Deborah Gertz Husar has covered West-Central Illinois and agriculture at The Herald-Whig since 1989. She is a graduate of Knox College and received a master's degree in public affairs reporting from Sangamon State University, now the University of Illinois at Springfield. She is a native of St. Louis.
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Education
Registration underway for Quincy Conference
QUINCY -- Registration is underway for this year's Quincy Conference.
"We simplified the registration process for teachers. Last year, it was a bit much, so we revised the process to make it easier for them," said Emily Pool, a Rooney third-grade teacher a
Health
Board of Health adopts budget
QUINCY -- The Adams County Health Department budget for the coming fiscal year calls for lower revenues and higher expenses.
The fiscal 2020 budget, approved Thursday night by the Board of Health, projects a beginning balance of $779,099.74, revenue of $3,
Education
Illinois boosts teachers' minimum salary
QUINCY -- Quincy High School teacher Brandi Many got a first-hand look as Illinois took its next step to deal with a statewide shortage of classroom teachers.
Many was in the audience Thursday as Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation raising teachers' mini
Education
QND ahead of projected enrollment for 2019-20
QUINCY -- Quincy Notre Dame High School started the 2019-20 school year with a new look to its exterior -- and by beating projected enrollments for freshmen and total students.
QND reported its largest freshman class in more than a decade.
Health
Revised vacation schedule could help Health Department staff retention
The Adams County Health Department hopes boosting a benefit may help with staff retention. The Board of Health on Thursday adopted a revised vacation schedule helping employees earn more vacation time with less years of service.
Education
QHS updating "outdated" dress code
QUINCY -- A simplified dress code policy at Quincy High School will put the focus on learning and keeping students in the classroom.
The revision, outlined at Tuesday's Policy Committee meeting, follows an audit of the QHS student handbook, curriculum guid
Agriculture
Ursa Farmers Co-op kicks off centennial celebration
QUINCY -- Ursa Farmers Cooperative General Manager Roger Hugenberg says things went very well right up to the end of the past fiscal year.
"Our fiscal year ends May 31. On May 30, we had a levee breach at Gregory Landing," Hugenberg said.
Quincy News
League of Women Voters of Adams County plan Sunday event
Barb Richmiller wants people to remember the effort involved in women gaining the right to vote.
Lookin' Good
Project converts basketball court to seating area
HANNIBAL, Mo. -- A family gathering spurred a backyard home improvement project for a Hannibal woman.
"There just wasn't room for everybody to sit," Janie Monroe said. "Through that weekend I mulled things through my mind and came up with this idea."
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Education
St. Dominic students work with nonprofit to help veterans
QUINCY -- St. Dominic eighth-grader Ethan Rose brought more than just papers and pencils to class last year.
He and the rest of the school also brought in plastic caps -- from water bottles, milk jugs, toothpaste tubes and other items -- to recycle into benc
