Online Only Events
Story Time, Macomb Public Library YouTube channel.
Spring Wanderings Field Trips, Virtual field trips for students at 4-5 p.m. Every Wednesday (elementary school) Thursday (junior high/middle school) and Friday (high school). Sign up on the ROE website at https://www.roe26.net/winter-wanderings
In-Person Events
Daily
MDH drive-thru testing and specimen collection, M-F 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sat.-Sun., 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., McDonough District Hospital, 521 E. Grant St., Macomb. COVID-19, Flu (in season), Strep, RSV testing, adult and pediatric blood draws and more. Call 309-8361753 to pre-register.
Thursdays
Studio Passport in Clay, Macomb Park District. 4 to 6 p.m. drop off and pick up at ceramics studio at 1406 N. Randolph St. $50 registration fee.
HAMC to rebuild community partnerships
By Tabi Jozwick, Correspondent
MACOMB During Monday’s meeting, the Housing Authority of McDonough County Board of Commissioners discussed how the housing authority would work on rebuilding partnerships with community organizations.
HAMC Executive Director Annette Carper told the board that former Executive Director Bill Jacobs was able to form partnerships with community organizations. She said she wanted to recreate those partnerships with those organizations. She said having a Western Illinois University graduate assistant serving an AmeriCorps term at the housing authority would help them build better relationships with WIU and both the Macomb and Bushnell communities.
By Tabi Jozwick
Voice Correspondent
IPAVA/MACOMB On Friday, United States Navy Capt. Anthony “Tony” Barnes retired from active duty with retirement and change of command ceremony at the Strategic Communications Wing ONE (SCW-1) Headquarters at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The Ipava American Legion live-streamed the ceremony from its Facebook page at 1 p.m. Friday.
Barnes, a Macomb native and graduate of Macomb High School, was relieved from his post as commander at SCW-1 by U.S. Navy Capt. Cedrick L. Jessup. Both Barnes and Jessup attended the ceremony with their respective families.
Retired Navy Rear Adm. Greg Slavonic served as the guest speaker during the ceremony. Slavonic, a 34-year Navy veteran, served during Vietnam, the Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom before he retired and served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Acting Under Secretary of the Navy during the Donald Trump administration.
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Parents urge district to return to full-time learning
By Tabi Jozwick
Voice Correspondent
MACOMB Parents and some students in the Macomb CUSD 185 district are urging the district to return to full-time learning.
During Monday’s meeting, Macomb Superintendent Patrick M. Twomey told the Macomb CUSD 185 Board of Education that he wanted to wait until the Illinois Department of Public Health gave its ok before Macomb’s students returned to school full-time. However, parents did not feel the same.
During the public comments section of the meeting, Emily Roberts spoke in favor of having students returned to school full-time. She said Bushnell-Prairie City, West Prairie and several school districts with larger student populations were able to return to full-time learning and believed Macomb should be able to return to full-time learning.