November 1, 2024 Local Stories in and Around St. Joseph, Illinois

Live at St. Joseph Village Board , Nov. 22, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving Eve, Eve.

Apparently, they buried a time capsule today but no one told me so….

There was no public comment.

Mary Butzow and Connor Munson are here to discuss their project to digitize the St. Joseph Record. Basically, Mary wants money to digitalize old edition of the St. Joseph Record and the Ogden Courier. The company that would digitize the publication would allow you to search for names, events, ect.

The Champaign County History Museum is spearheading a campaign called the Champaign County Newspaper Digitization Initiative. They need $30,000 to complete the project. At $10,000 they will start digitizing sections. Butzow is saying the value is because you can look up the history of the area, ect. Basically, Butzow is saying what is in a community paper and that is why it is valuable. Village Governments, scouts, social news, and sports. If you are interested in donating you can find the link here.

Connor is hopeful the village will work with them and donate.

Tami is suggesting the village give a donation.

They are discussing insurance for the staff. Their current plan is not being offered anymore. #OHNO #thatisnofun #insuranceissotricky

But there is a similar plan they are discussing right now. The staff will have insurance. I am not going to go into the details because it doesn’t matter to anyone but the staff.

Art has joined us from I am going to guess Florida. (He went there previously for the holidays #LUCKY #isitniceweather?)

GOOD NEWS! The alleyway is almost the high school. #MAKEITHAPPEN The agreement says the high school will work with the village to make the entranceway to the village pretty.

They are discussing the consideration of a resolution allowing for the combination of lots outside of Village Limits for the Bartlow Family. The family does not want to be annexed in but seems to be planning to combine the lots to sell because they told the village to talk to the new owners. They are tabling it until the full board of here.

Apparently, there wasn’t a lot in the time capsule. The last time I saw it there was an article about Ross Booker, a church bulletin, some old photos and some business cards.

THere will be numerous Christmas events starting the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I will write a story and update you.


meeting over.



Banner
Related Posts

Live at St. Joseph Village Board, Jan. 12, 2021

January 12, 2021

January 12, 2021

I will live blog tonight. Pavlov media will give a presentation. Susan Monte from Regional Planning will be there. We...

Live at St. Joseph Village Board

October 8, 2019

October 8, 2019

The past few meetings have been packed… not this one. Only two audience members. They approved the minutes, are going...

Process for filling vacant trustee position up to the mayor

September 11, 2023

September 11, 2023

How a vacant trustee position is filled is up to the mayor’s discretion, said Mayor Tami Fruhling-Voges. Fruhling-Voges had seven...

Village Gardeners to kick off season Monday

April 12, 2019

April 12, 2019

On Monday, the St. Joseph Village Gardners are kicking off their 2019 season. Member Samuel Furrer said the group’s first...

Gherna resigns from village board

July 11, 2019

July 11, 2019

Andy Gherna is resigning from the St. Joseph Village Board. Gherna announced that the July 23 board meeting will be...

Live at St. Joseph Village Board Jan. 26, 2021

January 26, 2021

January 26, 2021

We are zooming here tonight. In case you didn’t hear Jack Flash has pulled their request for a pour license...

Village to hold public hearing on marijuana dispensaries

July 26, 2019

July 26, 2019

The Village of St. Joseph will hold a public hearing to discuss allowing marijuana dispensaries in town. The hearing will...

Live at St. Joseph Village Board June 22

June 22, 2021

June 22, 2021

Tonight at St. Joseph Village Board they may hire an administrator. I have spoken to the candidate via email and...

Live at Ogden Village Board, Jan. 6

January 5, 2023

January 5, 2023

Trustee Jim Haan has resigned. Those interested in filling the position should contact Mayor Gabe Clements. The library has received...

Mayor to encourage board to allow trick-or-treating

October 1, 2020

October 1, 2020

St. Joseph Mayor Tami Fruhling-Voges is going to encourage the village board to allow Trick-or-Treating. Fruhling-Voges said she had examined...

Hometown appeal: The Wheelhouse earns Business of the Year honors

April 16, 2019

April 16, 2019

When the Wheelhouse opened in 2017, it was unlike anything in St. Joseph. And still is. The farm-to-table restaurant owned...

Live at St. Joseph Village Board, June 11, 2024

June 11, 2024

June 11, 2024

My computer is back in action. The last meeting in May it had some technical issues. On the agenda tonight:...

Live at St. Joseph Village Board, April 11

April 11, 2023

April 11, 2023

The mayor is doing a proclamation declaring April as Autism Awareness Month. Doing the general stuff they always do- bills,...

Community members attend board meeting to support Assistant Public Works Director

May 2, 2024

May 2, 2024

On April 29, dozens of people attended a village board meeting and signed up to praise a village employee—Luke Fisher....

Live at St. Joseph Village Board

May 12, 2020

May 12, 2020

We are live at St. Joseph Village Board. Terri Cummings is being appointed to fill Bob Rigdon’s trustee position. Four...

Comments
Leave a Reply