I Have to Tell You . . . Nov 19, 2009
The Historic Illinois town of Nauvoo is 15 minutes away and the eagles are there all winter. But for conversation starters, you can't beat the geode. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Patricia L. LaCroix\81 Nov 19, 2009
formerly of Nauvoo, Ill ... Visitation will be held Thursday, Nov. 19, after 2 p.m. with the family meeting friends from 4-7 p.m. at Lamporte - St. Clair Funeral Home of Nauvoo. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Nauvoo nominated for water plant of year Nov 18, 2009
The Nauvoo waste water treatment plant is nominated for the Illinois Rural Water Association waste water plant of the year. Council member Kory Kraus made the announcement at the Nauvoo city council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10 ... Council member Paul Grimshaw said the Nauvoo Public Library recently hired Janice Gerst as the new librarian from a field of nine applicants. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)
Hamilton outskirts building permit policy questioned Nov 7, 2009
The house is part of a development off of Illinois Highway 96 (River Road between Hamilton and Nauvoo, Ill. . (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Carthage wants to meet with IEPA on landfill Nov 5, 2009
The council approved a special event liquor license for Baxter's Winery of Nauvoo to hold a wine tasting and to sell wine by the glass and bottle at the Carthage Christmas Open House. A list of trees to cut down has gone out for bid. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)
Pork producers group works together to promote their products and business Oct 28, 2009
We tried to still keep the organization local with county subcommittees that are made up of the people who were on the county's pork producer board, said Matt Starr of Nauvoo, who serves as president of the WIPP board this year. Pike County hadn't had a pork producers group for several years. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)
Atterberg to serve time in prison Oct 1, 2009
Ann said her husband had been on the staff at Boy Scout Camp Eastman in Nauvoo, Ill. and on the Scout council board when she first met him. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
It Happened This Week: Sept. 14-21 Sep 15, 2009
Two Iowa State Penitentiary correctional officers, Terry Mapes, 22, of Nauvoo. Ill. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Nauvoo expects large crowd for annual Grape Festival events Sep 3, 2009
The Grape Stomp is one of many events during the annual Nauvoo Grape Festival held over Labor Day weekend in Nauvoo, Ill. Published: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 2:49 PM CDT NAUVOO, Ill ... The Nauvoo Grape Festival brings thousands of sight-seers and tourists to Nauvoo each September. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Jane Roskamp, Max and Deb Roskamp family receive honors Aug 29, 2009
Gavin, the middle son, is a freshman at Warsaw High School, having attended Nauvoo-Colusa Junior High for his eighth grade year where he enjoyed the lead elf role in their production of The Elves and the Shoemaker ... Justin, the youngest son, is in fourth grade, a soccer player, plays piano and plans to become one more musician with the rest of the family in McNamaras Band of Keokuk and the community summer bands in Hamilton, Nauvoo, and Carthage, Ill. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Rants And Raves Aug 27, 2009
This site last updated on, Tuesday, August 25, 2009. Publication Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Two Flowers catering opens daily cafe at Worthington Aug 24, 2009
The lunch menu includes an Illinois Blue Salad with Nauvoo blue cheese crumbles and eight other salads, a pesto mozzarella grilled cheese and 11 other sandwiches, and turkey, garden and buffalo blend burgers. These can be accompanied by sweet potato fries, rotini pasta salad or other sides. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Sanders enjoying his 20th golf season at Great River Golf Course Jul 29, 2009
Sanders bought Great River Road Golf Course near Nauvoo on Oct. 25, 1989, from the Dorsey Tinsley Estate ... Sanders had a background in golf, playing at Marquette High School, which included one meet at Great River Road Golf Course against Nauvoo-Colusa, and in college ... There are 33 million people within 300 miles of Nauvoo. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)
Sharing the Mormon faith Jul 10, 2009
