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QUINCY — The John Wood Community College Board of Trustees will be the host of an open forum for community members to provide input on characteristics needed in the search of the college’s next president. Pauly Group, Inc., of Springfield has been contracted by the board of trustees to facilitate the search for the person…
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QUINCY — The U.S. Attorney General has brought a civil action against Quincy attorney Don Schuering, asking for $961,000 in unpaid taxes from 2009-18. The complaint also calls for federal tax liens to be enforced against property — a residence and an office — Schuering owns. Schuering would be forced to file income tax returns…
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QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame High School graduated its second class of 83 students on May 15. The commencement address was given by John Spring, former mayor of Quincy and past executive director of the QND Foundation. Ray Heilmann, former Quincy Notre Dame principal, gave the invocation. Msgr. Leo Enlow, pastor of The Church of…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal City Council will vote on the appointment of Lt. Jacob Nacke as chief of the Hannibal Police Department at its June 7 meeting. Chief Lyndell Davis retired May 6 after serving with the Hannibal Police Department for more than 30 years. Lt. Mike Routh has been the acting chief of…
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Terry Traeder talks about the work underway for June’s Quincy Grand Prix of Karting and the resurgence of the sport. Muddy River News This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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QUINCY — The Mary Weems Barton Quincy Public Library foundation will be the host of the Libations for the Library dueling bartender fundraising event at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the State Theater. The evening will consist of drinks, food and a friendly competition as bartenders from The Patio Restaurant and Lounge (Ahmed Williams) and Cole’s Hearth Room Restaurant (Coltin Cole)…
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QUINCY — An assistant coach on Quincy Notre Dame’s girls basketball state championship team was arrested Thursday and is lodged in the Adams County Jail on a charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The Quincy Police Department began an investigation involving a possible inappropriate relationship between a coach/trainer and a 16-year-old Quincy juvenile. The juvenile…
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ALLIANCE, Ohio – The University of Mount Union Board of Trustees announced Tuesday that Robert A. Gervasi will serve as the interim president during the 2022-23 academic year. Gervasi will succeed Dr. Thomas J. Botzman, who announced his retirement last month. Gervasi is expected to begin his role at Mount Union on June 27. Gervasi…
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QUINCY — Quincy Police have arrested a juvenile male in connection with starting the fire at a vacant building Wednesday evening in Quincy’s Calftown neighborhood. Police say based on evidence gathered during interviews and found at the scene of the fire at 649 State, the preliminary investigation concluded the fire was incendiary in nature. The…
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QUINCY — It’s probably easier to list all of the community activities Chuck Scholz hasn’t participated in and all of the awards he hasn’t been given. Scholz, 68, is best known for his three-term stint as the mayor of Quincy from 1993-2005, but he’s been a board member, trustee, chairman or volunteer for dozens of…
Read Full Article QUINCY — John Wood Community College is using a Springfield company to assist in its search for its next president. Chair Diane Ary gave an update Wednesday night during the board of trustees’ monthly meeting about the search to replace Michael Elbe, who is retiring Dec. 31. JWCC is working with the Pauly Group, Inc.,…
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Teachers will receive annual 4 percent increases QUINCY — The Quincy School Board approved a three-year contract with the Quincy Federation of Teachers and its subgroups Wednesday night. The deal gives teachers annual 4 percent raises in each of the next three years. The contract is expected to cost the school district an additional $20…
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QUINCY — A building on the northeast corner of Seventh and State, where three people died in a fire in 2008 and a man was convicted for setting the fire and murdering them, was ablaze again Wednesday night. Quincy Fire Chief Bernie Vahlkamp said the call came in at 5:48 p.m. Wednesday, and it quickly…
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QUINCY — When Judge Roger Thomson asked Bradley Yohn if he would be ready for the first day of his trial on June 21, Yohn replied, “Oh, yes sir, most definitely.” Yohn is defending himself Pro Se against charges of carjacking and home invasion in Adams County filed in November 2021. He appeared in Adams…
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Mark and Chris Lawrence are countersuing charity’s board of directors, claiming accusations are false. QUINCY — Mark Lawrence made his first appearance in Adams County Circuit Court on Wednesday morning after he was arrested on two theft charges following an indictment by an Adams County grand jury on May 12. Lawrence is charged with theft…
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Dear MRN, What’s going on near the corner of 18th and Koch’s Lane? The home on that corner finally got knocked down. Documents filed in the Adams County Recorder’s office show Niemann General Contracting, Inc., of Quincy bought the 2.2-acre property at 1700 Koch’s Lane from Raven Securities, Inc., of Belleville on March 24 for…
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Blessing Hospital A boy born to Jacob and Carrie Campbell of Quincy at 1:55 a.m. May 4.A girl born to Casey and Jessie Shoopman of Camp Point at 9:36 a.m. May 5. A girl born to Cole and Margaret Lannng of Plymouth at 4 p.m. May 6.A boy born to Jacob Jagodzinski and Elizabeth Kipp of…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup says city officials are still investigating how and why the emails for city employees have been unavailable after they discovered a cyber attack on May 7, but he believes light is at the end of the tunnel. “I finally do, yeah,” Troup said after Monday’s City Council meeting. “I’m…
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Dear MRN, There is a hole in the alley behind the building where I work on Maine Street. It seems as if the hole has been there for a long time, but no work ever gets done. What’s going on? The alley in question connects Fifth Street and Sixth Street, and it is between Maine…
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QUINCY — An independent national healthcare watchdog organization has given Blessing Hospital a grade of “A” for patient safety for the fourth consecutive survey period. The Leapfrog Group, founded by 2,000 large employers and other purchasers of healthcare, assigns a letter grade of A through F every six months to approximately 2,900 general hospitals across…
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QUINCY — Call it the “Target Effect.” Demolition of the former Lincoln-Douglas U.S. Army Reserve Training Center at 601 N. 36th started last week. EJB Real Estate LLC owns the property. Owner Eric Booth hopes to turn it into a multi-tenant commercial building — more commonly known as a strip mall. The news that the…
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QUINCY — The country has faced an unbelievable amount of product shortages since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 — toilet paper, appliances, furniture, computer chips, you name it. The latest shortage gaining national attention is baby formula, but this shortage isn’t completely pandemic related. The largest U.S. manufacturer of baby formula, Abbott…
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QUINCY — Jonathan Lewin declined the appointment as the chief of the Quincy Police Department, and the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners late Friday afternoon appointed Adam Yates to the position. Commissioner Barry Cheyne said in a press release that Lewin said “both personally and professionally, it was in his best interest to decline.”…
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Details will be provided following Wednesday night’s Quincy School Board meeting. QUINCY — The Quincy Federation of Teachers has approved a new multi-year labor contract with the Quincy School District. While Muddy River News has learned that the teachers will receive pay increases in each year of the deal, no official details have been released.…
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QUINCY — The wait for an answer from Jonathan Lewin is nearly over. Lewin, who received an offer May 2 from the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners to become the chief of the Quincy Police Department, told Muddy River News Thursday night in a text that he will “have a decision (Friday).” Lewin, 54,…
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