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BJHS Names Fourth Quarter Honor Roll Students

Beecher Junior High School recently announced students named to its fourth quarter honor rolls. Congratulations to the following students! High Honors Eighth grade: Axel Avila, Addison Baker, Ayden Belt, Mallory Berry, Jeffery Bouchard, Eduardo Garcia, Kathryn Gregory, Ella Hammer, Noah Hanson, Benjamin Hartig, Marixa Hernandez, Lillian Jerkatis, Kolten Koehn, Aisha Lawal, Peyton Lee, Samantha Loftin,…

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District 200-U Ends Year with Staff Recognition Assembly

Beecher School District 200-U concluded another successful school year last week with a Staff Recognition Assembly recognizing retirees Beth Hayhurst, for 28 years as an elementary school teacher, and Marcia Blouin, with 18 years as a district art teacher. Also, special recognition was given to the following teachers with 30+ years of service: Melissa Ohlendorf…

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BHS Third Quarter Honor Rolls

Beecher High School recently announced students named to its third quarter honor rolls. Congratulations to the following students! High Honors Seniors: Sydney Bonham, Ariel Caldwell Brown, Damiano Cassanelli, Kylie Cook, Kayla Cruz, Alyssa Dillinger, Lola Eckhardt, Kayla Eickmann, Jacob Farrar, Olivia Flores, Kevin Girard, Tabitha Gregory, Olivia Hodac, Ethan Jacobs, Kamryn Koontz, Ashton Kraus, Jacob…

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BES Incoming Kindergarten Pre-Registration Announced

Will your child be five years old on or before September 1, 2023. If so, parents/guardians are asked to visit www.beecher200u.org, go the Beecher Elementary home page, then click on INCOMING KINDERGARTEN PRE-REGISTRATIONS, to complete the survey and submit it. The purpose of that form is to begin the pre-registration process for students eligible for…

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BJHS Announces Third Quarter Honor Rolls

Beecher Junior High School recently announced students named to its third quarter honor rolls. Congratulations to the following students! High Honors Eighth Grade: Addison Baker, Mallory Berry, Eduardo Garcia, Kathryn Gregory, Ella Hammer, Benjamin Hartig, Lillian Jerkatis, Kolten Koehn, Aisha Lawal, Peyton Lee, Samantha Loftin, Mila Nikolic, Kayden Norkus, Charlie Nowak, Jacob Phillips, Braelynn Scanlan,…

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Beecher 200-U Tries Again

By Jeff Vorva Let’s try it again. The Beecher District 200-U referendum, to try to ease a $1 million shortfall, failed last June and Superintendent Jack Gaham is in the process of making painful cut recommendations to the board. He is ready to make even more suggestions – including only allowing eighth grade teams at…

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Beecher School Board Holds Rather ‘Interesting’ Meeting

By Jeff Vorva Dancing and singing were a part of the Beecher District 200-U Board meeting on February 13. But they were not the subjects that produced joy and fun. This was not a merry meeting. Quite the opposite. The meeting got started with a bang, when board member and board secretary Janet Paulmeier resigned…

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BJHS Announces Second Quarter Honor Rolls

Beecher Junior High recently announced students named to its second quarter honor rolls. Congratulations to the following students. High Honors Eighth Grade: Mallory Berry, Miguel Corral, Logan Diachenko, Kathryn Gregory, Ella Hammer, Noah Hanson, Benjamin Hartig, Lillian Jerkatis, Kolten Koehn, Aisha Lawal, Peyton Lee, Samantha Loftin, Mila Nikolic, Kayden Norkus, Charlie Nowak, Brian Oldenburg, Edwin…

Beecher Coach Tyler Shireman has the team pointed in the right direction, with back-to-back 20-win seasons and the first AP top-10 ranking in program history. –Photo by Jeff Vorva

Beecher Seeking Second Regional Title in School History

By Jeff Vorva Since Christmas, life around the Beecher boys basketball team has been anything but normal. When the freezing weather helped cause a pipe to burst and flooded the high school’s main gym, the floor was ruined and unusable, and the Bobcats had to adapt with practices and home games off campus. That set…

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BHS Names Second Quarter Honor Roll Students

Beecher High School recently announced students name to its second quarter honor rolls. Congratulations to the following students. High Honors Seniors: Grace Adams, Sydney Bonham, Ariel Caldwell Brown, Damiano Cassanelli, Kylie Cook, Kayla Cruz, Alyssa Dillinger, Lola Eckhardt, Kayla Eickmann, Justin Eliff, Jacob Farrar, Olivia Flores, Kevin Girard, Zachary Gorcowski, Ethan Graham, Jacob Graniczny, Tabitha…

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Beecher Superintendent Thankful Flood Happened Over Break

By Jeff Vorva The Christmas flood at Beecher High School has caused some problems, to be sure, but Beecher 200U Superintendent Jack Gaham said it could have been a lot worse. “We got doggone lucky it happened over break,” he told the school board at the January 9 meeting. “If it happened during the school…

The sub-zero temps caused a pipe to burst in Beecher High School. Crews were drying out the school days after the pipe burst. –Photo by Jim Piacentini.

