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QUINCY — A court-appointed attorney for Bradley Yohn, who received a 130-year sentence in the Illinois Department of Corrections 11 months ago, has filed a motion claiming ineffective assistance of post-trial counsel and another motion asking for a new trial. A six-page motion filed Aug. 9 in Adams County Circuit Court by Mark Wykoff of…
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La BELLE, Mo. — Dr. Aaron Neisen, his wife Stephanie and Matthew Scoggin hope to change how people think about — and pay for — health care. The three Lewis County natives — Stephanie grew up in La Grange, Aaron grew up south of Lewistown and Matt grew up south of La Belle — recently…
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MRN’s Ron Kinscherf talks to Ryan Seeland of Relax Quincy Spas about the pool and spa business and the changes he has seen in more than 25 years in the business. Rober & Phillips and Mercantile Bank bring you Business spotlight.
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QUINCY — Jon and Amanda Morris, along with business partner Kasey Kenison, had no intention of getting into the soup business until they saw on Facebook a link to a Muddy River News story in June about the closing of Zoup! and the retirement of owners Steve and Patti Bunch. “I just kind of, on a…
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QUINCY — Completion of The Range at KC has rendered the former Knights of Columbus driving range almost entirely unrecognizable, with 30 heat-covered bays, a 4,000 square foot bar and dining area and a revived driving range outfitted with glowing red and blue hole markers. Plans for the Topgolf-like facility were announced in January, ground…
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QUINCY — Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, a retailer of closeout merchandise and excess inventory, plans to open a store in Quincy in November. A customer service agent with Ollie’s, headquartered in Harrisburg, Pa., recently told Muddy River News the store will be at 3003 Broadway — next door to the west of Planet Fitness. The property at…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — A sign on the wall inside Freeman Milki Way Farm reads: “Every family has a story. Welcome to ours.” Owner Gretchen Forsythe asked the previous owners to leave that sign. Her vision when opening Freeman Milki Way Farm, a bright red barn-like building at 403 E. Park in Camp Point formerly…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man who was released from the Adams County Jail on Aug. 8 while awaiting a review of an Aggravated Battery case was arrested Wednesday after allegedly discharging a firearm. At around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday, Quincy Police responded to the 4200 block of Maine on a report of a man with a…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Fire Department responded to a fire just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Old Post Office Building at 200 North 8th. It was reported that smoke was filling the hallway of the building and QFD responded with two engines and the ladder truck carrying 10 firefighters with the incident commander also…
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QUINCY — Despite attorney Ryan Schuenke’s assertion that the wrong person is lodged in the Adams County Jail, Judge Holly Henze denied a motion to grant Alan Pacheco pre-trial release Wednesday morning in Adams County Circuit Court. Pacheco, 21, also was arraigned after the motion hearing and pled not guilty to five felony charges stemming…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — After spirited discussion at Tuesday’s meeting, the Hannibal School Board voted 4-3 in favor of an operating tax levy increase from $3.04 to $3.49 per $100. Tysa Coleman, J’Nelle Lee, Blane Mundle, and Stacey Graves voted in favor of the 14.8 percent increase, while Jeff Evans, Ron Greenwell, and Scott Hawes opposed…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — Quincy attorney Drew Schnack was sipping on a beer outside the Sportsman’s Club in downtown Mount Sterling late Monday afternoon after a long day in court when a friend of Gary Welty’s approached. “That’s my best friend,” the teary-eyed man said. “He’s a good guy,” Schnack replied. “It was just the…
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Mike Farha has been a Republican alderman representing Quincy’s 4th Ward for 26 years. For most of that time, he has been a reliable advocate for his constituents, whether it was commercial encroachment on residential neighborhoods or taking care of stop signs, streets or sidewalks. As he enters the twilight of his political tenure, he’s…
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The winner of the Republican primary for Ralls County Sheriff joins MRN’s J. Robert Gough. He has no Democratic opponent or a write-in as of yet, so it looks like he’ll be the county’s next sheriff. We talk about his law enforcement philosophy and working with other agencies.
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QUINCY — A Quincy High School student who was injured in a bicycle accident near Ursa on Tuesday night died. Jet Maddox Feramisco died at 11:35 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, according to a post on the Facebook page of his mother, Jamie Boeing. “We are grieving his loss as a community, and I ask you…
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QUINCY — Ray Davis believes the merger of Fall-Con and the Great River Film Festival will be beneficial by uniting two pop-culture audiences under one entertainment umbrella from Aug. 29-Sept. 1 at the Oakley-Lindsay Center in downtown Quincy. “This will be an even bigger event and appeal to more people,” said Davis, who is coordinating…
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MRN’s Ron Kinscherf talks to Josh Moore with ProRider, a motorcycle training school that recently opened a location in Quincy.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — It took awhile for Friendship Brewing Company to have its official grand opening just across from the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum. That’s because co-owner Brian Nolan wanted the former Mark Twain Brewing Company (and before that Murphy Motors) building at 422 N. Main to receive a little TLC. “It needed…
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QUINCY — Mark Wolters caught the travel bug when he was a student at Quincy High School, taking advantage of a local Rotary program and studying overseas in Australia and Finland. After graduating from QHS in 1994, Wolters attended the University of Illinois in Champaign and continued to seek educational opportunities outside the United States, ending up…
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QUINCY — About 35 people from Quincy’s boating community attended the Quincy Park Board meeting Wednesday night to learn more about a possible advisory referendum that could help determine the future of Art Keller Marina. No plans for the referendum were determined, but boaters learned from Park Board President Mark Phllpot that a boating committee, suspended…
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QUINCY — Quincy Park Board President Mark Philpot said the Quincy Park District will honor an agreement made with Darin Dodd, founder of Qtown Tournaments, to make $50,000 worth of improvements in 2025 to one of the two T-ball fields in the Wavering Park complex. “It was on paper, and we gave our word,” Philpot…
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QUINCY — Quincy Park Board Commissioner John Frankenhoff took a moment during Wednesday’s Quincy Park Board meeting to clarify an issue involving the parking lot at the Paul Dennis Soccer Complex. Representatives from Diamond Construction informed Rome Frericks, executive director of the Quincy Park District, and Matt Higley, director of parks, in July that when…
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QUINCY — A Hannibal man charged with attempted first-degree murder in August 2022 pled not guilty during his arraignment Wednesday afternoon in Adams County Circuit Court. Jayshon A. Levy, 21, appeared with Public Defender Mark Taylor before Judge Holly Henze. He has been charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder, a Class X felony…
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QUINCY — The arraignment for a Quincy man charged with four felonies in connection with a July shooting in the TJ Maxx parking lot at the Prairie Crossing Shopping Center has been pushed back a week. Alan C. Pacheco, 21, appeared in Adams County Circuit Court Tuesday morning with attorney Ryan Schuenke before Judge Holly…
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QUINCY — The Adams County Board has approved the first grant allocations from the $1 million set aside for housing out of American Rescue Plan Act dollars. There were 21 applicants for the Growing Residential Opportunities County-Wide (GROW) program and 17 were awarded funds totaling $740,000. The Great River Economic Development Foundation (GREDF) vetted the…
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