 31, was charged in June by Bryant with attempting…
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Members of the Adams County Board discussed their political futures behind closed doors during a closed session of their May 10 meeting. Bret Austin, Adams County Board vice chairman and Finance Committee chairman, assured his fellow board members these discussions would remain private, despite the fact they were being recorded. These board members must be…
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The Adams County Board’s Finance Committee went into closed session May 9 to discuss giving themselves raises and lay out a political strategy to deal with potential fallout from voters who might not approve of the action. These actions are not permitted under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. “The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of…
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The Adams County Board’s Finance Committee went into closed session May 9 to discuss giving themselves raises and lay out a political strategy to deal with potential fallout from voters who might not approve of the action. These actions are not permitted under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. “The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of…
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QUINCY — A packed house filled the Quincy City Council chambers Monday before the regularly scheduled meeting of the aldermen to hear from two airlines hoping to serve as the Essential Air Service provider for Quincy’s airport. Representatives from Boutique Air and Southern Airways Express each were allotted 15 minutes to make their presentations and…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council unanimously voted to pay $455,000 out of the city’s general fund for runway improvements near the hangars at Quincy Regional Airport owned by Knapheide Manufacturing. The original proposal called for more than $800,000 in runway improvements to be paid for with American Relief Plan Act (ARPA) dollars. The City…
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Sayeed Ali discusses his tenure as Quincy School Board president as it draws to a close. MRN This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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MRN Publisher Bob Gough spoke with Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-Oakland) Thursday via zoom while Miller was in Washington D.C. Miller also said she would have one of her 15th District offices in Quincy. The last member of Congress to have an office in Quincy was Dick Durbin when he was a representative. His Quincy office…
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QUINCY — Members of the Democratic and Republican parties of Adams County voted to keep their party chairpersons in place Wednesday night. The members of the Central Committees for each respective party held their bi-annual caucus at the Adams County Courthouse. The Republican and Democratic members met in separate courtrooms to cast their votes. Dave…
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Ashley, Frankie and Bobby talk about recycling, Target and whether a shopping cart is a trash can.
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Bob Gough talks to Amy Stevens of Underbrink’s Bakery about getting up early to make pastries, cakes and pies and how she and her team have maintained one of Quincy’s sweetest traditions. Cason, Huff and Schleuter Insurance brings you the Business Spotlight.
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Ashley Conrad tells teachers to enjoy their last month of break and talks to Bob Gough about some new publication available from Muddy River Sports. Harvey’s, Utopia, The Abbey, Instant Replay and Quincy Warehouse Bargains sponsor the Daily Muddy.
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QUINCY — The owner of WCU Tower Corporation says demolition to the parking garage at 5th and Jersey will begin soon, once the permitting paperwork gets through the City of Quincy. Lynn Wiewel of WCU Tower Corp. said the company accepted the low bid from a St. Louis demolition company. Architechnics, whose offices are located…
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QUINCY — Shelley Arns will be the new president of the Quincy School Board as the current president, Sayeed Ali, is stepping down from the role, but remaining on the board. On Thursday, the School District sent out an agenda for a special School Board meet to be held on August 2 where the action…
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Ashley, Frankie and Bobby talk about famous people they have encountered.
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QUINCY — The Quincy School Board accepted food bids for the 2022-2023 school year that will see an increase of more than 20 percent. At Wednesday night’s meeting, the Board accepted the lowest bid of $980,897 from Kohl Wholesale for food and nonfood items, Prairie Farms’ low bid of $273,192 for milk, Kohl’s low bid…
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QUINCY — Andy Caley of Caley Custom Construction told the Quincy City Council Monday night that he now plans to repair the building that was gutted by an intentionally set fire on May 18. After aldermen voted 10-1 to accept a $79,500 bid to hire Blick Construction Co. to demolish the building on July 6,…
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We talk about Bob’s lack of sound engineering prowess and other fun stuff.
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Bob Gough talks to Bob Havermale of Practical Tactical about the large indoor shooting range in LaGrange that serves shooters throughout the Midwest. Cason, Huff and Schlueter sponsors the Business Spotlight.
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QUINCY — The Illinois Attorney General’s office wants to see the closed session minutes from the May 10 meeting of the Adams County Board, as well as closed session minutes from the county’s Finance Committee meeting on May 9. Muddy River News made a Freedom of Information Act request for the May 10 County Board…
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MRN Publisher J. Robert Gough talks about the circus that was Judge Robert Adrian’s intention to seek retention announcement and addresses concerns about Club Muddy. The Abbey, Utopia, Harvey’s Furniture, Instant Replay, Quincy Warehouse Bargains and The Liquor Booth bring you The Daily Muddy.
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Bob Gough talks to Melissa Shriver-Hackamack about what’s new and what’s coming back to this year’s Adams County Fair. Muddy River News is furnished by Harvey’s.
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QUINCY — The Adams County Board signed off on a little more than $1.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act spending at Tuesday night’s meeting. So with $6.5 million spent and another $7.4 million in projects under review, the county has nearly exhausted the money it received by the federal government following the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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QUINCY — Cammy Vaughan was in the front of the line Tuesday afternoon. She was part of 25 or so people who wanted to protest Judge Robert Adrian’s announcement that he intends to stay on the bench. Vaughan was the young woman who went public after Adrian had overturned the sexual assault conviction of Drew Clinton,…
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QUINCY — Donte Clausell is scheduled to go to trial in August on a charge of first-degree murder. Clausell, 33, faces attempted first-degree murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm charges following a July 2020 drive-by shooting on Ill. 57. He was charged along with Stefan K. Crider III, who pleaded guilty in May to…
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