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QUINCY– The Quincy Notre Dame Foundation has announced that the 2021 QND Fund Drive raised $571,623 in gifts and pledges, exceeding its goal by more than $124,000. This is the largest amount raised through the QND Fund Drive since its inception in 1977. “We worked very hard this year to ensure no stone was left unturned. We…
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QUINCY — Birthright of Quincy’s largest annual fundraiser is going virtual for the second straight year. Birthright Trivia Night has packed more than 500 supporters together inside Quincy University’s Health & Fitness Center to enjoy a trivia contest and silent auction of more than 200 locally donated items. Money raised by the annual event represents…
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QUINCY — For most of us, Facebook’s five-hour outage on Monday was merely annoying. It prevented us from wasting time at work to mindlessly scroll on our phones to find out what is happening with friends and family. However, for some, Monday’s outage cost them business. “I was planning on doing a live video that…
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QUINCY — Registration for the Quincy Family YMCA’s 42nd annual Turkey Run, set for Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 25), is open. Runners can participate in a 1-mile fun run, a 5K run or a 10K run. People who register before Nov. 11 are guaranteed a T-shirt. Packets can be picked up from 9 a.m. to 6…
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QUINCY — Registration is now open for the 15th annual “Pink. Pass it on in the District” 5K walk for breast cancer awareness on Oct. 23. All proceeds benefit the Blessing Foundation Breast Center financial assistance program. Walkers are asked for a minimum $25 donation. Each walker will receive a T-shirt. Children under 12 can walk…
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QUINCY — The three-man Fire and Police Commission met Wednesday afternoon in the Caucus Room at City Hall. They discussed training, interviews, hiring, and recruitment of firefighters and police officers during a nearly two-hour session. However, a promise made Monday by Quincy Mayor Mike Troup to attend the meeting and file a complaint against Police…
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QUINCY — A truck the city has used for two months isn’t filling more potholes than in the past, but it is filling them better than in the past. The city agreed earlier this year on a three-month lease for a truck from Bergkamp Inc. in Salina, Kan., to fix potholes. Kevin McClean, director of…
Read Full Article QUINCY – Quincy University is asking the community to participate in its annual food drive Wednesday in conjunction with QU’s Day of Service. Students will be outside local grocery stores collecting nonperishable food items to support local food pantries in Quincy. Nonperishable food items will be collected outside Hy-Vee, County Market, Save-A-Lot and Walmart locations. Nonperishable items…
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QUINCY — The Class of 2020 graduates of the Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences Medical Laboratory Technology program delivered a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification exam, with an average exam score more than 50 points higher than the national average. The ASCP Board…
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Friends of the Trails conducted a ribbon cutting and check presentation on Oct. 5 to celebrate the opening of a sidewalk on North 24th Street. This connection links residential neighborhoods on Northbrook Road, Southbrook Road and Wismann Lane to the Bill Klingner Trail. The project was funded by a grant from the Marion Gardner Jackson…
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QUINCY — Monday night’s meeting of the Quincy City Council had most of those who left the chambers shaking their heads. No one was quite sure exactly what happened. While Mayor Mike Troup’s proposed rental registration ordinance went down in flames on a 9-5 vote, the status of the proposed ordinance to give the mayor…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup outlined an eight-point plan Monday morning to be added to his proposed ordinance that would change how future police and fire chiefs would be hired. Troup met for approximately an hour with Steve Meckes, Kerry Anders and Barry Cheyne — members of the city’s Fire and Police Commission —…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup called Police Chief Rob Copley’s annual report to aldermen last month “misleading,” believes there’s a “lack of performance” in regard to Copley and doesn’t believe Fire Chief Bernie Vahlkamp was “the top candidate” when he was hired in July. Troup made those comments during a Fire and Police Commission…
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On Monday, Circuit Judge Tad Brenner entered an order which adds the Illinois governor’s office and the Illinois Department of Public Health as “necessary parties” to the legal action being taken against Blessing Health System and Quincy Medical Group by plaintiffs who do not want to receive the COVID-19 vaccine or get tested regularly. Brenner’s…
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TONKAWA, Okla. — A former theater professor at Culver-Stockton College and Western Illinois University faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being charged May 5 with first-degree rape and other felony sex-related charges. Anthony Lee Luetkenhaus, 37, made his first appearance in Kay County District Court on May 7. He…
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QUINCY – Quincy University is celebrating Franciscan Heritage Week through Friday. The public is encouraged to join faculty, staff and students at the events hosted by QU Campus Ministry. Masks are required at all events. The week-long celebration began Sunday night with the Transitus Service in the QU Chapel. Transitus, Latin for passage, interactively depicts and commemorates the…
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QUINCY — Prolific author and Lincoln historian Brian R. Dirck, who recently returned from Japan where he was a Fulbright lecturer, will deliver the second Samuel C. Rinella Jr. Memorial Lincoln Lecture at the McHugh Theatre on the campus of Quincy University at 7 p.m. Oct. 29. A professor of history at Anderson University in…
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QUINCY — A Mastering Microsoft Teams class is being offered from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday by John Wood Community College Business and Industry Training. The class is open to the public. No application is necessary. Reservations are required. The class will take place at JWCC’s Workforce Development Center, 4220 Koch’s Lane. This hands-on workshop…
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Maureen Kahn, president/CEO of Blessing Health System, talks about health care and events that recently transpired regarding COVID-19 testing and vaccinations and the health care provider’s policies. Harvey’s Furniture sponsors Muddy River News This Week.
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QUINCY — Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences, 3609 Marx Drive, will host its 33rd annual Teddy Bear Clinic from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. The Teddy Bear Clinic is free and designed for children ages 3-6 and their favorite doll or stuffed toy. The clinic helps children realize the importance of good health…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Museum Folk Life Festival will be from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. This free family friendly event will feature a bounce house, face painting, a country market, vendors, demonstrators, a Mountain Man demonstrator, live reptile programs, the Quincy Kennel Club square dancing dogs, Quincy Police Department DARE…
Read Full Article QUINCY – Quincy University will honor its 2020 and 2021 Heritage Award recipients at an alumni dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Hall of Fame Room during Homecoming Weekend. Tickets for the dinner are $25 apiece. The Heritage Awards are the highest honor bestowed by Quincy University upon outstanding alumna or alumnus. QU has presented the…
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QUINCY — Don Dwyer, an anchor on the WGEM Today morning show since January 2019, was terminated from his job Thursday afternoon because he refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Dwyer was told of his dismissal after a noon meeting with his supervisors at WGEM. “I didn’t know it was coming. I followed every protocol…
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QUINCY — Quincy Superintendent Roy Webb sent an email to faculty and staff with the Quincy School District at noon Friday indicating his plans to retire at the end of the 2021-22 school year. “My wife and I have decided it is time to retire at the end of this school year,” he wrote. “We…
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QUINCY — Brent Fischer was fired from his position as the executive director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board on Sept. 8 after an investigation and three-month suspension with pay, Fischer, who is from Quincy and formerly served as Adams County Sheriff, confirmed his discharge in an interview with Muddy River News…
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