Illinois’ smallest county – Putnam County – was awarded in 2024 the largest grant to the state in the Port Infrastructure Development Program’s history.

Effective April 1, the Board of Trustees of the Hennepin Public Water District in Putnam County will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. on the second Monday of every month at the Administrative Building, 7222 Power Plant Road, Hennepin.

Holy Week is observed the last week of Lent, and is a time when Christians commemorate the events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection.

Historian Jim Gibbons will present The Great Depression, starting in 1929 and its ending during the war years of the 1940s at the Standard library.

Al Cioni Ford in Granville received the 2024 President’s Award, on behalf of Ford Motor Company. 

The Putnam County Public Library District will host a movie matinee film screening of the documentary, “Rachel Carson,” at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 8.

Putnam County Junior High School announced its honor roll for the third quarter of the 2024-2025 school year.

Members of the Putnam County Rotary Club were on hand at the Granville-Hennepin Fire Department’s March 25 meeting in Hennepin, for presentation of the Club’s check for $2,400 supporting technology upgrades for the district’s learning and training facility.

Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau has two $1,000 Crops For College scholarships available for students planning to study agriculture (freshman year of college only).