Beecher High School Gym Sustains Water Damage

By Jeff Vorva Beecher High School had a wet Christmas and damage has been done to the two gymnasiums and the cafeteria. Beecher 200U Superintendent Jack Gaham said the school still will be open when students are scheduled to return on January 10 and, with the exception of physical education classes and sports events and…

Beecher Students Brighten Day for Beecher Manor Residents

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School Report Card Shows Progress Despite Pandemic 

By Bob Bong Even though student test scores continued to fall across the state last year, new data shows students in Illinois are on the path to recovering from the learning loss that occurred during the pandemic.  “To say these last two-and-a-half years have been difficult for our teachers and our students would be an…

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District 200-U Business Manager, Marla Heldt, to Retire

 Mrs. Marla Heldt will retire after nearly 29 years of service (1994 – 2022) as Beecher School District 200-U Business Manager. Mrs. Heldt, a Beecher graduate and long-time Grant Park resident, came to the Beecher School District as Business Manager in June 1994. A special reception will be held on Tuesday, November 15, in Mrs.…

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BHS First Quarter Honor Rolls

Beecher High School recently announced students named to its first quarter honor rolls for the school year. Congratulations to the following students! High Honors Seniors: Grace Adams, Lilliana Avelar, Sydney Bonham, Ariel Caldwell Brown, Damiano Cassanelli, Kayla Cruz, Alyssa Dillinger, Lola Eckhardt, Kayla Eickmann, Justin Eliff, Jacob Farrar, Olivia Flores, Michael Gaidar, Kevin Girard, Zachary…

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BJHS Announces First Quarter Honor Rolls

Beecher Junior High School recently announced students named to its first quarter honor rolls. Congratulations to the following students!! High Honors Eighth Grade: Addison Baker, Mallory Berry, Christina Brown, Miguel Corral, Paxton Gorcowski, Kathryn Gregory, Breanna Haemker, Ella Hammer, Noah Hanson Benjamin Hartig, Lillian Jerkatis, Kolten Koehn, Aisha Lawal, Peyton Lee, Samantha Loftin, Chase Maher,…

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Liquor on Sunday Mornings, but Limited
Manteno High School Students lined the entrance of the high school on Monday morning to show their appreciation for the teachers at the beginning of Teacher Appreciation Week. Many were holding signs and teacher faces and encouraged people to honk as they drove by. Photo by Dan Gerber.
Manteno Appreciates Its Teachers
Former Illinois State Police trooper who pleaded guilty in relation to deadly crash postpones hearing
Peotone Police Blotter: May 4-8
Third graders stop by with a check for Helping Hands. Photo courtesy Helping Hands Food Pantry.
PES Competition Once Again Raises Big Money For Helping Hands
Everyone had a fun time - did we say fun - at the recent Spring Showcase in Manteno. –Photo by Dan Gerber
Manteno Holds Successful Inaugural Spring Showcase
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L.E.A.D. Day in Monee May 18
One last picture of the dilapidated building before the owner demolished it on May 1 . –Photo by Ed Nelson.
Another Peotone Building Bites the Dust
Beecher softball out on top. –Photo by Jim Piacentini.
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Monee EMA Presidential Service Award Honorees. Photo courtesy the Village of Monee.
Monee Honors EMA Members for President’s Volunteer Service Awards
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Solar Farm Closer to Beecher
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Crete Chief Warns of Gypsy Scammers
The Dunkin Grand Opening was celebrated on April 26. A donation check of $500 was given to Victory Reins and lots of other giveaways. Photo by Ed Nelson.
Banquet Liquor Hour Extensions and Fence Variance Denied at Village Board Meeting
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Pickleball Boosts the Budget in Manteno
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Park District Referendum Failure Leads to Idea of a Community Group
Brad (left), Karen (middle), and Dylan (right) Bothwell pose for a picture in their greenhouse. Photo by Stephanie Irvine.
Farmer’s Market Begins at Manhattan’s Bothwell Farms
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District Attorney John Motylinski explains how the GEMT program works with ambulance rates. Photo by Stephanie Irvine.
MFPD Fire Station Updates on Schedule
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Traffic Study and Planning Dominate Village Discussion
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Crete Community to Host Clean Up Day