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UNOFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE NEWTON CITY COUNCIL 108 N. VAN BUREN St.NEWTON, IL 62448January 2, 2024 • Public Hearing for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) project toreplace a 4-inch and 6-inch watermain along Washington and Morgan Streets onTuesday, January 2, 2024 at 5:45 PM.• Finance and Audit Committee Meeting
The Newton Lady Eagles fell to Effingham High School with a final score of 51-26. Scoring for Effingham includes: Wolfe – 2,3, = 13, Moser – 4,0,2 for 2 = 10, Donaldson – 3,0,2 for 2 = 8, Austin – 0,2,2 for 2 = 8, Althoff – 3,0 = 6,
JASPER COUNTY SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENTAndrew Deters, Solid Waste Coordinator12871 East State Highway 33, Newton, Illinois 62448 Phone 618-783-2915 The Newton site, which is the County Highway Building, is located 11⁄4 mile. NE of Newton. The hours for the Newton site are 7 A.M. – 1:30 P.M.All other sites will be
JV/Soph/Freshmen Rosters Player # Ht Class Parker Harris 1 5’10 9 Dalton Marshall 2 5’10 10 Dexter Fulton 3 5’10 10 Drake Wolf 4 6’0 10 NicK Bierman 5 6’0 11 Gavin Meinhart 10 6’1 9 Logan Burgener 11 6’0 9 Lance Volk 12 6’0 10 Jacob Oldham 13 6’2
BIRKEY’S FARM STORE ANNOUNCES CEO MIKE HEDGE’S RETIREMENT, BRADY FOSTER TO ASSUME ROLE CHAMPAIGN, IL – Birkey’s Farm Store is proud to congratulate CEO Mike Hedge on hisretirement after nearly 32 years of service. Hedge first joined Birkey’s as the Chief FinancialOfficer in 1992 until 2013 when he stepped up
Newton veteran, Norman Baker, was the recipient of the quilt made from the inaugural Patriotic Quilt Block Project. He is shown with some of the ladies who helped organize the project. The 2nd Annual Patriotic Quilt Block Project will begin on January 5th with donations of 6 1/2″ square blocks
The Newton Eagles basketball team won the Consolation Championship at the Effingham – T-town Christmas Classic Tournament. Caden Nichols and Dylan Gier were named to the All-Tournament team. The first game knocked the Eagles into the consolation bracket with a loss to Highland with a final score of 67-58. Lead
Lisa Ann (Stiffler) Levingston, age 57March 31, 1966 – December 27, 2023 Lisa Ann (Stiffler) Levingston, age 57, of Effingham, Illinois, passed away at 11:54 PM – Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at HSHS St Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Illinois. Visitation will be held 6:00 to 7:00 PM – Thursday,
Delbert Ray Strader, age 67January 30, 1956 – December 30, 2023 Delbert Ray Strader, age 67, of Olney, Illinois, passed away at 7:30 PM – Saturday, December 30, 2023. A visitation for family and friends will be from 12:00 Noon till 1:00 PM – Thursday,January 4, 2024, at the Meyer
The Newton Lady Eagles participated in the Merry Mule Tournament in Fairfield. Merry Mule Tournament at Fairfield Congratulations to Camryn Martin for making the All-Tournament Team. In Game 1 the Lady Eagles defeated Murphysboro with a final score of 80-10. Scoring for the Lady Eagles included: C. Martin – 9,1,3