URBANA – Carle Health will begin sharing daily updates via its website and social media on the number of people being treated for COVID-19 at its five hospitals and trends in how many people are testing positive for the virus. “We need the information to inspire action rather than spread […]
Author: Dani Tietz
Mahomet-Seymour band and chorus students to participate in ILMEA Masterclass Day
The following Mahomet-Seymour High School students had successful auditions for Illinois Music Education District 3 Music Festivals. They will represent at MSHS at their respective virtual Master Class Festival. Saturday, November 14 – Junior Level District Festival Masterclass Day (Band, Chorus, Jazz & Orchestra) Saturday, November 21 – Senior Level […]
Virtual “How Can You Trust What You Read and Hear?” event Sunday
EDITOR’S NOTE: The author of this piece, Dani Tietz, will also be on Sunday’s panel. How does a reader, a viewer, a voter, or a consumer find facts in news today? With terms like “fake news” being used almost daily and increased pressure on social media platforms to monitor misinformation, […]
As harvest begins, First State Bank of Forrest remembers farmers
Some people are thinking about pumpkin. While others have fall leaves on their minds. But farmers are getting their equipment and teams ready for harvest, which is expected to begin next week. First State Bank of Forrest Mahomet Branch wants farmers to know that they are not forgotten, and that […]
Student tests positive for COVID-19 at Middletown Prairie
Middletown Prairie parents received an email Friday afternoon that a student at Middletown Prairie Elementary has tested positive for COVID-19. “We are coordinating our efforts with Champaign-Urbana Public Health District to promptly identify and monitor individuals who have had recent contact with the COVID-19 positive students to prevent further spread […]
M-S to begin school in hybrid option, board questions answered
Mahomet-Seymour parents have been asked to complete a questionnaire and online registration so that the district can place students in am/pm sections (K-5) and A/B days (6-12). The email from Superintendent Lindsey Hall follows a 4-3 vote from the Mahomet-Seymour School Board to implement asynchronous learning on Monday with half-days […]
CARES money to provide Chromebooks for Middletown Prairie students
Students at Middletown Prairie Elementary will get school-issued Chromebooks and tablets beginning in the 2020-21 school year. The Mahomet-Seymour School board voted to allocate $275,272 in CARES money for the 1-to-1 initiative. Mahomet-Seymour has been 1-to-1 in grades 6-12 since 2018. Used Chromebooks are rotated into Lincoln Trail for grades […]
May 2020 brought sharp decline in Champaign County Home Sales
Homes sales in Champaign County took a sharp decline in May 2020, according to a Champaign County Association of REALTORS® release. A total of 234 residential homes were sold in May, down 30.97 percent from 339 sales in May 2019. The median home sale price in May for the Champaign […]
Mahomet-Seymour School Board hears about Reopening Task Force
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Superintendent Lindsey Hall provided a COVID-19 Reopening Task Force Update to the Mahomet-Seymour School Board on June 8. Hall likened planning for the 2020-21 school year to “building a plane while flying it.” The district, like all other districts in Illinois, are awaiting guidance from the Illinois […]
Mahomet Parks and Recreation cancels 2020 baseball, softball, t-ball and adult league
The Mahomet Parks and Recreation Department have canceled spring sports, including baseball, softball, t-ball and adult leagues in the upcoming months. “This is obviously all the hardest we’ve ever made,” MPRD Director Dan Waldinger said. “And it was obviously like we really have been thinking about it since the initial […]