Author: Dani Tietz

Something sweet has made its way to Fisher. And it’s not just a cookie. Jessica Cox, a Fisher native who worked as a nurse for the last 14 years, has opened Main Street Cookies & Cream after finding her passion. “I have always been an avid baker, but a couple of years ago I took… Read more

Beginning July 30, the University of Illinois will require all faculty, staff, students and visitors to wear a face-covering inside university facilities. The announcement comes just days after new CDC guidance that recommends face coverings for all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, in an attempt to curb the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant. “Even… Read more

What will you wear today? That’s the question Morgan Wood asks herself as she buys merchandise for her online and mobile women’s clothing store, OOTD Boutique. “OOTD stands for Outfit of the Day!” Wood said. “Pick out something that you feel good in, and show it off!” Wood’s dream of providing a trendy, affordable clothing… Read more

Pull up a chair.  There is plenty of room.  And food. It’s Manon Lalonde’s way of life.  And the catalyst for her business, Six Red Chairs Bakery. “While there are only five members of our family, six chairs sit around our tables,” Lalonde said. “That one extra chair has come to symbolize that there is… Read more

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated their mask guidance, recommending that all persons, even those who are fully vaccinated, wear masks indoors, especially where transmission rates are high, in order to curb the spread of the Delta variant.  The Delta variant now accounts for 83-percent of all U.S. COVID_19 cases, and nearly two-thirds of… Read more

After trusting the benefits of sunscreen for decades, news that several sunscreen brands had benzene, a chemical linked to blood cancers such as leukemia, left many consumers curious as to whether or not sunscreen is the safest way to protect their skin from UV rays.  Christie Clinic dermatologist Will Miller, PA-C, said sunscreen is still… Read more

Champaign County Sheriff Dustin Heuerman is asking the Champaign County Board for help in staffing the Champaign County jail. In a letter to the county board, Heuerman said the correction division is “experiencing critical levels of staffing in the jails.”  “We have seen an increase in employee turnover in multiple divisions at the Sheriff’s Office,… Read more

Editor’s Note: An anonymous letter was mailed to Dani Tietz, the author of Now we know about Juneteenth, let’s be better. This letter was sent prior to June 19, but received in mid-July. The piece is not published, as Ethos Publishing does not publish anonymous Letters to the Editor, but is choosing to respond to… Read more

Masks will be “strongly encouraged” for students and staff in the Mahomet-Seymour School District in the 2021-22 school year. Hall released a draft plan early Thursday afternoon that states the district will provide an in-person learning environment for Mahomet-Seymour students five days a week. Students who have received medical advice to not attend school in… Read more

Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 0135 into law Thursday, granting Illinoisans access to birth control over the counter. The legislation removes barriers to care that may have previously prevented residents from accessing hormonal contraception, including lack of access to a physician willing to prescribe birth control. It also expands Medicaid to cover over-the-counter birth control costs… Read more