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Spring 2021 Registration Open for Arts Classes
January 11, 2021 - Registration for 2021 Spring Arts Classes from the Decatur Area Arts Council is now open. Currently, classes are intended to meet in person. All health guidelines will be followed. ...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 11, 2021

Attorney General; FBI Investigating Illinois Unemployment System Fraud
January 11, 2021 - A committee that oversees the state's unemployment agency is refraining from providing public oversight while the state's Attorney General and the FBI investigate fraud in the syste...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 11, 2021

Millikin Implements Saliva COVID-19 Testing Program for Students
January 11, 2021 - Millikin University has partnered with SHIELD Illinois to implement a COVID-19 saliva-based testing program that will be available to students beginning today. Millikin employees wi...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 11, 2021

SCORE Offering Seminar on Wages
January 8, 2021 - Many small business owners got into the business because they are passionate about the product they make or the service they provide. As they start to have the success they need to h...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 09, 2021

Millikin Alumni Team Up to Create Immersive Virtual Escape Rooms
January 8, 2021 - Escape rooms were a hot ticket pre-pandemic, and will surely rebound once people are able to get out and about. People are craving a social experience right now. But, you don't have ...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 08, 2021

DPS61 Will Return to In-Person Learning January 19th. Virtual Only Option Still Offered.
January 8, 2021 - DPS61 says it plans to return to in-classroom instruction beginning January 19th. Students will also be offered a virtual-only option. Even though students who choose to do so can re...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 08, 2021
IL Officials Condemn Violence and Lawlessness at US Capitol
January 7, 2021 -(The Center Square) - Elected officials in Illinois condemned violence and lawlessness in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of people from all across the county con...
Jan 07, 2021

Decatur Public Library Offering Free Digital Kindergarten-Readiness Program
January 6, 2021 - Families in Decatur now have free access to Miss Humblebee's Academy. Miss Humblebee's Academy is an award-winning online, educational program. Miss Humblebee's Academy assists the l...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 06, 2021

Decatur Public Schools Plans for E-Learning as Alternative to Snow Days
January 5, 2021 - Decatur Public Schools currently plan to adopt an e-Learning program in lieu of utilizing the District's scheduled emergency days. Essentially, on any day that would be called a snow...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 06, 2021

Mount Zion Chamber of Commerce Accepting Applications for Annual Scholarship
January 5, 2021 - The Scholarship Committee of the Mt. Zion Chamber of Commerce has announced that it is now accepting applications for its annual scholarship. Applications must be turned in by March ...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 06, 2021