Central McLean News-Journal - News
No, maybe on ordinance change requests
The Underwood City Commission tackled a pair of issues regarding current city ordinances Monday night, opting to NOT amend a current citywide ban on open burning, while continuing to discuss the possibility of amending the city’s ordinance regarding raising chickens within the city limits.
Blowing in the wind
While a lot of folks were making use of the coronavirus home-style quarantine time by doing puzzles and working on some little projects around the house, Underwood’s Joe and JoAnn Fleischman were spending their time repurposing fans, turning them into one-of-a-kind windmills.
Nowhere to go
Underwood’s Dylan Aasheim, Lucy Santos, Cade Kjelstrup and Maddy Heger were all dressed up
Businesses set to open Friday
Gov. Doug Burgum on Monday announced during his daily press conference that businesses previously closed or limited by his executive order due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to open this Friday following new criteria that his office announced Tuesday.
TLM seniors working on grad plan
The Turtle Lake-Mercer School Board approved the hiring of three new staff members for the upcoming year, filling in all of the openings and completing the staff for the 2020-21 school year.
Presenting to a special meeting of the Coal Conversion Counties Association last week, McLean County State's Attorney Ladd Erickson said he believes a proposal to build an 800-megawatt wind farm in the region is being used to justify shutting down Coal Creek Station.
Capturing life on the ‘front porch’
Underwood photographer Freedom Bassett is doing what she can to bring a little sunshine into locals’ lives – 10 minutes at a time.
Anderson – the driver behind the blood drive
It was business-almost-asusual this past Tuesday as Turtle Lake’s Joan Anderson worked with staff members of Vitalant at one of the city’s annual blood drives.
Mask makers for the masses
When the nation/worldwide call went out for people who are stuck at home to start sewing face masks, people from all over dusted off their sewing machines, headed to the fabric store and started searching online to find the correct width elastic.
