Buddy, When I first held you in my arms ten years ago today, I did not know how to be a mom to a boy. I knew to give you a ball, to teach you how to hit and I thought my duty was to teach you how to be […]
Author: Dani Tietz
MSHS Ag Store partners with Prairieland Feeds
The Mahomet-Seymour High School Ag Supply Store has partnered with Prairieland Feeds again this year to offer Mahomet residents pet food and bedding at a reasonable price. As the winter months approach, they will also offer salt for sidewalks and porches. “We are a subsidiary of Prairieland Feeds,” Assistant Manager […]
Navigating the Covered Bridge Festival
Growing up in small-town Indiana, it was a treat to go to the Covered Bridge Festival. Not only were there miles and miles of vendors with the important stuff, like paper Chinese fans, but spending hours driving through the winding Indiana roads to view a large concentration of beautiful covered […]
Chris Craig Memorial 5K October 17
The 4th annual Chris Craig Memorial 5K Run/Walk to benefit Mahomet-Seymour Schools, the Mahomet Parks and Recreation Department and the Carle Cancer Center will take place on October 17 at Elks Lodge at Lake of the Woods at 8:00 a.m. Chris Craig passed away after battling kidney cancer in 2012. […]
A letter to my 18-year old self
Dear Dani, This isn’t even on your radar. I know you’re not even thinking about turning 36. But here I am, 18 years later, a confident, well-adjusted woman, looking at you, a hurt 18-year old girl with promise, with a few words of advice as you go through the next […]
Central Illinois Fall Guide
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Forensic DNA testing may reveal information about Holly Cassano’s murder
The Champaign County Sheriff’s office has released new information in the investigation of Holly’s Cassano’s 2009 murder. The Champaign County Sheriff’s Office hired a private forensic laboratory to do testing and studies, beyond that done by the Illinois State Police Crime Lab, on the DNA recovered at the crime scene. […]
USRC collects 1.5 dry tons of trash from Sangamon River
Thirty-three volunteers, including 17 student volunteers from the University of Illinois Wildlife Society, participated in the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy’s 2015 Sangamon River Clean-Up Saturday. The group pulled an estimated 1.5 dry tons of trash along with four tires from the Sangamon River. Over the last four years, the group has […]
MSJHS students eat with local police officers
MSJH faculty and students hosted a “Thank A Cop Day” on Friday during lunch. “Thank a Cop Day” is part of a state-wide recognition of law enforcement agents through Illinois on 9.19.2015.
USRC finds two new mussel species in Sangamon River
25 volunteers joined the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy (USRC) Saturday morning as they combed the Sangamon River between the Izaac Walton Cabin and the covered bridge at Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve. The USRC searches different spots in the Sangamon River annually to study mussels native to the area. […]
