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The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25 at the Village Administration Building. [gview file="https://mahometnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/09-BOT-09252018-AGENDA-FINAL-REVISED.pdf%22] Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some things go together, automatically and naturally. Peanut butter and jelly. Chocolate and chips. Baskets and balls. To the seemingly endless list is an annual rite of fall: Homecoming week and powderpuff football games. Those traditions will be renewed this week when high school girls at St. Joseph-Ogden and Mahomet-Seymour participate… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour senior Mathias Powell was the individual winner in Saturday’s East Peoria Invitational at Illinois Central College. Powell covered the 3-mile course in 15 minutes, 5.8 seconds and had a margin of victory of 4.8 seconds in a race with 254 finishers. Mathias’ win was the third at the East Peoria… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Carolyn Farren grew up in the Chicago area, but moved to Champaign-Urbana to attend school at the University of Illinois. She was a biochemistry major. Working her way through college, she had jobs working at bars and at restaurants. She then spent time as a wine consultant and as the general… Read more

The 3Disciplines triathlon will take place in Mahomet on September 23. Registration for the event will begin at 6:30 a.m. with kickoff scheduled at 8:30 a.m. The prospective timeline for the event estimates the first athlete to get on a bike and leave the park around 8:55 AM. The timeline also predicts the last bike… Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour School District will welcome their Bulldogs home during the week of September 24. Wednesday Festivities will kick-off Wednesday, September 26 with the Mahomet-Seymour Homecoming parade, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. Affected Village streets, including State, Division, Elm, Main and Franklin will be closed beginning around 5:00 p.m. and will reopen at approximately 6:15 p.m.… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team started the week with wins on back-to-back nights. The Bulldogs (7-2-3) edged Lincoln 3-2 on Monday and matched a season-high for goals scored on Tuesday in a 6-1 triumph over visiting Effingham. In Apollo Conference matches, M-S is 3-0-2. Austin Carr and Joah Moore each scored twice… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Scouting helps its participants build confidence and self-esteem while also learning values that will be beneficial later in life. Sometimes what is built can be seen in real time. Five teenagers in Mahomet’s Girl Scout Troop 2066 finished a hands-on project last weekend that completed requirements for their Silver Award, which… Read more

There’s nothing like seeing a smile on someone’s face. This is what keeps Mahomet-Seymour High School junior Zoe Hovde coming back to volunteer opportunities year after year. Hovde, who began to see the effects of helping neighbors as part of the Community Action Program at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School, was looking for a way to… Read more

1213 Farm Lake Drive, Mahomet : Saturday only 8 to 2. Moving Sale includes furniture, decor, kids clothes, crib with matching dresser, toys and more. 503 Country Ridge Dr, Mahomet, IL: 09/21 and 09/22 08:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Miscellaneous home goods and decorations , Clothing items, King size oak headboard, matching side towers, and oak armoire ($350), Espresso… Read more