Steve Stein

3 weeks ago | wcbu.org | Steve Stein

Two years ago, voters in Washington District 52 barely defeated a $20 million referendum to build a new Lincoln Grade School on the Washington Middle School campus on North Main Street. The measure failed by just 68 votes (853-785). The district tried again this year, this time with a $23 million referendum that was $3 million higher than the previous version because of inflation and a more detailed design of a new Lincoln with more square footage than previously estimated.

3 weeks ago | thejewishnews.com | Steve Stein

Frankel Jewish Academy boys basketball star Hudson Rosner is looking forward to a successful — and healthy — senior season. After a year and a half of dealing with a series of injuries to his left foot, Hudson Rosner is confident he’s on the mend. The Frankel Jewish Academy junior boys basketball standout from West Bloomfield had surgery on the foot Feb. 13.

3 weeks ago | wcbu.org | Steve Stein

Washington residents knew they'd have a new mayor this year for the first time since 2001. The question was: Who? The question was answered in the election Tuesday. Lilija Stevens defeated Mike Brownfield 2,295 to 1,911, or 55% to 45%, in unofficial returns in a race between the two Ward 1 alderpersons on the Washington City Council. Voter turnout for the mayoral race was 38.4%. Stevens will become the 200-year-old city's first woman mayor when she's sworn in at the May 5 council meeting.

3 weeks ago | wcbu.org | Steve Stein

District 52 voters will decide the future of the two-school district Tuesday. On the election ballot is a referendum to sell $23 million in bonds to build a new Lincoln Grade School on the more than 32-acre campus of Washington Middle School. A similar referendum in 2023 failed by just 68 votes (853-785). If the referendum passes, the owner of a home valued at $100,000 will pay an additional $11 per month in property taxes to the district for 25 years, based on current market interest rates.

3 weeks ago | wcbu.org | Steve Stein

Epic Medical is coming to Pekin. In front of a standing-room-only crowd Friday for a news conference in the Pekin City Council meeting room, Mayor Mary Burress and Epic Medical founder and CEO Freddie Lee signed papers that pave the way for the Singapore-based company to build a $25 million medical equipment manufacturing facility in the city's Riverway Business Park.