Jonas Petty isn’t sure which message he rejects more: the one coming from Springfield that he says suggests hard work will not be rewarded or the one he finds to be too often ushered by members of his party that says nothing can be done about what has gone wrong in the state until House Speaker Mike Madigan is removed from power.
About 11 percent of Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 89 percent of students failed.
About 27 percent of Brussels High School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and nearly three quarters of students failed.
Academic results data released recently reveals 15 percent of Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level.
A three-row corn head and four-row planter were just two of the pieces of research equipment and spare parts Western Illinois University’s (WIU) School of Agriculture recently received from Wyffels Hybrids. The equipment will help the students streamline planting and harvesting next year.