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  • Midland States Bank Names Corporate Controller

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  • Basketball Scores 2-14-26
  • Basketball Scores 2-13-26
  • Effingham County Boys Basketball Highlights For Games Played On Friday The 13th
  • IHSA Football Proposal Passes, 2026 Practice To Begin August 5
  • C’land, Newton, WSS, Neoga Capture Victories In Girls H.S. Basketball, St. Anthony, Altamont, CHBC Fall
  • Stewardson-Strasburg Wins Class 8-2A State Basketball Championship

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  • February 15, 2026
    Soup Supper at St. Aloysius Parish Center
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    Sausage Breakfast at Altamont
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    Sausage Supper at St. Peter’s Lutheran
  • February 15, 2026
    Valentine’s Spaghetti Dinner at Mason
  • February 16, 2026
    Night of the Stars – Lincoln Trail State Park

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