Category Archives: Local News
Salem City Council to discuss bond advisor and water tower repainting
The Salem City Council Monday night will consider hiring a bond advisor and bids to repaint the two west side water towers. City Finance Director Kelli Barrow is recommending PMA Services for the bond...
Aug 02, 2021
WJBD-WSIQ introduces you to Miss Marion County Fair Queen contestants
Ten candidates are vying for the Miss Marion County Fair Queen title in Tuesday night's fair queen pageant. WJBD-WSIQ news will profile the first five candidates in the news Monday. This is the first ...
Aug 02, 2021
Rural Salem home receives significant fire damage
A fire that is believed to have started in the kitchen caused significant fire and smoke damage to the home of Trever Cannon at 2261 Colestock Lane off the Selmaville Road southwest of Salem on Saturd...
Aug 01, 2021 Firefighters from Salem, Kell, and Odin fight a fire that caused significant damage to the Trevor Cannon home on Colestock Lane in rural Salem Saturday afternoon. Photo by Lynn McGrew.
Sara Timm wins Marion County 4-H Super Showmanship Award
A rural Iuka resident who has been involved in the Marion County 4H for 11 years was the winner of the Super Showmanship Award for showing large livestock. Sara Timm also won the top showmanship award...
Aug 01, 2021 Sara Timm displays the Marion County Master Showmanship Award after she is announced winner of the Sunday afternoon competition. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Livestock shows return to Marion County Fair following a year's absence
The Marion County 4-H Livestock shows returned to the show arena at the Marion County Fairgrounds on Saturday after a year's absence due to COVID-19 mitigations. In the Beef Show, Maddox Robb received...
Aug 01, 2021 Judge Makenna Green gives pointers to Landon Borcherding of Iuka during the swine show on Saturday. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Heavy storms flood roads and bring down large tree limbs
Heavy thunderstorms accompanied with strong gusty winds on the leading edge of the front caused flooded roads and some large downed tree limbs Saturday morning. A large tree limb brought down a power ...
Aug 01, 2021 An Ameren truck called to remove a broken pole and downed line is hidden behind the large tree that fell and caused the damage. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Fire destroys a camper in rural Vernon
Fire consumed a camper parked at 1699 Burks Road in rural Vernon Saturday morning. A passerby spotted the camper fully engulfed in flames and already through the roof after thunderstorms rolled throug...
Aug 01, 2021 File Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Sunday, August 1st, 2021
33-year-old Tim Morton of Morton Lane in Kell was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies on a new Jefferson County warrant for burglary. Bond is set at $50,000 Morton was transferred to the Jeff...
Aug 01, 2021
Federal officials give UIC $6M to test COVID-19 treatment
CHICAGO (AP) - The University of Illinois Chicago has received a $6 million from the federal government to test a potential drug to treat COVID-19. Researchers say the drug candidate, called VT-109, h...
Aug 01, 2021
Marion, Jefferson, Clinton, Washington, Clay, and Wayne County all now in COVID-19 highest risk category
Marion County remains in the high-risk category for COVID-19 in the weekly figures being released Friday by the CDC. There were 119 cases during the week for an infection rate of 319.85 per 100,000. T...
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