Author: Dani Tietz
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2021 Mahomet-Seymour Baseball: Christie Clinic Photos
Christie Clinic brings photos from the 2021 Mahomet-Seymour baseball team. To view all the photos visit: https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/2021-Mahomet-Seymour-Baseball/. Read more
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(M)athlete of the Week: The Mahomet-Seymour Math team
The Mahomet-Seymour Math team won the 2021 ICTM State Championship. The team was honored this week at Mahomet-Seymour High School. Individual/Event Results are below… Algebra 1:Keegan Pogue – 1st in Regional, 4th in StateMatthew He – 2nd in RegionalMargaret Moore – 3rd in RegionalLauren Bednar – 4th in RegionalSophia Davis – 4th in RegionalByla Chapman –… Read more
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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine opportunities for 12-15-year-olds beginning May 13
Champaign County residents, ages 12-15, can access the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Thursday, May 13. After the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine on Monday, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District posted: Carle: Dress Barn Location on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Anyone 12 and… Read more
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Village awards Cross Construction with South Mahomet utility extensions
The Village of Mahomet awarded the bid for utility extensions along the upcoming South Mahomet Road extension to Cross Construction Tuesday. After bids were collected, Cross Construction came in at $2,850,000, over $1 million under their competitors. A&R Services bid $4,039,464.90 and Opperman Construction bid $4,058,070.00. Trustee Brian Metzger raised concerns over the difference, wondering… Read more
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Village of Mahomet purchases second “gateway” sign
The Village of Mahomet has appointed Bendsen Signs & Graphics, Inc. as the single-source purchase points for Mahomet Gateway signs. Bendsen installed the first gateway sign on IL-47 in front of Arby’s in April. A second sign, with the price tag of $22,036.00 will be located on IL-150 near Green View landscape. The Village hopes… Read more
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Village to prohibit U-turns on parts of State St.
The Village of Mahomet will soon mark State Street from Franklin to Crowley a no U-turn zone. The move comes after Student Resource Officer Bill Ward notified the Village staff of motorists who make U-turns in front of Lincoln Trail Elementary, Mahomet-Seymour Junior High and Mahomet-Seymour High School. The new regulation will begin June 1,… Read more
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Local communities to receive state grant money from Rebuild Illinois plan
Gov. JB Pritzker was in Champaign Tuesday to talk about $250 million in funding grants that will be distributed to municipal, township, and county projects across the state. Pritzker hopes that the grants will help to continue the work that the first $250 million did. “Already, our Rebuild Illinois plan has improved over 3,000 miles… Read more
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Goal setting led to success of PrintPression
Necessity is the mother of invention. That statement holds true for Cain Anderson, owner of PrintPression. As a college student studying to become a history teacher, Anderson knew that the way he organized his life in high school was no longer viable. The go-to-school and figure-out-something-to-do after model did align with the need to create… Read more
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Daniel Renshaw to wrestle at the University of Illinois
The beginning of Daniel Renshaw’s story about how he got into wrestling might be a little unusual: “I started wrestling in eighth grade after my friends Logan Burdette and Brayden Bone convinced me to try it out during summer detasseling,” he said. “I wasn’t sure at first, but I wanted to try something new.” Now… Read more
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Bill aims to provide public water for People’s Gas leak victims
It’s been four-and-a-half years since a group of homeowners north of Mahomet have had clean water from their wells. Their plight began in 2016 when a natural gas leak from the People’s Gas station contaminated their property’s water source and seeped into the Mahomet Aquifer. The Mahomet Aquifer supplies drinking water to half a million… Read more