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According to Village of Mahomet Administrator Patrick Brown, the Village sent a new intergovernmental agreement to the Mahomet-Seymour School District on Wednesday, separating the sale of 13 Acres Park and Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School upon the direction of the Village Board of Trustees Tuesday night.  The Mahomet-Seymour School Board also met Monday night in open…

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The Mahomet Town and Country Women’s Club will hold their first meeting of the 2020-21 club year on Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Lake of the Woods Botanical Garden gazebo. While they are still working on detail for how to conduct their monthly meetings and events safely, the group is encouraging women interested…

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The 2020 Fall Mahomet Community Garage Sales are scheduled for September 11-12. The Mahomet Daily will produce a free online and print garage sale guide. Listings for the online guide can be emailed to news@mahometnews.com until September 7 at 5 p.m. The printed map will be distributed locally on the morning of September 10 while the…

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Ainsley Winters and Emma Yates teamed up for the top M-S score in Monday’s Charleston Lady Trojan Scramble. Their combined score was 44 at Charleston Country Club. Bulldogs Gaby Davis and Emma Dallas carded a 46. The Bulldogs’ other two-person entry was Chloe Merkle and Kayla McKinney, whose composite score was a 51. M-S returns…

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By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Zach Courson posted the best Mahomet-Seymour score in back-to-back boys’ golf meets this week. On Monday in the team’s opening meet at Monticello, Courson was the meet’s runner-up with a 37. He finished one shot behind the medalist. Monticello topped the Bulldogs in the dual meet, 163-174. M-S’ Jameson Drinkwater fired…

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Middletown Prairie parents received an email Wednesday afternoon that two students at Middletown Prairie Elementary have tested positive for COVID-19 after the first day of school. “We are coordinating our efforts with Champaign-Urbana Public Health District to promptly identify and monitor individuals who have had recent contact with the COVID-19 positive students to prevent further…

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By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — As the state’s rolling COVID-19 test positivity rate increased again Wednesday, Gov. JB Pritzker and representatives of the University of Illinois announced a testing breakthrough which they said could eventually allow for greater suppression of new cases of the virus. The state’s flagship public university was granted U.S.…

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By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour opened the junior high baseball season on Monday with a 12-4 win at Tolono Unity in Brian Bajer’s debut as the M-S head coach. The teams were locked in a scoreless battle until the Bulldogs plated four runs in the top of the fourth inning. Peyton Cox, the first of…

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By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Athletic Director Matt Hensley didn’t need to look far to find the next Mahomet-Seymour High School boys’ track and field coach. He was already in the building. In fact, the new coach already has a long history with the Bulldogs’ program. Keith Pogue served as the head coach for 13 years,…

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Champaign’s Mayor Deb Feinen issued to emergency orders Tuesday in efforts to curb an uptick in COVID-19 cases as students return to the University of Illinois.  “According to the modeling data provided by University of Illinois researchers, the next several weeks will be critical to making sure the spread of the Coronavirus doesn’t get out…

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