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HS track: North Mac girls, Gibson and Shoen medal at state

  Boys’ representatives from North Mac, Staunton, Southwestern, Gillespie and Carlinville qualify By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter Plenty of action has been and still is in store for Macoupin County track teams at state. Several girls brought home medals last weekend and five local high schools will have a least one representative competing at…

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HS softball: Nolan’s homer helps Staunton stun Gillespie, CHS defeats Tri-City in extras

  By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter In the Illinois High School Association Class 2A softball postseason, Staunton and Carlinville each obtained dramatic victories that earned them a shot at a regional championship. Staunton shocked its arch-rival Gillespie in Greenville and Carlinville took out Tri-City at Buffalo. Staunton vs. Gillespie Taylor Nolan unleashed the swing…

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HS baseball: Undefeated Gillespie Miners win regional title over Southwestern

  Carlinville falls to Shelbyville in regional championship By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter Two undefeated seasons were on the line during the championship game of the Illinois High School Association Class 2A Piasa regional May 20. Seeking to keep its first perfect campaign in school history alive, Gillespie needed to conquer a Southwestern Piasa…

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Macoupin County Board holds hearing over Lotus Wind Farm application

By ERIN SANSON Enquirer~Democrat Reporter Macoupin County board members gathered at Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn college alongside Macoupin county residents, landowners and business owners. The board held a public hearing regarding the Lotus Wind Farm application. It is up to the board members to decide if Lotus Wind met the requirements of the county ordinance…

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Area Diesel celebrates 50 years of service

  By ERIN SANSON Enquirer~Democrat Reporter Area Diesel Service Inc. celebrated its employees as well as its 50th anniversary on May 20. Val Leefers founded Area Diesel in 1973, the first shop only 1,500 square feet. That shop grew quickly and now the original Area Diesel building has expanded into a 25,000 square foot building.…

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County purchases new building for Voting Center across from Courthouse

Macoupin County voters will have a new place to vote early in person starting in 2024, County Clerk Pete Duncan announced recently. The County has purchased an office building just across the street from the Courthouse in Carlinville that will serve as the Macoupin Voting Center. Utilizing the grant the Election Office received as being…

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Mary Ann Bertels

Mary Ann Bertels, 88, of Dorsey, passed away at Anderson Hospital, Maryville, on Monday, May 22, 2023 at 2:00 am. She was born January 16, 1935, in Carlinville, to George Koster & Florence Knetzer Koster. She married Lorman Bertels. She was a clerk for Carlinville Farm Bureau and Dorsey Post Office. She is survived by…

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Janet Meininger

Janet Meininger, 75, of Plainview, passed away at St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, on Monday, May 8, 2023 at 9:05 p.m. She was born November 16, 1947, in Alton, to Kenneth Foreman & Irene Myers Foreman. She married Steven A. Meininger on April 16, 1980 in Galacia, IL. She was owner, operator for J & S…

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Kinsley Elizabeth Blum

Kinsley Elizabeth Blum was born without a heartbeat Sunday, May 14, 2023 at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield. Though she never spent much time with us on earth, she touched many of our lives but angels never die, they just gain their wings. Kinsley is survived by her mother and father Anna Semar and Dustin…

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Edmond Hendley Rees

Edmond Hendley Rees passed away on May 15, 2023. He was in his home and surrounded by the love of his wife, children, and grandchildren. Ed grew up on a farm in North Otter Township where he attended school in a one-room country schoolhouse. He graduated from Virden Community High School in 1960. He was…

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