Jeff Dickamore of Bountiful, Utah, portrays Joseph Smith with Emily Castleton of Provo, Utah playing his wife Emma in the Nauvoo Pageant which opened Tuesday night and will continue nightly, Tuesdays through Saturdays, always at 8:30 p.m., on an outdoor stage in Nauvoo until Aug. 1 ... Nauvoo Pageant brings beautiful place of 1800s back to life with stories, narratives and songs from 21 actors ... Published: Thursday, July 9, 2009 2:06 PM CDT NAUVOO, Ill. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Area gets look inside new hospital Jul 8, 2009
Entertainment will be provided by the Memorial Hospital/Hancock County Nursing Home Employee Choir and JoAnna Miller, Chenille Saunders'students, Warsaw High School 1-A Jazz Band, and the Nauvoo Pageant Choir with soloist Josephine Scere. Two men who have had a major hand in building the hospital, Rusty Bratcher, supt. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)
Around the Tri-State Area this weekend Jul 3, 2009
Community Band plays at 6:30 p.m. at the Nauvoo Outdoor Stage. Admission is free. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Retiring long time board members honored by First State Jun 18, 2009
A retirement dinner, hosted by the bank for the retiring directors and their wives, was held at the Hotel Nauvoo following the annual meeting. Each of these gentlemen has shown dedication to the communities we serve which has improved the quality of life. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)
Former Warsaw School Board member returns May 30, 2009
Well have a committee meeting with Nauvoo-Colusa next week about fees, she said ... In August 2008, some Warsaw parents sending their students to Nauvoo-Colusa Junior High School under the first year of deactivation were upset at the fees charged in Nauvoo ... This year, there was contention about changing Warsaws Sunday graduation ceremony to a different day of the week because some Nauvoo-Colusa families said they could not attend a Sunday ceremony. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Warsaw Class of 2009 makes history for school, county, state May 28, 2009
Effective at the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year, Warsaw School District deactivated its junior high school and Nauvoo-Colusa School District deactivated its high school; the high school was established in Warsaw and the junior high in Nauvoo; and the agreement would be in effect for two years ... Valedictorians were chosen from the former Nauvoo-Colusa High School, Chris Haas, and Warsaw High School, co-valdictorians Olivia Kerr and William Carr, this year because students in the... (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Recorder offices receive nine same-sex marriage applications Apr 30, 2009
Seriously wrote on Apr 29, 2009 3:12 PM:" You wonder why the Keokuk newspaper covered a protest on the courthouse steps in Keokuk and not a protest in Quincy or Nauvoo? Seriously? " ... TJ wrote on Apr 29, 2009 2:05 PM:" ....and how does a tea party in Nauvoo or Quincy affect us?Hooray for equal rights progress!! " ... wrote on Apr 29, 2009 12:34 PM:" And this is news, why?Where was the news coverage for the tea parties in Nauvoo and Quincy...Tells me a lot about where priorities are. We give... (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Make your own history by keeping journals Apr 28, 2009
Catherine McGuire and her family lived in Nauvoo, Illinois at the time of the martyrdom of LDS prophet Joseph Smith in June of 1844. The murder of the prophet and other leaders created a feeling of confusion in the church because no one was sure who the next leader would be. (The Daily Universe, UT)
Keokuk man returns home for organ concert Sunday Apr 15, 2009
Fort Madison Art Center and Under The Sun in Fort Madison, Conn Communications in Nauvoo, Ill. and Ben Franklin Store and the Chamber of Commerce in Carthage, Ill. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Election ends careers of long-time officials Apr 8, 2009
Nauvoo Township Supervisor John Allen will retire after 24 years of service ... Nauvoo Township Clerk Ruth McKoon will retire after 28 years of service ... Jim Nightingale, mayor of Carthage; John McCarty, mayor of Nauvoo; David McQuaid, president of Augusta; Jim Damron, president of Basco; James Jefferson, president of Bentley; Rocco Ramsey, president of Bowen; Charles Vass, president of Ferris; Robert Durand, president of Pontoosuc. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)
