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QUINCY — Rome Frericks, executive director for the Quincy Park District, wants anybody interested in the tentative plan for the Quincy Bay habitat rehabilitation and enhancement project to come to an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Oakley-Lindsay Center, 300 Civic Center Plaza. The open house will be conducted in partnership…
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QUINCY — A Quincy woman was injured in a single-vehicle crash on North 24th Street on Wednesday afternoon. Deputies with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to a crash on North 24th Street north of Weiss Lane. A 2015 GMC driven by Becky Hartley, 60, was traveling south on North 24th when it left the west side…
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MACOMB, Ill. — The residents of a home at 329 S. Dudley were evacuated Tuesday night when a fire that started in a trash can eventually caught the home on fire. The Macomb Fire Department was dispatched at 6:11 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13 for a trash can on fire. While en route, the responding crew…
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QUINCY — John Wood Community College, in collaboration with the JWCC Ag Alumni, has established the JWCC Agriculture Hall of Fame as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the college. This initiative aims to honor alumni, past faculty and staff as well as friends of the JWCC agricultural education program for their professional achievements,…
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QUINCY — After more than a year of discussions, The Adams County Board Tuesday night approved the establishment of a $1 million program to incentivize housing development in Quincy and Adams County. Finance Committee Chairman Bret Austin (R-District 1) outlined the plan, which will utilize most of the remaining American Rescue Plan Act $13.3 million…
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CANTON, Mo. — A building that used to be a popular bar for Culver-Stockton College students and alumni collapsed Monday afternoon and was demolished hours later. Tycher Blakely, chief of the Canton Police Department, said OC’s at the corner of Fifth and Clark collapsed “around 2:15 or 2:30 p.m.” “There were some workers in there,…
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QUINCY — Citing that it is not a “requirement” but a “preference” for property owners to rebuild on land they purchase under the city’s Fix of Flatten program, the Quincy City Council pulled back four properties they had intended to turn over to the Two Rivers Regional Land Bank Authority. At Monday’s City Council meeting,…
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QUINCY — No occupants were found in a house fire Monday afternoon at 535 N. Eighth. A press release from the Quincy Fire Department says firefighters responded to a report of a house fire and several other calls for smoke coming from the roof. The first crews arrived on the scene at 12:34 p.m. and…
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Devin J. Milsap, 35, last known address in the 700 block of College in Quincy, is wanted by the Adams County Sheriff’s Department for forgery and domestic battery. Milsap is 5-foot-9 tall and 270 pounds with a black hair and brown eyes. If you know where he can be found, call the Quincy Regional Crime Stoppers…
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COLUSA, Ill. — A Dallas City woman was arrested twice in two days on various drug, theft and driving charges and now is in custody in the Hancock County Jail. A deputy attempted a traffic stop on a grey 2011 Chevrolet near Colusa at approximately 10:27 p.m. on Feb. 8. The driver of the vehicle…
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The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department recently reported in a Monday, Feb. 12 press release the following arrests for methamphetamine or drug-related offenses. The department received a report at 10:51 p.m. Jan. 7 of a reckless driver. Deputies found the suspected vehicle and conducted a traffic stop leading to the arrest of Wyatt J. Brown, 26,…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — As Michael Gaines, director of the Hannibal Arts Council, sat in the audience Friday night listening to the description of the Pacesetter Award winner at the Hannibal Area Chamber of Commerce banquet, his ears began to perk up. “It started hitting me when they mentioned Austria. I was like, ‘I went to…
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QUINCY — A tract of land, owned by NLA Quincy LLC, along Broadway in front of Target will be converted into a shopping center, according to a document filed Tuesday in the Adams County Recorder’s Office. An 84-page operation and easement agreement between Target Corporation and Alabama-based developer NLA Quincy, LLC, for a “Broadway Plaza…
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Mark McDonald and Randy Phillips take you to Ralls County, Mo. and Northeast Missouri’s first distillery. Sweetwater Distillery first began pouring product, May 2020. but years of work went before that first sip of whiskey was ready to enjoy. Dot Foods brings you Muddy River Gems.
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QUINCY — The Quincy Service Club is giving people an opportunity to recognize someone who has been a selfless volunteer or has worked tirelessly on behalf of the community. The club will present its 72nd annual Golden Deeds award during a luncheon in May at the Elks Club. The club is accepting nominations through March…
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The new United Way of Adams County executive director talks about her vision for the organization and how it works to help those who need assistance.
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The Quincy Police Department reported Friday afternoon that Officer Matt Hermsmeier has recovered from the gunshot wound he sustained when he was shot while handling a domestic disturbance on Jan. 11. Hermsmeier returned to full duty today “and is very happy to be back to work”, according to the statement. Hermsmeier, a 25-year veteran of…
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MRN’s Ron Kinscherf chats with Julie Whelan and Brooklyn Whelan of O’Shea’s about the local bar and grill’s offerings and getting ready for Lent and St. Patrick’s Day. Mercantile Bank sponsors the Business Spotlight.
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QUINCY — Robbery charges for a Quincy man and a Quincy woman in connection to the October shooting death of a teenage girl were dropped Friday afternoon as they accepted the terms of a negotiated plea that should allow both of them to be free by July. Fallon M. Gillum, 21, and Tristian L. Johnson,…
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QUINCY — Construction will start Monday, Feb. 12 on the Sixth Street revitalization project between Maine and Vermont streets. A press release issued Friday from Steve Bange, engineering manager for the city, and Maggie Strong, project consultant, says initial construction will be the excavation of the water mains at various locations on Maine, Hampshire and…
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Dear MRN, Do you happen to know if there is any truth to (Illinois Governor JB) Pritzker sending buses to Quincy with migrants? Supposedly they are going in ShopKo. Have you heard the rumor that the old ShopKo building is being retrofitted to bring in illegals from other countries to live/house/etc.? Please investigate. We absolutely…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) recently approved a stipulated agreement to install automatic warning devices, circuitry and minor approach grade improvements at the County Road 1700 North highway-rail grade crossing of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company’s track near Fowler in Adams County. “Illinois has the second largest rail system in the…
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QUINCY — Amber Whicker will be recommended to the Board of Education as the new principal of Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School beginning with the 2024-25 school year. Whicker will assume the role currently held by Chrissy Cox, who has been the principal at Denman since it opened in 2019. The Board of Education will…
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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday for Blessing Hospital in its suit against the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, The Illinois Department of Public Health and Quincy Medical Group. Blessing filed the suit in 2022 after the Review Board gave approval for QMG to build a 27-bed hospital…
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QUINCY – With a successful first week under their belt, it’s safe to say that CC’s Coffee Bar is evolving just like the Iron Butterfly who inspired it. The mobile coffee bar originally stationed on the southwest corner of 11th and Maine now has a fixed location at 106 S. 11th. Regulars do not have to travel…
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