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Carla’s Country Coop to provide food, safe space

Locally-owned businesses offer invaluable spaces and services to small-town communities but are often forced to compete with corporations with no budget or manpower constraints. Add two years of … more

By Robby Tucker rtucker@prairiepress.net | 3/13/23

President Joe Biden shakes hands with General Wilma Vaught after presenting her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Vaught, who grew up on a family farm near Scottland in Edgar County, had a 28-year career in the Air Force advancing in rank from second lieutenant to brigadier general. She is credited with pioneering multiple breakthroughs for women in the military and blazing a path for others to follow.

General Vaught is still making history

General Wilma Vaught was one of 17 individuals awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a White House ceremony July 7. “She enlisted in the 1950s because she wanted to be a … more

By GARY HENRY ghenry@prairiepress.net | 7/18/22

The Red Oak Inn Bed and Breakfast at 219 West Madison was built in 1886 as Simon Hamburg’s gift to his wife. The architectural style is a bit non-descript although the tower shows an element of Queen Anne style, which was popular at the time.

History of Red Oak Inn

(EDITOR”S NOTE: This is the second story in a planned series of unique homes in Edgar County. The main goal is to feature those homes that depart from normal stick-built houses. Nineteenth … more

By LINDA LANE linda@prarirepress.net | 2/7/22

Damage to the historic Link Art Gallery amounts to broken windows, a bent fire escape, a banged-up overhang and missing bricks. None of the damage was structural, but the gallery has been closed to visitors and most staff while excavators demolished the Horace Link building.

Link Art Gallery looking ahead

The Link Art Gallery is carefully moving toward reopening now that it is out of the Horace Link building’s shadow. The Horace Link building, known locally as a former furniture store, was … more

By Samantha Tucker samantha@prairiepress.net | 5/17/21

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