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The Blessing CEO discusses opposing Quincy Medical Group’s expansion at Quincy Town Center, gives an update on Blessing facilities and talks about how COVID has changed the way the healthcare provider works. MRN This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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Ashley Conrad talks to Jen Wiemelt of the Ulmus Academy about starting a new school from scratch and Blessing CEO Maureen Kahn explains why Blessing Health System continues to oppose Quincy Medical Group’s new hospital proposal. The Abbey, Utopia, Harvey’s Furniture, Instant Replay, Quincy Warehouse Bargains and The Liquor Booth bring you The Daily Muddy.
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QUINCY — Caitlin Dietiker, a Quincy woman accused of supplying fentanyl to a 21-year-old woman who died of an overdose in March 2021, has changed her mind again. She was set to enter a plea on May 11, but public defender Todd Nelson told associate judge Roger Thomson that Dietiker had “concerns” after talking with…
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Daily Dirt for Wednesday, June 1, 2022 We’ve reached to a milestone edition of The Daily Dirt. And they said it wouldn’t last! Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 300 of The Daily Dirt. 1. We presented our all-time favorite nicknames of Cardinals players a couple of days ago. We return the…
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QUINCY — Mark Lawrence pled not guilty during his arraignment Wednesday morning in Adams County Circuit Court on two theft charges following an indictment by an Adams County grand jury on May 12. Lawrence appeared with his attorney, Don Schuering, before Associate Judge Roger Thomson on Wednesday. A status hearing was set for Aug. 17…
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QUINCY — Judge Roger Thomson said he was glad to see Carlos Williams in court today. “You need to be here to see how your case is going,” Thomson said to Williams, who didn’t make his last two court appearances, saying he was having knee problems which hindered him from going from the Adams County…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Salvation Army will be the host of its second annual donut hole eating competition at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 2 in The Kroc Center. Members of the Salvation Army and Kroc Center staff will compete. Funds raised will benefit the Salvation Army’s Food Pantry. The Salvation Army will provide donuts to veterans at the Illinois Veterans Home chapel at 10 a.m.…
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Before earning his CDL through John Wood Community College’s Truck Driver Training (TDT) program, Luke Lish worked long hours in a warehouse. After working 13 days in a row, he and his wife were in the car driving behind a semi when Luke said, “I bet I could get in that truck, be home more,…
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Sean Robertson (26) homeless Quincy, IL for possession of a stolen vehicle, resisting a peace officer, driving while license revoked, failure to wear eye protection. Robertson also had warrants in Adams County for possession of meth, resisting a peace officer, theft, trespassing, and assault. He had Pike County warrants for possession of meth, battery, driving…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl will go before a grand jury. Jonathan Graff, 31, appeared Wednesday morning in Adams County Circuit Court with his attorney Drew Schnack. Assistant state’s attorney Laura Keck and Schnack discussed the case’s next steps before Judge Tad Brenner. Schnack said a grand jury…
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QUINCY — Blessing Health System is asking for review of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board’s recent decision to approve the Quincy Medical Group small format hospital. In a Wednesday morning press release, Blessing officials say they filed the appeal of the certificate of need permit in Sangamon County Court on Tuesday, May…
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The average Illinois worker needed a pay raise of $5,360 to keep up with inflation this past year. That worker only got a little more than $3,164. So that $3,164 pay bump was actually equivalent to a nearly $2,200 pay cut. When you add up all of the price increases because of inflation, Illinoisans are…
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This event has been cancelled for “reasons outside of our control,” Diane Pieper, executive assistant for Advocacy Network for Children, said in a note to Muddy River News on Wednesday morning. “We received word yesterday that the team at Truckers Against Trafficking pulled out due to mechanical issues with their Freedom Drivers truck.”…
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QUINCY — With only eight of 14 aldermen present at Tuesday night’s Quincy City Council meeting, most issues on the agenda were tabled. But three public speakers came before the council to talk about what goes on at the house of Jason Priest in the 2300 block of State. There have been two fatalities from…
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Ashley Conrad asks why the inaction regarding last week’s school shooting in Texas and David Adam updates a dispute over a hog confinement facility near Loraine. The Abbey, Utopia, Harvey’s Furniture, Instant Replay, Quincy Warehouse Bargains and The Liquor Booth bring you The Daily Muddy.
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'No more feeling sorry for me': Amputee firefighter from Texas returns to hometown to tell his story
QUINCY — Gary Weiland never will forget the look on his kids’ faces. The Quincy native, now living in Ponder, Texas, and working as a firefighter in nearby Denton, was in a hospital bed in November 2018 after surgeons amputated his left leg below the knee. Complications from knee surgery in 2016 restricted the blood…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — A Hannibal man faces drug charges after he unsuccessfully fled from officers in a vehicle. Officers with the Hannibal Police Department attempted to stop a vehicle at 5:39 a.m. Sunday, May 29, in relation to a drug investigation initiated by the Anti-Crime Enforcement Squad. The vehicle fled from the officers, and the…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Summer hours for Ramp Park at Huckleberry Park will begin June 6. The park is for roller skates, roller blades, skateboards, bicycles and scooters. Ramp Park will be open noon to 8 p.m. every day, weather permitting. Cost is $3 for a daily admission and $40 for an annual pass. Helmets are required. An attendant…
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The Southern Baptist Convention on Thursday released a once-secret and lengthy list of accused sex abusers — several of whom are in the Midwest — within the denomination. The 205-page list is a compilation of ministers and other church workers who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse. The list is described as a “fluid,…
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It’s commonly referred to as pain at the pump. Really? I think it could be better described as a pain in the … well, you know. Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 299 of The Daily Dirt. (PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Ass, Steve. It’s okay to say ass here. We’re not some stuffy old…
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Daily Muddy host Ashley Conrad and Dues, The Liquor Booth Guy, taste the flavors of summer and get you ready for a Beatbox contest, sponsored by The Liquor Booth. Beatbox? Beatbox is a new fruity summer drink that you can take on the pool or boat. Send a social media video to The Liquor Booth’s…
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LORAINE, Ill. — Two civil suits filed in Adams County Circuit Court claim County Line Swine, Inc., a 5,000-hog confinement in northern Adams County, and Carroll Family Farms, LLC, of Carthage, which owns the swine and provides feed for the facility, are operating the hog confinement with improper methods that have harmful impacts on local…
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Brett Retherford drives 80 miles round trip daily to his job in Riverdale, Iowa, from Annawan, Illinois. Illinois’ second-highest in the nation fuel prices drive his fuel purchases across the border, too. “I went to the Shell gas station that is less than a block from my house and gas was $4.49 a gallon. When my wife and…
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Read Full Article Zion Byrd-White (22) Homeless for ticket on file for Shoplifting at 1400 Harrison Hy-Vee on 10/18/21. NTA – 135. Donterrias Raymond (22) Hannibal, MO for FTA-DWLS, Uninsured at 8th and Jefferson. Lodged – 126,185 Melissa Mitchell (42) 912 N. 6th for FTA-Seat Belt at 912 N. 6th St. Lodged – 135 Christin Dillion (49) 537…
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