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Thanks to a MLive reader for sharing this photo of 2 bald eagles, resting in the trees in northern Drew County, Monday morning

Blake Wilson & Mariah Jenkins

Drew Central fourth graders eagerly took on the Christmas STEM Challenge “Candy Cane Calamity”.  STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math.  Students worked in teams and designed and built a way to safely “mail” two candy canes in one paper bag package without breakage.  Students were required to follow criteria and constraints. Once the packages were complete, students weighed them in grams and used a grams to ounces converter website.  Next, they used Chromebooks and researched FedEx, USPS, etc. rates to mail their packages to Santa at the North Pole aka Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole.   (more…)

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As Santa Claus said to the M&M characters, “they do exist!;”  and so do the auditors for the City of Monticello.

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Around 11 AM, Friday morning, the driver of this Mazda 3 attempted to pass a truck on highway 278 E., unaware that in front of the truck she was passing was a FedEx truck that was turning left.

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Tuesday morning, just before lunch, the driver of this SUV was leaving  District Court, when she backed off the parking lot ledge.

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SeaArk Boats, an aluminum boat manufacturer is looking for a temporary Industrial Engineer. Preferred qualifications are a four (4) year post-secondary degree with a focus in IE, strong lean manufacturing experience especially in continuous improvement, elimination of waste, 5S, Kaizen events, ability to initiate, plan, direct and execute process improvement projects, excellent organizational skills, ability to work with minimum direction and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously. (more…)

As the summer of 2016 unfolded, two different charities found themselves struggling to help those in need.

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Found a dog on Bowser Rd, if it’s yours, 870-308-1271.

46, MPD, failure to appear.

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This little fellow was found around East Bolling and South Edwards.
Please contact the Monticello Police Department, at 367-3411, if he is yours!

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According to Lt. Jason Akers of the 10th Drug Task Force,Barry Sipes, age 46, and Steven Scogins, age 44, were recently arrested by Drug Task Force Agents after agents witnessed what they believed to be a methamphetamine sale in the parking lot of a local business.
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