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Help Spread Christmas Cheer!
Don't forget to stop by Whitmore Ace Hardware and select a tag to help a local child have a Merry Christmas. –Photo submitted.
Berkot’s manager encourages shoppers to pick up a child’s tag while shopping for groceries. Help make Christmas merrier for a local child in need. –Photo submitted.
Christmas tags for local children may be picked up at the check-in desk at Fitness Premier! Feel good inside and out this holiday season! –Photo submitted.
The staff at National Bank of Manteno hope you will take a child’s Christmas wish tag from their lovely tree. –Photo submitted.
An effort currently is underway to provide gifts to Manteno children in need this Christmas. Tags, with children’s ages and wish lists, may be picked up from four Manteno businesses: Berkot’s, Fitness Premier, National Bank of Manteno, and Whitmore Ace Hardware. Gifts should be wrapped, with the tags attached, and returned to the trees no later than December 15. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
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Gotion Holding Job Fair at KCC February 10
Spread the loveOn Saturday, February 10, Gotion, Inc., will hold a job fair to recruit workers for the electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant to be located in Manteno. The event will be held from 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., in the Iroquois Room, Room D152, at Kankakee Community College’s Riverfront Campus, 100 College Drive in…
Rep. Haas Celebrates IBHE Grants for Olivet Nazarene University
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Rebuilding Illinois Key Part of Manufacturing Caucus Agenda
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Kankakee Public Library February Events and Programs
Spread the loveHere are the February programs and events scheduled at the Kankakee Public Library, 201 E. Merchant Street. For more information on upcoming events, check out the library’s Facebook page, visit lions-online.org, or call 815-939-4564. “Creating Tablescapes:” The Kankakee Kultivators Garden Club will host their monthly free presentation at the library on Thursday, February…
Ash Wednesday Services
Spread the loveAsh Wednesday is February 14, marking the beginning of the Christian season of Lent – a 40-day period of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, 511 N. Conrad Street in Peotone, will celebrate Mass with distribution of ashes on February 14 at 7:15 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. A Liturgy…
Relay for Life Kankakee County Kick-off March 18
Spread the loveAmerican Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Kankakee County kicks-off to help end cancer at its 29th annual event on March 18 at Bourbonnais Municipal Center. Although the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Kankakee County, presented by Riverside Healthcare, is not until June 8, work is beginning now to build the…
Underground Railroad, Genealogy Upcoming Topics at Library
Spread the loveHidden Messages in Negro Spirituals on the Underground Railroad: The Kankakee Public Library, 201 E. Merchant Street, welcomes Illinois Road Scholar Connie Martin, who will speak on “Hidden Messages in Negro Spirituals on the Underground Railroad.” The free program will be held on Thursday, February 1, at 6:30 p.m. Ms. Martin will share…
Boil Advisory Guidance for Food Establishments
Spread the loveA boil advisory has been issued for areas of Kankakee County, including Kankakee, Bradley, Bourbonnais, Grant Park, Manteno, Aroma Park, Limestone, University Park, and Green Garden. Guidelines for Food Establishments: When a boil water advisory is issued that affects a food service establishment and the local health department does not indicate food service…
A Boil Advisory Issued for Kankakee County
Spread the loveA boil advisory has been issued for areas of Kankakee County, including Kankakee, Bradley, Bourbonnais, Grant Park, Manteno, Aroma Park, Limestone, University Park, and Green Garden. A “Boil Advisory” is a notice issued to water consumers to boil all drinking and culinary water for at least five minutes before use. A boil advisory…
Frankie’s Pizzeria January Local Business Spotlight
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Legion Fish Fry February 10
Spread the loveMark your calendars for Saturday, February 10, when Peotone American Legion Post 392 will host their monthly fish fry, from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., or sold out, at 109 E. North Street in Peotone. Tickets for the all-you-can-eat perch or catfish dinner are $15 and include French fries, cole slaw, bread, and butter.…
Manteno Ice Rink Now Open
Spread the loveEven though temperatures were still way below normal this weekend, Josh Allum and Dan Osmolski, both from Peotone, made their way down to the ice rink at Legacy Park to hone their hockey skills. Look for the rink to have many more skaters as temperatures rise this week. Spread the love
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Hidden Messages in Negro Spirituals on Underground Railroad at Library
Spread the loveKankakee Public Library welcomes Illinois Road Scholar Connie Martin, who will present a program on “Hidden Messages in Negro Spirituals on the Underground Railroad” on Thursday, February 1, at 6 p.m. Ms. Martin shares the connections of Negro Spirituals with meanings and interpretations of songs used in regions of the South, which signaled…
Rep. Haas Hosts Fourth Valentines for Vets
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