May 5 through May 11, 2025 is designated as “Read with Your Child Week”. To kick off the week, Clover Public Library is hosting a “Readers Make Leaders” event from…

Inside: Unemployment rate is unchanged at 4.8% The unemployment rate in Illinois stood at 4.8% in March, unchanged from the revised February unemployment rate. That is according to information released…

As the weather turns nicer each day and the trees turn green, most of us want to spend as much time outdoors as we possibly can. But we all need…

State Representative Dan Swanson (R-Alpha), chairman of the House Veterans Affairs committee, joined fellow veterans and a bipartisan group of legislators in speaking on the 50th anniversary of the end…

Inside: Speaking about the future of family farms This week I joined a couple of the other farmers in the House of Representatives for a press conference on farm safety…

Before they are able to get their driver’s license, student drivers in Illinois will be better acquainted with the dangers of distracted driving. The Secretary of State has announced a…

Today I joined a couple of the other farmers in the House of Representatives, Reps. Wayne Rosenthal and Jason R. Bunting, for a press conference on farm safety and the…

Inside: Homeschool bill hanging in limbo There has been no bill so far this spring which has generated as much interest in Springfield as the homeschool bill. This bill would…

Some Illinois seniors will no longer have to take a driving test to renew their license thanks to legislation which passed the Illinois House. House Bill 1226 raises the age…

Saturday morning I got to enjoy a Sherrard famous blueberry pancake at the Sherrard Fire Department pancake and sausage breakfast. It was a chance to come out and support a…