Author: Dani Tietz

Village of Mahomet spring garage sales are scheduled for September 9 and 10, 2022. The Mahomet Daily will produce a free garage sale guide. For a garage sale listing to be included in the guide, an email with the address, date/time and description must be delivered to dani@mahometnews.com by 5 p.m. on Sept. 7. Moving sale… Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour School District has been allocated $1,480,045.5 million in Evidence-Based Funding (EBF) money from the State of Illinois in FY 2023 — $900,000 more than was expected. Evidence-based funding was established five years ago as a way to help each school district reach “adequate funding” by sending more state dollars to under-funded districts each… Read more

Finding support in a mental health crisis is now easier with a national network of more than 200 crisis centers which can be accessed by dialing 988.  The three-digit, nationwide phone number will direct callers and texters to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline where healthcare professionals will be available to help.  Veterans can press… Read more

Second-quarter political action committee (PAC) reports from the Illinois State Board of Elections show donation and expenses behind work the Citizens for Bulldog Blueprint did in support of the 2022 Mahomet-Seymour School District referendum.  The committee self-reported $8,000 in donations and $7,305.30 in expenses from its date of organization with the state on March 30… Read more

The Mahomet Daily has compiled salary information for Village of Mahomet from a former FOIA request and compensation reports located on the Village website. The following list does not include all employees of the Village of Mahomet. Job (Fiscal Year) Salary-not reflecting total compensation Police Chief(Mike Metzler) (2013) $76,814(2014) $79,657(2015) $82,213(2016) $84,490(2017) $87,069(2018) $89,170(2019) $91,873(2020)… Read more

The Mahomet Daily has compiled salary information for all of the Mahomet-Seymour School District Administrators per contracts located in board of education packets. District administration contracts run from July 1-June 30 of the following year. Read more

It’s not unusual to see the Mahomet-Seymour Board of Education approve facility projects. Over the last decade, the district has erected an elementary school, put on an addition and renovated the building; made upgrades including a new roof and bathrooms in Lincoln Trail Elementary; updated the Mahomet-Seymour High School fieldhouse and administrative offices, to name… Read more

Customers of the Sangamon Valley Public Water District are asked to restrict their water usage after an Ameren Illinois power surge affected the district’s wells. A press release states, “All of  our wells have surge protection and this particular spike was so large it engaged and compromised those  safety mechanisms.   As a result of this… Read more

It seems curious that a town the size of Mahomet would have two water districts.  Within the Village limits there are about 9,500 residents. And just outside, there are about another 6 to 7,000. There are places in Mahomet where you can look across the street to look at land not within the Village limits.… Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour School District is considering no longer running “Kids Club”, a fee-based before and after-school child care program for kindergarten through fifth-grade students. As heard in the May 2022 board of education meeting, the YMCA would provide child care.  Through FOIA, the Mahomet Daily was able to obtain a copy of the Stevens Family… Read more