Author: Dani Tietz

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Mahomet Halloween Guide

  School’s Out: Old Timey Halloween, October 21, Museum of the Grand Prairie Don’t be spooked! We love to trick or treat every Halloween, but do you know where that tradition started? Visitors to the Museum of the Grand Prairie will be make their own Halloween masks, playing 1800s Halloween […]

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Here I Am: 37.

J, Bean and Buddy, Today I turn 37. Thirty-seven. It’s hard for me to wrap my thoughts around that reality. Maybe if I say 37 all day, it’ll sink in. When I was your age, 37 wasn’t even a blimp on my radar. Thirty-seven was just someplace on the adulthood […]

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Cornbelt Open House October 6

During Fire Safety Week, and throughout the month of October, volunteers at the Cornbelt Fire Department want to educate all ages of the Mahomet community on fire safety and prevention. Through an annual open house event, the Mahomet community is invited to tour the station, view fire trucks, take a […]

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Inheriting the Farm

Almost anyone can find themselves inheriting farmland—from family members and close friends to charitable organizations and more. According to findings from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) TOTAL survey, 80 percent of farmland is owned by non-operating landlords and more than half was inherited as a gift. When deciding […]