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  • Beecher City Board Sets 26-27 School Calendar
  • Children’s Assistance Program Scholarship Available
  • Dieterich Board Approves Next Year’s School Calendar
  • Altamont Board Approves Curriculum Purchases, Acts on Several Personnel Moves
  • Frerichs Announces ABLE Accounts for Illinoisans w/a Disability
  • Dieterich Man Injured in UTV Crash Friday Night

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  • Nokomis Hands CHBC Softball Loss
  • Effingham Defeats Robinson In Staunton Soccer Regional
  • Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals Schedules Are Now Here At Station
  • Junior High Volleyball Sectional Results — March 9
  • Boys Basketball Super-sectionals Completed, Now On To State Tournament Action
  • Lawrenceville Ends Altamont’s Season In Sectional Championship

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Community Calendar

  • March 10, 2026
    Homeschool STEM Squad
  • March 10, 2026
    Enduring Freedom Ministries March Distributions
  • March 10, 2026
    Free Tax Preparation with Catholic Charities
  • March 10, 2026
    CANCELLED – Storm Spotter Training in Effingham
  • March 10, 2026
    ImpactLife Blood Drive at HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital

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Earling Learning Center Kindergarten preview and preregistration is Monday, March 16 2026 from 5 30 p m to 7 p m. Learn more.
View the schedule for the Effingham Community Schools Unit District 40 preschool kindergarten screenings

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