Leader-News - News
Rookie Baptists win Pumpkin Chuck’n
Youth leaders typically don’t encourage their students to walk around smashing things.
Looming with love
Nadine Berger was tickled pink when she received the gift of a rug loom from her husband, Kevin, about 10 years ago.
Special Assessment Committee
Dennis Van Hoorn was recently appointed to the Special Assessment Committee, filling the position vacated by Luke Retterath.
Seeking: volunteers
"The purpose of this discussion is not to say we’re ending Lewis & Clark Riverboat Days (LCRD)...it’s to get opinions and bring in new activities. We can’t keep doing the same things."
Following in his father’s footsteps
Wet conditions this fall made for a longer than average harvest season and many farmers found themselves in a rat race to the finish line.
Clint Hill’s Homecoming
"It’s not every day you get the privilege of shaking someone’s hand, who personally knew John F. Kennedy."
‘Once an Eagle, always an Eagle’
Two Washburn brothers recently earned the highest advancement rank in boy scouting, an honor only one percent of scouts achieve in their lifetime – Eagle Scout Rank.
A change of hands
The McLean County Abstract building will soon be displaying a new sign on its storefront, visible to all who travel down Main Avenue in Washburn.
‘If you can dream it, you can do it.’
The first of October is a day the students and staff at the Washburn School will be talking about for many weeks, if not months, to come.
Diverting: Erickson researches alternative solutions
McLean County States Attorney Ladd Erickson recently updated county commissioners on flooding resolutions discussed for the Painted Woods Lake/Creek area.
