Articles by Joel Heidel

ONLY A FEW VISITS LEFT BEFORE CHRISTMAS–Santa is pictured with his holiday crew following the Santa Parade held in Ruma last Sunday morning. Santa’s Village […]

River Travel Magazine on Dec. 12 announced the winners in their annual Best Holiday River Town Contest, and two local towns placed well this year. […]

Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker recently announced several appointments to boards and commissions in his […]

A new smoke detector replacement program was one of the bigger items of discussion at the brief Evansville Village Board meeting on Dec. 12. Trustee […]

It was a short meeting for the Randolph County Commissioners on Dec. 9 with a pair of resolutions and some appointments approved. For the resolutions, […]

The Material Works, Ltd. (TMW) is celebrating 30 years of being in business. They also recently recognized several employees for their 30 years of service. […]

“Home” means something a little different to each person. Illinois students get to explore their visions of home in the annual statewide art contest sponsored […]

The Sparta VFW Post recently named Megan Beelman as their Teacher of the Year. Beelman teaches fifth grade math at Sparta Lincoln School. Pictured are […]

The Danny Schwartz Insurance Agency, along with Sling ‘N Scoops, would like to recognize Red Bud Elementary School students Austin Easton, at left, and Cooper […]