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QUINCY – The track is back! And it has a new name. Owner Paul Holtschlag announced Wednesday that Jimmy Lieurance will be taking over as director of operations at Adams County Speedway, formerly known as Quincy Raceways, and that the .29-mile track at 8000 Broadway will reopen in spring 2022. Lieurance will be leasing the…
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QUINCY — A man and a woman are in the Adams County Jail facing drug charges after an investigation revealed methamphetamine was provided to children. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office received a tip in August from the Department of Child Family Services regarding a report of child abuse and neglect. A forensic interview was completed…
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QUINCY — An eight-person committee has been formed to search for Roy Webb’s replacement as the superintendent of the Quincy School District, and the deadline for candidates to apply is Nov. 5. Sayeed Ali, president of the Quincy School Board, returns to the committee. He was part of a seven-person committee in 2015 that eventually selected…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council awarded a no-bid contract of $60,000 to Klingner & Associates to “provide architectural studies, planning, conceptual design and cost estimating services for City Hall space allocation needs.” But as aldermen questioned Director of Utilities and Engineering Jeffrey Conte about the contract, a broader discussion developed regarding the possibility of…
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QUINCY — Sara Reuschel wasn’t actively looking to leave her position as the executive director of the Quincy Community Theatre. “If you would have talked to me about two or three months ago, I would have told you I was going to retire from the theater,” she said. “There was not a job that I…
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QUINCY — Fire Station 6 at 24th and Cedar was briefly closed twice in the past 30 days because of a lack of available firefighters. “A guy called in sick in the morning. We had four guys in Chicago training, and we had some guys taking vacation days,” Fire Chief Bernie Vahlkamp said of the…
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I recently was in Chicago and boarding a plane at O’Hare when I saw something called a cannabis amnesty box. Does the airport in Quincy have a cannabis amnesty box? Marijuana became legal in Illinois on Jan. 1, 2020. Airports in Chicago immediately set up “cannabis amnesty boxes” that allowed travelers departing the state to…
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QUINCY — It came without warning, that single glance in the mirror that left me dumbfounded. “YIKES! What on earth has happened here?” Sure. I knew I’d gained eight pounds since March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic. I knew I’d sort’ve tried to stay healthy at home, walking…
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Bob Gough, MRN Publisher/GM, sits down with the City of Quincy’s Director of Planning and Development to talk about his time in Quincy, which began in 1994. MRN This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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PLAINVILLE, Ill. — A visitor stopping by Richard Chapman’s home in rural Adams County might look at the car parts scattered throughout the property and wonder what he’s planning to do with all of that … well, junk. “My wife tells me that all the time,” Chapman said. “But what’s junk to someone else, I…
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QUINCY — The former Comfort Inn at 4122 Broadway, closed since it was sold in February, will reopen Friday as an AmericInn Lodge and Suites. Shil Patel said he and his father, Sunny, bought the 58-room facility in February for $1.1 million. He says they’ve spent $700,000 in renovations. “We’re just waiting on some of…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Park District’s search for a private operator to take over the Art Keller Marina has ended without success for a second time. The Park Board voted at its Wednesday meeting to close the process for accepting requests for proposals for marina operations. Proposals were requested in June and January, but none…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Park Board voted Wednesday night to approve its annual district capital project list for 2022, but how it was going to be paid for was the subject of considerable discussion Wednesday night. The Quincy Park District authorizes each year a non-referendum general obligation bond for capital projects. The proceeds are used…
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QUINCY — Indian Mounds Pool lost more than $57,000 in 2021, and the Quincy Park Board voted Wednesday night to spend $173,000 on a filter replacement. Yet Park Board President Roger Leenerts says the board will continue to fund the city’s only public pool. “We feel that this is a service to the community, just…
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As Adams County prepares its 2022 budget, the Adams County Board received a little bit of sticker shock on one important item at Tuesday night’s meeting. Finance Committee Chair Bret Austin informed the Board that the County’s employee health insurance plan was looking at a 32 percent increase. “There are not a lot of options…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup informed aldermen Tuesday night of his plans to hold a monthly meeting for people to learn more about issues the city is facing. The first meeting of “Lunch With Mayor Troup” is set for noon on Oct. 20 in City Council chambers at City Hall. “But bring your own…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup says he’s working to bring a hotel to the city, and the director of real estate for the company that owns the Quincy Town Center says he’s talking with several major hotel chains about building in Quincy. However, the president of the Quincy Hotel and Lodging Association isn’t sure…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The statistics aren’t in Erin Hedges’ favor, but she remains determined. Hedges is helping coordinate the Lustgarten Foundation’s sixth annual Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk on Saturday at the Sodalis Nature Preserve. However, she doesn’t see from year to year many of the people she’s trying to help. “When I started (the walk),…
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Does Quincy have any public pay phones? Remember dial-up modems, movie rental stores and VCRs? Ever watch a child look at a landline telephone and wonder how it works? We’ve said goodbye in the 21st century to many items of technology that were once staples in many people’s lives. One of them is the public…
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GREDF President Kyle Moore talks about the “Quincy’s Calling” marketing initiative and trying to fill local jobs. Muddy River News Publisher/GM also grills him about the most important question for Quincy: When is Target coming?
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MRN Publisher/GM Bob Gough talks to Adams Fiber CEO Jim Broemmer about the rapid deployment of fiber in Adams County and how federal and state regulators play into the rural broadband expansion. MRN Business Spotlight is brought to you by Cason, Huff and Schlueter Insurance and Area Distributors.
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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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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The 10th Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County issued a warrant for John M.R. Kurth , 24, New London, charging him with Second Degree Murder and Armed Criminal Action. Kurth’s bond was set at $1,000,000.00 cash only. Kurth remains in the Marion County Jail. The Hannibal Police Department reported officers were…
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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…
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