Spoon River College has hired a firm to auction off its former campus at 208 S. Johnson St. in Macomb.

The Board of Trustees agreed to lease the space in Horrabin Hall in Macomb to Regional Office of Education 26, which serves Fulton, Hancock, McDonough, and Schuyler counties.

McDonough County has agreed to a $1.5 million settlement to resolve a federal lawsuit brought by the mother of a man who was killed in a 2023 crash while being pursued by sheriff’s deputies.

Knox County Coroner Jacque Dare will move her office, equipment, and supplies to the former Mary Davis Home after the Knox County board approved a plan to provide her with a permanent office space.

Five Burlington homes dating from Iowa’s territorial days to the Roaring Twenties will open their doors to visitors Sept. 26 and 27 as part of the annual Heritage Trust Tour of Homes.

Work will begin next week on construction of a new water treatment plant. The single-story structure will be built at the northwest corner of Ward and Grant streets.

A federal judge has dismissed three of five claims in a lawsuit over the Macomb police shooting death of 4-year-old Terrell Miller in 2024, citing a missed filing deadline and federal rules protecting cities from direct liability.

Western Illinois University held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate completion of the first phase of its new Emergency Operations Center on the Macomb campus.

The Galesburg city council voted unanimously Monday to impose a 180-day moratorium on data center development, blocking the city from accepting, processing, or approving any data center permits through April 3, 2027.

A representative from Smithfield Foods’ corporate office appeared before the Monmouth city council to address a string of recent crises at the local pork processing plant, from the death of a worker to widespread odor complaints and graphic photos of plant conditions circulating on social media.