By Dani Tietz As the 2022-2023 school year comes to an end, Mahomet-Seymour football players and fans have their sights set on next season. Athletes have been in the weight room, working on their speed, gearing up for summer camp and that late August evening when they travel to Morton […]
Author: Dani Tietz
Mahomet-Seymour School Board to host listening tour, hires Educational Leadership Solutions for Strategic Plan
By Dani Tietz The Mahomet-Seymour School Board will go on a summer listening tour beginning May 22. The suggestion came from Board President Sunny McMurry after a May 4 discussion where the board members listened to a plan to develop a district strategic plan by Richard Voltz from Educational Leadership […]
Mahomet Soda Fest scheduled for June 10
By Dani Tietz The 2023 Mahomet Soda Fest is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on June 10. The event, hosted by the Mahomet Chamber of Commerce, will feature over 100 soda flavors along Main Street in downtown Mahomet. In its third year, the Mahomet Soda Fest will also […]
Village of Mahomet water and wastewater customers will see increase in bill for FY’24
Village of Mahomet water and wastewater customers will see an increase in their rates for fiscal year 2024. Water Fees Water usage charge (in-Village): = $ .68 per 100 gallons of use for water use up to 50,000 gallons= $ .58 per 100 gallons of use for water use over […]
Kodiak still waiting on many Candlewood residents to sign lease
By Dani Tietz As of April 27, only 58 of the 521 residents at Candlewood Mobile Home Park in Mahomet had signed a lease from Kodiak Property Management, LLC. For Candlewood residents, the problem appears to be threefold: some residents have not received a lease agreement from the management group; […]
Bulldogs defeat Urbana 10-6
By Fred Kroner Madelyn Logsdon stroked four hits and Jenna Wade and Madisyn White both laced three hits on Wednesday (April 19) as the Mahomet-Seymour softball team outscored Urbana, 10-6, on the Tigers’ field. Contributing two hits apiece were Madeleine Cortez and Rio Casillas. Logsdon and White each delivered two […]
SVPWD hires Veolia North America to manage operations
By Dani Tietz The Sangamon Valley Public Water District Board on April 5 approved a contract with Veolia North America to manage operations of SVPWD water and wastewater systems that serve Mahomet residents north of I-74 and east of IL-47. The $1.358 million-per-year contract secures a licensed management and operations […]
Mahomet Public Library Spring Book Sale this weekend
The Friends of the Mahomet Library Spring Book Sale will be April 14-16. Thursday, April 13, 5:00 – 8:00 pm (preview night for Friends members only; you can join at the door)Friday, April 14, 9:00 am – 6:00 pmSaturday, April 15, 9:00 am – 5:00 pmSunday, April 16, 1:00 – […]
Museum of the Grand Prairie to celebrate CCFPD’s 75th Anniversary
By Dani Tietz East Central Illinois residents may not know that some of their favorite spots in Champaign County are all connected. But the Lake of the Woods Covered Bridge, Illinois’ first International Dark-Sky Park and the Homer Lake Forest Preserve Maple Grove all have one thing in common: they […]
Glenwood residents enjoy time spent with Mahomet-Seymour Junior High students
By Dani Tietz The possibility of a new friendship is everywhere. Although Mahomet-Seymour Junior High seventh and eighth-grade students have hundreds of peers to choose friendships from, a group of 17 participating in the Community Action Program found some new friends at The Glenwood Assisted Living in Mahomet on March […]