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MIKE ELBE

Open forum for discussion on search for JWCC president set for May 26

May 22, 2022 — by Muddy River News

QUINCY — The John Wood Community College Board of Trustees will be the host of an open forum for community members to provide input on characteristics needed in the search of the college’s next president. Pauly Group, Inc., of Springfield has been contracted by the board of trustees to facilitate the search for the person […]

Filed Under: Local Matters, Noteworthy Tagged With: John Wood Community College, MIKE ELBE, President search

Culver-Stockton announces Elbe as 166th commencement speaker

May 7, 2022 — by Muddy River News

CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College will hold the Class of 2022 commencement ceremony at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 14 in the Charles Field House. John Wood Community College president Michael Elbe will deliver the commencement address. “We are thrilled to welcome President Elbe to “the Hill” to encourage our students,” C-SC President Douglas B. Palmer […]

Filed Under: Local Matters, Noteworthy Tagged With: Culver-Stockton College, MIKE ELBE

‘Now I can be a leader in different ways’: Elbe announces plan to step down as JWCC president on Dec. 31

March 3, 2022 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — Michael Elbe couldn’t help himself, turning to his athletic roots to explain what it’s going to be like to step down the president of John Wood Community College on Dec. 31. “I’m going to miss the people, and I’m going to miss the relationships,” he said after a press conference Thursday afternoon. “I’m […]

Filed Under: Noteworthy, Top Stories Tagged With: John Wood Community College, MIKE ELBE

Elbe to retire as JWCC president in December

March 3, 2022 — by Muddy River News

John Wood Community College President Michael Elbe will retire from his position at the end of 2022.

Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: John Wood Community College, MIKE ELBE

Biden plan seeks to expand education, from pre-K to college, but local school officials are skeptical

October 1, 2021 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

Two years of free preschool?  Two years of free community college? Sounds too good to be true. Maybe it is. Those proposals are part of President Biden’s $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan. It is promising historic investments across all forms of education — from early childhood to college. The Associated Press reported Monday that the education […]

Filed Under: Noteworthy Tagged With: Build Back Better, MIKE ELBE, President Joe Biden, Sara Cramer

JWCC receives 2,500 clear masks from Down Country

September 19, 2021 — by Muddy River News

QUINCY — John Wood Community College recently received 2,500 clear masks from Down Country to ensure no child is left behind due to not being able to see lips.  The mask donations are part of Down Country’s #Smile4EveryChild Campaign. “This story is what community is all about,” JWCC President Michael Elbe said. “We are strongest […]

Filed Under: Noteworthy Tagged With: clear masks, Down Country, John Wood Community College, MIKE ELBE

QU puts together plan for non-vaccinated students and staff; other schools call timeframe for implementation ‘daunting’

August 30, 2021 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — Educators throughout Quincy are scrambling to put together plans to implement a vaccine mandate issued Thursday by Gov. JB Pritzker that must be in place by Sept. 5. All P-12 teachers and staff, all higher education personnel and all higher education students must be vaccinated. People who can’t or won’t receive the vaccine […]

Filed Under: Noteworthy, Top Stories Tagged With: Brandi Many, Brian McGee, Gov. JB Pritzker, John Wood Community College, Mark McDowell, MIKE ELBE, Quincy Notre Dame, Quincy University, vaccine mandate

Plans for 48th and State roundabout coming into focus; work expected to begin on site within year

June 9, 2021 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — Work on the creation of a roundabout in the intersection of 48th and State should begin in the late spring or early summer of next year. Jim Frankenhoff, engineer for the Adams County Highway Department, and Steve Bange, senior project engineer for the City of Quincy, met last week with representatives from Springfield […]

Filed Under: Noteworthy, Quincy, Top Stories Tagged With: 48th & State, Jim Frankenhoff, MIKE ELBE, roundabout, Steve Bange

GREDF tabs former Quincy mayor as its next president

June 3, 2021 — by J. Robert Gough, Publisher

Kyle Moore wasn’t out of work long. The former two-term Quincy mayor will be the next president of the Great River Economic Development Foundation. Moore, who was introduced at a Thursday afternoon press conference, takes over for Marcel Wagner, who is retiring after 10 years at the agency’s helm. Jim Mentesti had been GREDF’s president […]

Filed Under: Noteworthy, Top Stories Tagged With: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GREDF, KYLE MOORE, MIKE ELBE, Quincy

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by David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — The U.S. Attorney General has brought a civil action against Quincy attorney Don Schuering, asking for $961,000 in unpaid taxes from 2009-18. The complaint also calls for federal tax liens to be enforced against property — a residence and an office — Schuering owns. Schuering would be … ...Read Full Article about U.S. Attorney General files civil suit against Quincy attorney for failing to pay nearly $1 million in taxes

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Assistant coach on state championship basketball team arrested, charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse

by Muddy River News

QUINCY — An assistant coach on Quincy Notre Dame’s girls basketball state championship team was arrested Thursday and is lodged in the Adams County Jail on a charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The Quincy Police Department began an investigation involving a possible inappropriate … ...Read Full Article about Assistant coach on state championship basketball team arrested, charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse

‘We wanted somebody who really had touched all of Quincy’: Scholz to receive Exchange Club’s Golden Deeds award Friday

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QUINCY — It’s probably easier to list all of the community activities Chuck Scholz hasn’t participated in and all of the awards he hasn’t been given. Scholz, 68, is best known for his three-term stint as the mayor of Quincy from 1993-2005, but he’s been a board member, trustee, chairman or … ...Read Full Article about ‘We wanted somebody who really had touched all of Quincy’: Scholz to receive Exchange Club’s Golden Deeds award Friday

Mount Sterling man facing federal drug charges; jury trial to begin July 5 in Springfield

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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — A Mount Sterling man recently was indicted on federal drug charges. Agents with the West Central Illinois Drug Task Force, in conjunction with a SWAT team with the Illinois State Police and sworn personnel from the Brown County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant … ...Read Full Article about Mount Sterling man facing federal drug charges; jury trial to begin July 5 in Springfield

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