Hancock County voters go to polls to pick city officials, school board members member Apr 7, 2009
There are two races for two seats on the Nauvoo City Council. Paul Grimshaw and Jerry Orth are running for one seat with a two-year unexpired term. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Summers says school district needs to address consolidation with Warsaw and Nauvoo Mar 26, 2009
One of the issues that will have to be addressed beginning with this election is the direction this school district will take concerning consolidation with Warsaw and Nauvoo to create a West Hancock school district ... Warsaw Resident wrote on Mar 25, 2009 1:25 PM:" I would be very interested in hearing Doug's ideas concerning a new district. Since voter approval of our double de-activation I've heard talk out of Nauvoo about possibly moving their grade school into the "new" Junior High. This... (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
What “stimulus” will Hancock Co. see? Hare, Sullivan talk about the future for Illinois at town meeting Mar 12, 2009
You know what your communities need better than I do, he told the crowd, that included mayors from Carthage, Hamilton, Nauvoo and LaHarpe ... Nauvoo Mayor John McCarty asked about how small communities can access stimulus money for projects. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)
Master Gardener Program couldn't come at a better time, says Lee County Extension advisor Mar 10, 2009
They are Rick Batley, Robert Korte, Tara Whinah and Tim and Rhonda Schreck, all from Keokuk; Marvin Denning, George Gaudette, Rita Holtkamp, all of Fort Madison; Robert Hodson and Michael Saltzgaver, both of Farmington; Aaron and Diane Kruse and David Tull, both of Donnellson; Klint Oldfield and Terry Paogham, both of West Point; and Dick and Peggy Logsdon, both of Nauvoo, Ill. Approximately 140 people have taken the six master gardener class series in Lee County. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Nauvoo man charged in pipe bomb case Mar 6, 2009
Published: Thursday, March 5, 2009 2:45 PM CST NAUVOO, Ill ... Anthony J. Davis, Nauvoo, Ill ... Davis was arrested by officers with the Nauvoo Police Department and Hancock County Sheriff's Office and taken to the U.S. District Court in Peoria, Ill. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Nauvoo, Ill., man dies in one-vehicle crash Tuesday Feb 27, 2009
Mike L. Orr, 41, was northbound on Hancock County Road 900 East, about 836 feet south of County Road 1150 North, near Nauvoo, driving a 2002 GMC pickup truck ... Assisting at the scene were the Hancock County Sheriff's Department, Hancock County Coroner and Nauvoo Fire and Ambulance. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Who's got talent? Bring it on Feb 26, 2009
The preliminary talent event is 6 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at Peter School in Nauvoo ... The 500 prize is a donation from Marine Bank , First Community Bank, State Bank of Nauvoo, First State Bank of Western Illinois and First Bankers Trust. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)
Two more pipe bombs found at site of explosion Feb 24, 2009
Investigators found two additional pipe bombs at the scene of a pipe bomb explosion Thursday in Nauvoo, Ill. Nauvoo Police Chief Don Faulkner reported Friday that a pipe bomb explosion at a Nauvoo, Ill ... Police determined that Anthony J. Davis, Nauvoo, was taken by a private vehicle to Fort Madison Community Hospital to be treated for injuries received when a pipe bomb he allegedly was making exploded. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Mabel Arminta Anderson Feb 19, 2009
Survivors include: a daughter, Renee Zinnert and her husband, Jeff, of Nauvoo, Ill. two grandsons, Jess Zinnert and his wife, Nichole, of Keokuk, and Josh Zinnert of Nauvoo; a great-granddaughter, Ayla Zinnert; five nieces, Vera Mae Nuendorf, Mary Lou Cassidy, Helen Hotchkins, Judy Hamilton and Linda Rutherford; and a nephew, Jerry Saar. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
New book chronicles early polygamy among Mormons Feb 9, 2009
"Nauvoo Polygamy," by George D. Smith illustrates the development of polygamy as it was first practiced in the 1840s by the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints living in Nauvoo, Ill. Polygamy historian Martha Sontag Bradley says the book provides indisputable evidence that the scope of plural marriage was broader than most believe. (KOLD.com, AZ)
