Author: Dani Tietz

The great thing about communities is that you’ll often find a community within. Or there are always opportunities to create a community within. That is what Monticello’s Andrew Clodfelter is doing in Mahomet with Rad Lad Games. “I grew up in Monticello – and pretty much if you wanted to have fun – you either… Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour School District seeks individuals or families who are in need of hand sanitizer. According to Superintendent Lindsey Hall, the district was given more than enough sanitizer from FEMA to equip each classroom for the upcoming school year and more leftover. While the district will hold onto some extra, it is also offering hand… Read more

It’s true that parents never can tell what path their child might take.  “My older sister played volleyball and always begged me to play with her and at the time I hated it,” Ainsley Ranstead said.  Still, Ranstead gave volleyball a try.  As she tried different sports, trying to find her own way, she could… Read more

There’s nothing that will bring Lacey Moore back to her mom, Michelle.  The teen-ager died from a brain aneurysm a month after her 19th birthday on Aug. 23, 2019.  During the past two years, Michelle has mourned her daughter’s passing by raising awareness about the signs and symptoms of brain aneurysms while also making sure… Read more

Champaign County Public Health officials are encouraging those who are eligible and have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 to do so as the Delta variant has become present in Champaign County.  Anyone 12 years of age or older is able to receive the Pfizer vaccine. Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are available to individuals… Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour School District will expand its administration team with new positions that will be funded through Evidence-based Tier funding through the state or ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund) funding. Additional staff positions were also approved. Superintendent Lindsey Hall told the board that the district needed a District Family Engagement Specialist, District 504… Read more

Mahomet-Seymour School Board member Colleen Schultz presented the first reading of a new board policy that establishes the way curriculum is approved.  Schultz read: “Curriculum and curriculum revisions will not be adopted at the board meeting they’re first introduced. Furthermore consideration will be given subsequent meetings after the opportunity for community input. In order to… Read more

The Mahomet Masonic Lodge officially opened their renovated space with a ribbon-cutting ceremony during the Mahomet Auto Fest on July 11.  With new windows, an updated exterior, new columns, and awning, this was the first time the building located at 410 E Main St had been updated since 1949.  The group spent the spring and… Read more

Christie Clinic helped the Mahomet Daily provide photos of the 2021 Mahomet Auto Fest, which was held on June 11. To view the entire gallery, visit https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/2021-Mahomet-Car-Show/. Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour School Board approved a $69,997 bid by Midwest Track Buildings to rebuild the existing running track at Mahomet-Seymour High School in June. Midwest Track Buildings was the only vendor to submit a bid.  District Chief School Business Officer Heather Smith said the IESA and IHSA will not allow the district to host state… Read more