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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Editor’s Note: The term developing story has taken on a new meaning since November 2019. At that time, many Americans read news stories about COVID-19, not thinking it would impact their lives, but come March 2020, nearly every American’s lives were turned upside down. As scientists learn about coronavirus, as […]
Four Mahomet-Seymour School board members: Merle Giles, Meghan Hennesy, Ken Keefe and Colleen Schultz, asked for a hiring freeze until the board could discuss further what the financial impact of COVID-19 might be during Monday’s school board meeting. The request came from concern of being able to maintain current staff […]
The Village of Mahomet in conjunction with the Mahomet Chamber of Commerce met Wednesday to identify some Mahomet needs and put together volunteers who would tackle those needs. Thursday the Mahomet Chamber of Commerce launched a delivery service to get goods from Mahomet IGA/Schnucks, Walgreens and CVS to residents in […]
