Author: Dani Tietz

Mahomet has once again been recognized as a quality community to live in as The SafeWise Report named the community of nearly 14,000 residents one of the top 50 safest communities in Illinois. To compile this report, SafeWise analysts considered public safety initiatives and the most recent FBI crime data from 2013 to rank these… Read more

Local businesses and high school students teamed up to provide MAYC with a custom 10’x16’ storage building, which a crew of volunteers will soon move to its new home behind the MAYC clubhouse.  MAYC has long needed the storage space due to the large assortment of supplies used for the Club’s two major annual fundraising… Read more

For many Mahomet residents, spending time with family on Thanksgiving Day is more than watching football and stuffing turkey and dressing into their faces. For nearly five years, moms, dads, siblings, aunts, uncles and grandparents have gathered on Thanksgiving morning for the Mahomet Parks and Recreation Department Turkey Trot. While the event began as a… Read more

Former Mahomet-Seymour High School student and Community Blood Services representative Megan Rushing visited with freshmen students in Health class Monday to talk about the importance of blood donation in Central Illinois. Rushing encouraged students to donate locally when they become of age because the blood stays in Central Illinois and is distributed to hospitals such… Read more

The Mahomet Parks and Recreation Department will move offices from 206 S. Elm Street to the Village of Mahomet Public Works building at 218 South Lake of the Woods Road. The Village purchased the 8000-square-foot facility for $1.1M two years ago. They have since updated the facility to meet the Public Works Department and additional… Read more

Last night, I was filled with joy. For the first time in almost a year I was so happy because I watched a community come together without pretense or politics. I, one of the planners of Trunk or Treat, wanted to create an event that brought families and business owners together in the simplest way.… Read more

How can adversity help you? That’s the question WCIA sports reporter Brett Behrens posed to students at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High students Wednesday as he shared his story of unexpected adversity after graduating from Mahomet-Seymour High School. Behrens began by telling students how his now wife, Jenna, turned down his invitation to become his girlfriend in… Read more

For several months, Ryan Heiser experienced limited range of motion and loss of strength from a shoulder impingement issue. After trying several treatments, he noticed that No Limit Fitness offered yoga classes through Mahomet native Kristina Reese. “I made arrangements with Kristina to try a few yoga lessons and I noticed an improvement within a… Read more