Category: Local
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From Mackenzie’s View: My Speech at Shriners
BY MACKENZIE BONHAM Hi everybody! What a great month it has been! A lot of wonderful things have been going on this past month since we spoke. First, I had a little mishap and I am on crutches for a while (I had no clue fourth-grade girl’s basketball was rough, but we won that game… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour wrestling remains unbeaten
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The unbeaten Bulldogs won their home-opener on Tuesday, decisioning Clinton 53-26. Posting pins for M-S were Peyton Myers (152 pounds), Gage Granadino (160 pounds) and Seth Buchanan (285 pounds). Granadino and Buchanan each had first-period falls. The other M-S athlete to win a non-forfeited match was Logan Petro (138 pounds), who won… Read more
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Katz top diver Tuesday
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s Max Katz was the top diver on Tuesday in a three-school boys’ swimming meet in Champaign. The Bulldogs defeated Danville 149-93, but lost to the host Maroons, 169-117. Katz was also the third-place finisher in the 100-yard backstroke. Two other M-S swimmers were the runner-up in their specialties. Evan Herriott was… Read more
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6th-grade JBBA wins Mt. Zion tournament
Mahomet’s Junior Bulldog Basketball sixth-grade blue team won the Mt Zion Winter Warm-Up Basketball championship tournament last weekend. Cole Thrasher, Jakey Sampson, Isiah Benson, Wade Manuel, Joshy Craig, Zach Blumenshine, Henry McMurry, Caden Alt and Cole Henderson are coached by Jim McMurry and Clint Thrasher. Read more
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Pletcher to pole vault at University of Minnesota
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mara Pletcher is gaining knowledge about the Ripple Effect. Loosely defined, it’s a principal that means one thing can have a profound effect on another thing, even if the two seem totally unrelated. Pletcher gets this. As a sixth-grader, she had an event picked out that she wanted to be her focus… Read more
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New laws Illinois business owners need to know in 2020
Business owners throughout Illinois will have to comply with new laws and regulations in 2020. Employers throughout the state will begin the minimum wage increase to $15 an hour by 2025 with two minimum wage increases this year. Public Act 101-0001 mandates that employers who have minimum wage employees will go from $8.25 per hour… Read more
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Company Coffee and Wine to open in WesPark Plaza
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com As in all plans, great and small, it started with one singular idea. Elizabeth VanHoutan McDermith and her husband Mike had a thought for expanding and enhancing their Main Street business, Yellow and Company. Meanwhile – and with no thoughts originally of collaborating – Brooke Didier Starks and her husband Lee were… Read more
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Kreider brings Blended Balance Fitness to Mahomet
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Are you ready? That’s the question Champaign resident Ali Kreider is asking Mahomet. After moving back to East Central Illinois, Kreider decided she was ready to leave her full-time job in Chicago to focus more on a healthy, balanced life. “Fitness has always been like a huge part of my life, a… Read more
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Heroes from Home: Gyuran retires after 34 years
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Linda Gyuran knows that honesty is the best policy. The Mahomet resident remembers her job interview – which took place in 1983 – for a position in the Mahomet-Seymour school district. At the time, she was a single mom with sons entering first and fifth grades. “I was living with mom and… Read more
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Bulldogs search for Apollo Conference win
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com M-S is still seeking its first Apollo Conference victory after suffering a 57-31 loss at home on Thursday to Mattoon. During what is now a four-game losing streak, the Bulldogs are averaging 36.5 points per game. Nichole Taylor led the Bulldogs with nine points and 10 rebounds. Cayla Koerner contributed five points.… Read more