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First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

ISP develops own plan of awareness

While motorcycle riding is fun and comes with a great deal of freedom, it can also be very dangerous and unforgiving. Illinois State Police District 20 Commander Captain Robert Elliott is urging motorists to help prevent injuries and deaths caused by ... [Published Pike Press - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Robert Elliott, Passenger Vehicle, Saturation

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Harley-Davidson Inc

Start seeing motorcycles; it's the season

Submitted photo Daniel Thiele of Pittsfield cruises along during a recent poker run on his Harley Davidson. Spring and summer are the best times for bike riding and everyone is urging both drivers of motorcycles and vehicles to be more aware of one a ... [Published Pike Press - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Harley-Davidson Inc, Poker, Education

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

New facility at New Philadelphia

Submitted photo Students from John Wood Community College’s construction trades class work on the shelter house at the New Philadelphia site. The shelter house is nearly finished. Concrete was poured last fall, the structure this month and a ceiling will ... [Published Pike Press - 16 hours ago]

Entities: John WOOD, Construction

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

American Legion

Pike communities plan Memorial Day Services

Pleasant Hill American Legion Post No. 1048 will present its annual Memorial Day service, Monday, May 27, at Crescent Heights Cemetery. The service is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.The program will honor those who risk death for their country and all those ... [Published Pike Press - 16 hours ago]

Entities: American Legion, Griggsville (United States), World War II, Perry Park (United States), Tom Wilber

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Who's in charge?

Employees in the offices of the County Clerk, Treasurer, Circuit Clerk, State’s Attorney and Supervisor of Assessments were slated to go on strike last Friday, May 17. However, on May 15, four of these five office heads released a statement that the strike ... [Published Pike Press - 16 hours ago]

Entities: County Clerk, State's Attorney, Arbitration

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

iPad

Pikeland Foundation looking for more ways to help

Submitted photo Members of the board of the Pikeland Foundation include front row, left to right, Richard Stauffer, Sherry Brennecke, Lisa Scranton, Heather Hayden and Ed Greening. Back row, William Durall, Dan Borrowman, Jade Roseberry and Clint Weir. ... [Published Pike Press - May 20 2013]

Entities: Donations, iPad, Education, Supplement

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Illinois House passes pension reform bill; Senate passes union-supported verison

The Illinois House voted 62 to 51 to pass Senate Bill 1 (SB1), pension reform amendments to the pension bill for four of the five pension systems in Illinois crafted by House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, May 2. ... [Published Pike Press - May 20 2013]

Entities: Michael Madigan

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Legion needs help

Helpers are needed both days to serve breakfast from 6:30 to 8 a.m. and again for dinner, 6:30 p.m. to whenever the meal is over.Anyone interested in helping is asked to call Rhodes at 217-285-6994 or try the Legion Hall, 217-285-2819. ... [Published Pike Press - May 17 2013]

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

HUll-Kinderhook to receive firefighters grant

The Hull-Kinderhook Fire Protection District is being awarded $58,672.00. The grant will be used to purchase extraction equipment."We don’t have the money yet,” Sam Reed, fire chief of the Hull-Kinderhook department, said. "We still have to get the paperwork ... [Published Pike Press - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sam Reed, FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, emergency, Aaron Schock, Richard Durbin

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Walker receives accolades at Illini Hospital

Beth Zumwalt/The Weekly Messenger Ashley Walker, center, a registered nurse, at Illini Community Hospital received Illini’s Clinical Nurse Excellence Award this year for her hard work and dedication to the community, as Illini celebrated National Nurses’ ... [Published Pike Press - May 17 2013]

Entities: Ashley Walker, Registered Nurse

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Turkey calls bring more than turkeys

Submitted photo Two men hunting turkey in northern Pike County called in more than a tom recently while out in the woods. Mike Mohrman and his brother, Eric, attracted the attention of a medium size adult bobcat while hunting in the Hinman Prairie ar ... [Published Pike Press - May 16 2013]

Entities: Turkey

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

USDA announces 4th general sign-up for Conservation Reserve Program

Tom Weisenborn and his staff at the Farm Service Agency are expecting to see a lot of producers in their office for the next few weeks. A new general sign-up session for Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) starts May 20 and Weisenborn is expecting quite ... [Published Pike Press - May 16 2013]

Entities: US Department of Agriculture, Initiative, Farm Service Agency, Environment, Wetlands

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May is motorcycle awareness month. One driving fatality is one too many, according to ISP, and drivers are reminded to "START SEEING MOTORCYCLES/LOOK TWICE” and use caution around them."

