Absentee Voting in Piatt County, Illinois If you'd like to vote in the General Election but will be out of the district on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2008, you can vote absentee at the Piatt County County Clerk's office. Read more... Not Registered to Vote? You Still Have Time Illinois has enacted a Grace Voter Registration Period. Although the official Voter Registration window closed on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, you may still register to vote at the County Clerk's office in your voting district. Read more...

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Bill Abbott, Inc., Offers A Big Choice Of Fuel-Efficient Motor Cars

Bill Abbott, Inc., a Five Star® auto dealer in Monticello, displays 13 lines of new cars offering 27, 30, or more miles to the gallon. The billabbottinc.com website offers a search feature to help you find the most fuel-efficient motor cars in the Bill Abbott used car inventory. Read more...

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Lunch With Santa On The Train Tickets NOW Available

The sell-out Lunch With Santa On The Train event will operate in Monticello the first weekend in December (6th and 7th). Several trains operate each day between the Wabash Depot in downtown Monticello and the Nelson's Crossing Depot of the Monticello Railway Museum. Early ordering is advised as the event has been a complete sellout for the past few years. Read more...

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Harvest Is Better Than Expected

Farm operators and farmland owners in Piatt County are pleasantly surprised by the harvest. The historical - nearly Biblical - flooding in May and June caused a lot of dismay among elevator-office conversationalists who were very anxious to get into the fields for the extensive replanting. Read more...

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Brandenburg Farms is happy to be harvesting corn today (October 9) with a field drydown to 18-21% moisture. The occasional rains of the past few weeks have slowed corn drydown in the field, which means drying charges at the elevator. Read more...




The lake has gone back up with recent torrential rains. It has risen about five feet but at least this time it really isn’t that muddy and the fish have continued to bite... Read more...

Topflight Grain is a farmer-owned grain cooperative in the heartland of the USA in the middle of Illinois grain belt.


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