The Illinois EPA will be in Monticello next week to present city officials with the latest round of brownfield funding for the Pepsin Building.  IEPA Director Doug Scott, as well as ... [More]

Posted on Friday August 26, 2005

Parkland College will soon be  offering a free GED preparation class at Monticello High School. The class will meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., beginning September... [More]

Posted on Friday August 26, 2005

Monticello residents have two more leisure and entertainment businesses to visit this month.  Los Toros, a new Mexican restaurant has opened in Bear Park, south of Pamida, and new owners at th... [More]

Posted on Monday August 22, 2005

CITY COUNCIL MEETING  AGENDA  for 7:00 PM Monday, August 22, 2005 in City Council Chambers, 210 N. Market Street.

1. Call To Order, Pastoral Prayer, Pledge To The Flag, Roll Call

2.... [More]

Posted on Friday August 19, 2005

Ameren IP wants to let Monticello residents know that Ameren and SBC plan to do a joint distribution pole inventory within AmerenIP's Champaign Service Area. The inventory is scheduled to start the... [More]

Posted on Tuesday August 16, 2005

Monticello Fire and Rescue got the chance to put the City's brand new Pierce fire truck thru its paces this past Saturday as the local fire d... [More]

Posted on Tuesday August 16, 2005

At an all-college opening session for the fall 2005 semester,
Parkland President Zelema Harris announced her retirement as chief
administrator of the college, effective June 30, 2006. Dr. H... [More]

Posted on Monday August 15, 2005

Bow hunters in Central Illinois now have a new retail store to call their own.  Blue Ridge Backwoods, an archery specialty shop, recently opened on Nort... [More]

Posted on Monday August 15, 2005

Congressman Tim Johnson made sure Monticello's Superintendent of City Services Floyd Allsop was on hand yesterday when President Bush signed into law the 1,000-page trans... [More]

Posted on Thursday August 11, 2005

O'Neil Bros. of Danville has been awarded the contract to remediate and demolish the former Pepsin Syrup Company building in downtown Monticello.  Action was taken by the Monticello City Counc... [More]

Posted on Thursday August 11, 2005

The City of Monticello Street Committee will meet on Monday, August 22, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Municipal Building, located at 210 North Hamilton Street.

The purp... [More]

Posted on Tuesday August 9, 2005

The 10th Annual Ag In the Classroom (AITC) Bike Ride, “Back to our Routes” Tour, will be held September 6-8, 2005.  Riders will travel through Champaign, Vermillion, DeWitt, Douglas, Macon, Mo... [More]

Posted on Friday August 5, 2005

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
August 08, 2005

1. Call To Order, Pastoral Prayer, Pledge To The Flag, Roll Call
2. Approval of Minutes, Claims & Other Reports
3.&n... [More]

Posted on Friday August 5, 2005

The Monticello Chamber of Commerce has announced that State Representative Chapin Rose will the guest speaker at its next monthly luncheon meeting scheduled for August 16, 2005 at 12 noon at the Re... [More]

Posted on Wednesday August 3, 2005

Jeff Orr, a volunteer firefighter with the Monticello Fire and Rescue, recently graduated from the University of Illinois Fire Service Institute Firefighter II Academ... [More]

Posted on Tuesday August 2, 2005