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  • State Comptroller Susana Mendoza Will Not Seek Re-Election
  • Altamont Council Decides Against Sports Bar at Former El Rancherito Location
  • Cumberland School Board Thanks Retired Superintendent Butler
  • Girl w/Local Ties Crowned Champaign County Fair Queen
  • Stew-Stras School Board Acts on Several Coaching Assignments
  • Teutopolis Village Board Meets

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  • Grace Lemke Has Stellar Senior Season, Headed To Play Softball At Eastern Illinois University
  • Fourth Annual Effing Paddle Battle Scheduled August 15-17
  • Pickleball Action At Hendelmeyer Park
  • Effingham High School 2025 Football Schedule Released
  • New Coaches Meet & Greet At Altamont High School July 21
  • Lake Land College 5K Scheduled Saturday, August 2

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    Mattoon Bagelfest
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  • July 18, 2025
    Jonah Fish Fry at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
  • July 18, 2025
    Beecher City Corn Fest
  • July 18, 2025
    Red Cross Blood Drives in July

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