ISP develops own plan of awareness [Published Pike Press - 9 hours ago]

"Please join us to honor those who have provided and maintained the freedom that you daily enjoy in our beautiful country, the United States of America,” said a Legion news release."

Pike communities plan Memorial Day Services [Published Pike Press - 16 hours ago]

"The process depends on FEMA,” Reed said. "There have been instances where a grant has been announced and then a week or so later they call you back and tell you it was a mistake. All we have right now is the same press release from Aaron Schock, U S Representative and Richard Durbin, U S Senator, that was sent to the papers. We can’t do anything until we get the official paperwork from FEMA.”"

HUll-Kinderhook to receive firefighters grant [Published Pike Press - May 17 2013]

"The elected officials, Pike County Circuit Clerk, Pike County Clerk, Pike County Treasurer and Pike County StateState s Attorney, and the Union representing our employees have agreed to send the open negotiation issues to binding arbitration. The two parties and not far apart and we believe that a third party should settle the dispute short of a strike.”"

County officials comment on strike [Published Pike Press - May 16 2013]

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Start seeing motorcycles; it's the season [Published Pike Press - 9 hours ago]
ISP develops own plan of awareness [Published Pike Press - 9 hours ago]
New facility at New Philadelphia [Published Pike Press - 16 hours ago]
Pike communities plan Memorial Day Services [Published Pike Press - 16 hours ago]
Who's in charge? [Published Pike Press - 16 hours ago]
Pikeland Foundation looking for more ways to help [Published Pike Press - May 20 2013]
Illinois House passes pension reform bill; Sena... [Published Pike Press - May 20 2013]
Legion needs help [Published Pike Press - May 17 2013]
HUll-Kinderhook to receive firefighters grant [Published Pike Press - May 17 2013]
Walker receives accolades at Illini Hospital [Published Pike Press - May 17 2013]
Turkey calls bring more than turkeys [Published Pike Press - May 16 2013]
County officials comment on strike [Published Pike Press - May 16 2013]
Census of Agriculture due shortly [Published Pike Press - May 16 2013]
USDA announces 4th general sign-up for Conserva... [Published Pike Press - May 16 2013]
Blessing Health System Partners with BJC Collab... [Published Pike Press - May 16 2013]
County employees set to strike Friday [Published Pike Press - May 16 2013]
Jennings receives highest IDOC honor [Published Pike Press - May 16 2013]
Two other contracts near closure [Published Pike Press - May 16 2013]
Monmouth student organization names Ruble presi... [Published Pike Press - May 14 2013]
Courthouse workers file strike notice again [Published Pike Press - May 11 2013]
Craven receives Golden Apple Award [Published Pike Press - May 09 2013]
Gas leak on South Madison serious [Published Pike Press - May 09 2013]
Trucks need to follow the truck route [Published Pike Press - May 09 2013]
Departments on Aging brace for sequester cuts [Published Pike Press - May 09 2013]
National Day of Prayer service held Thursday [Published Pike Press - May 09 2013]
County union contracts still up in the air [Published Pike Press - May 09 2013]
Few attend meeting to see alternatives for bridge [Published Pike Press - May 09 2013]
Spring cleaning on the agenda in Griggsville [Published Pike Press - May 09 2013]
Planting: not time to panic [Published Pike Press - May 09 2013]
Morton Grove hires Tracey Anderson as executive... [Published Pike Press - May 07 2013]