GIBSON CITY — Earthrise Energy wants Ford County residents to understand its plan for the development of a proposed solar farm in the area. To that end, the natural gas plant operator headquartered in Arlington, Va., held an open house on Monday, April 8, at the Kruse Center in Gibson City, where citizens could learn the details of the proposed […]
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Gibson City Hall’s leaking roof to be repaired this week
GIBSON CITY — A Mahomet-based roofing company’s botched roofing job at Gibson City Hall will be corrected by a different company this week as the city considers potential legal action to recover damages. During a special meeting Wednesday, April 17, at the Moyer District Library — which has become the temporary setting for city council meetings due to City Hall’s […]
SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Power Planter Inc. seeing success, growth
RURAL LODA — The old saying, “Grandpa would be proud,” might be a bit cliché, but to Greg Niewold’s grandfather, it would be a gross understatement. In 2013, a then-30-year-old Niewold assumed control of the company his grandfather Wayne Niewold founded — Power Planter Inc. — on the sixth-generation Niewold family farm in Wall Township west of Loda. Under the […]
Seth Russell promoted interim administrator of Ford County Public Health Department
PAXTON — A week after its administrator unexpectedly resigned, the Ford County Public Health Department already has named a replacement. The board of health approved the promotion of Seth Russell to the position of interim administrator on Tuesday, April 16, pending the Illinois Department of Public Health’s approval. Then on Friday, April 19 — exactly one week after Donald “Donny” […]
Aldermen: More needed than ‘just an awning’
At April 23 adjourned meeting, council to consider redevelopment agreementPAXTON — A proposal to reimburse the owner of a downtown building $6,000 for the replacement of the tattered awning above its front entrance was met with hesitancy by aldermen during last week’s monthly meeting of the city council. Even though all seven aldermen present appeared in favor of using funds generated from the city’s tax-increment financing (TIF) district to […]
ALL EYES ON THE PRIZE
Chronicle wins 29 statewide awards, hopes it’s enough to claim trophyBLOOMINGTON — If “A, B, C” really is “as easy as 1, 2, 3,” as The Jackson 5 once said, then the Ford County Chronicle should have no problem winning Divisions A, B and C in the Illinois Press Association’s annual Excellence in News Contest in Years 1, 2 and 3 since joining the association, right? Not exactly. While Michael […]
Paxton Main Street ‘honored,’ ‘elated’ to join Illinois Main Street program
Communities of Paxton, Aledo, Elgin, Matteson, Wood River join program supporting economic development, community revitalizationPAXTON — The nonprofit organization Paxton Main Street has been accepted as a member of the Illinois Main Street program, and community leaders could not be more pleased. “Honored” and “elated” were two words that Paxton Main Street’s executive director, Donna Pepper, used to describe her organization’s response to the news that arrived on Tuesday, April 9, and was publicly […]
$393,282 in bids OK’d for new restroom/concessions building
Project at high school’s football field, track expected to be completed this summerPAXTON — The construction of a new restroom and concessions building at Zimmerman Field and Guyot Track at Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School is expected to begin the day after Memorial Day and end sometime this summer before students return to school on Aug. 15 to start the 2024-25 school year. The PBL school board voted unanimously to accept bids from contractors […]
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Wednesday, April 17, the 108th day of 2024. There are 258 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 17, 1961, some 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro, whose forces crushed the incursion by the third day. On this date: n […]
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