Muddy River News

02/08/2025

All interested youths ages 8-18 are invited to participate. 4-H/FFA membership is not required to attend. Cost is $10 per participant or $25 maximum per family. Lunch will be provided by JWCC ag alumni immediately following the clinic. Register at go.illinois.edu/judgingclinic.

. . . will be an entry level workshop that will teach the basics of livestock evaluation and offer youth the opportunity to develop and practice their judging

02/08/2025

02/08/2025

Charcuterie Challenge
🧀 February 8th, 3:00 PM
🍷 Wine Gal | 119 N 4th St Quincy, IL
🍇 Competition boards provided in advance
🏆 Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd
💰 Free to enter
📞 Call 217-779-2768

02/08/2025

The Northeast Coalition for Roadway Safety is offering grant funding to local schools that hold student lock-in events for Project Prom or high school graduation.

Qualifying schools will receive $200 each to assist with event expenses such as location rental, food or entertainment which will be paid directly to the school.

02/08/2025

Believe it or not, there WAS pro football prior to the Super Bowl era.

Daily Dirt for Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 That 1940 championship game must have been a hoot … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 1,196 of The Daily Dirt. 1. Believe it or not, there WAS pro football prior to the Super Bowl era. That fact often gets lost at this time of...

02/08/2025

Gem City Lodge 357 Independent Order of Odd Fellows installed its elected officers for 2025 at its Jan. 19 meeting.

. . . members are joined together in association with the principal tenets of brotherly love, visit the sick, relieve the distressed and educate the orphan. From

02/08/2025

02/08/2025

Grote and Raintree Arts Council will present “A Salute to Broadway” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at The Apple Shed in Clarksville. Tickets will be available at the door at $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and kids.

“I hope to bring a little taste of Broadway to Clarksville,” she said. “There will be some older, classic shows and some newer, more ‘popular’ ones, as well. Something for everyone.”

02/08/2025

Few things thaw feelings of winter’s cold more than spring flowering bulbs, says University of Missouri Extension field horticulturist Katie Kammler.

While spring is their time to shine, bulbs need cool weather to flower. They require a chilling period after being planted in the fall to bloom in spring.

02/08/2025

Jeremy Fogle is out of the Hannibal mayoral race, according to an announcement posted to social media Friday afternoon.

"Due to government bureaucracy and the lengthy wait time for a military document proving my five-year consecutive residency, I was unable to meet this requirement while under public scrutiny. Despite having

02/08/2025

MRN’s Ron Kinscherf talks to John Schemerhorn with Full Service Roofing about the roofing business and if there is a price impact when large-scale catastrophies such as the Los Angeles fires happen.

MRN’s Ron Kinscherf talks to John Schemerhorn with Full Service Roofing about the roofing business and if there is a price impact when large-scale catastrophies such as the Los Angeles fires happen. Mercantile Bank sponsors Business Spotlight.

02/08/2025

The following C-SC students have been named to the Honors List for the fall 2024 semester:

Requirements of the Honors List are as follows: A student was enrolled in and completed at least 12 semester hours and earned a grade point average (GPA) between 3.2 and 3.49.Courses offered on a satisfactory

02/08/2025

QPD Blotter for Feb. 6, 2025

Kirrah R. Vanzile, 19, 1840 Locust for Wireless Phone in a School Zone at 3300 block of Maine. NTA 104Harold W. Anderson, 83, Jacksonville for Failure to Yield Right of Way at 14th and Vermont. NTA 128Stephen McCune, 41, Quincy for FTA Traffic Laws Apply to Bicycles. 130Diann Childress, 63, Quincy f...

02/08/2025

HPD Blotter for Feb. 6, 2025

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02/08/2025

Friends and Family are invited to a visitation that will be Tuesday, February 11, 2025, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at O’Donnell-Cookson Life Celebration Home in Quincy, IL. A Graveside Service will be at 10:00 am Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at Quincy Memorial Park in Quincy. Rev. Patrick Smith will officiate.

Robert “Bob” Blevins, 88, of Quincy, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2025, at Illini Community Hospital in Pittsfield, IL. Bob was born December 13, 1936, in Griggsville, IL to Garland and Mary (Tedrow) Blevins. He was married to Linda L. Wade on April 29, 1956, in Griggsville, IL. She precede...

02/07/2025

Ashley begrudgingly admits Bobby was right about local school tax rates. Brittany and Ashley unveil their Make Quincy Healthy Again tax plan and then talk health, fitness and local development with Sam Dancer.

02/07/2025

It's weekend kickoff!!
Come on in and visit try new SUPERBOWL essentials!!🏈🍺🥃
Oh, and you might find a bottle to celebrate with on our shelf!