It’s Mutt Strut time

DAILY MUDDY: It's Mutt Strut time

Pilar Brumbaugh from the Quincy Humane Society stops by to talk about the upcoming Mutt Strut and Meg Duncan is in from Hannibal and she and Ashley talk about the latest news from America’s Hometown.

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JWCC Wine Pull and concert ticket giveaway winner

DAILY MUDDY: JWCC Wine Pull and concert ticket giveaway winner

Barb Holthaus of the John Wood Foundation tells us about the JWCC Wine Pull fundraiser, which is Thursday, Sept. 21 and tickets are still available. Brittany and Ashley also get together for their first Coffee Talk together for a month to give away tickets to Flo Rida and Ludacris in Normal. Congrats to Lacey Ross…

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Books and Planes

DAILY MUDDY: Books and Planes

Ashley’s back! Tanned, rested and ready. She talks to Eric Brandhorst of the Quincy Public Library about the Community Read and our Muddy Buddy Randy Phillips about this weekend’s Stinson airplane event at Baldwin Field.

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Bruce Guthrie

Frankie Murphy-Giesing talks to the head of the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce about business, growth and development. A&B Properties brings you Frankie Say.

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Ray Ray and Stevie Dirt

Ray Weast talks golf and tequila with Brittany and Bobby. Steve Eighinger also stops by for his first ever Club Muddy experience. And as we work on our studio conversion, please excuse the hollow audio. We’ll have it fixed for next week.

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Full Throttle Parts

MRN’s Ron Kinscherf talks with Dennis Frericks of Full Throttle Parts about what his company offers and how it can help you when you need suggestions about your ride.

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Tracy Lawrence and Annie Bushmeyer

DAILY MUDDY: Tracy Lawrence and Annie Bushmeyer

Ron Kinscherf talks to the stars who are performing Sunday at On the Rail: Country music superstar Tracy Lawrence and Quincy’s own Annie Bushmeyer and The Annie B Band. Ashley and Megan Duncan get caught up on what’s happening in Hannibal and Bill Machold stops by to let us know what’s coming up for the…

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Labor Day weekend and tailgating with The Liquor Booth

Ashley and Brittany stop in to see Dues at The Liquor Booth and learn more about sports. They also sample what’s hot for Labor Day Weekend and the beginning of football season. Nathan Halfpap of Good Samaritan Home also talks to Ashley about their upcoming fundraiser and projects happening around the facility.

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Hooligans

Josh Kiltz decided to buy a bar with his cousin AND THEN tell his wife he did it. How did that work out for him? We find out about how Hooligans came to be. David Adam, Bob Gough and Brittany Boll also talk about kids running around in the heat and how schools and other…

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Lee Lindsay

Frankie Murphy-Giesing talks to the grande dame of Quincy, Lee Lindsay. Frankie and Lee talk about her upbringing in Quincy as her family owned the largest shares of what was Quincy Newspapers/Quincy Media, going to college in the deep south and her current labors of love to help those who need it.

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Sunset Senior Living

Phil Conover and Mike Elbe are the chairmen Sunset Senior Living’s $5 million capital campaign. We talk to these two community leaders about why this project is important. Then, Sunset CEO Jerry Neal talk gives the details on the overall scope of the project. MRN This week is furnished by Harvey’s.

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The Hort Report and Megan Duncan

DAILY MUDDY: The Hort Report and Megan Duncan

MRN’s David Adam is in the host chair today and Pat Greenwell comes over from Shelbina to talk about the history of ‘The Hort Report’, which now runs twice monthly on Muddy River News. Megan Duncan is also in from Hannibal to talk about what she’s been working on lately.

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Miles Design

MRN’s Ron Kinscherf talks to Morgan Miles, owner of Miles Design about her new business, which is a full service interior design firm with experience in a wide variety of commercial projects of various sizes and complexities. Mercantile Bank brings you the MRN Business Spotlight.

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After 27 years, Robert Stellino says goodbye to Quincy

Roberto Stellino and his team have made Quincy’s Tiramisu ristorante one of the region’s premier dining establishments — now at Fourth and Hampshire on the city’s square at Washington Park. The food, the ambiance and the service are elite. After 27 years, Stellino is stepping away from the restaurant. He and his wife, Terri, are…

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Camp Ellis

On the next Muddy River Gems

Mark McDonald and Randy Phillips take you to Ipava and what was once Camp Ellis, a POW camp during World War II. Dot Foods brings you Muddy River Gems.

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Q Dance

DAILY MUDDY: Q Dance

Ashley talks to Tiffany Tomlinson-Frese of Q Dance and one of her dancers, June Reis, about the upcoming dance season and is dance a sport?

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Boats, brothels, booze and beer

DAILY MUDDY: Boats

Ashley’s back and she talks to James Barnett and Todd Moistner of Jersey’s in Camp Point about his upcoming Nacho Average Beer Festival. Then, Iris Nelson of the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County stops by to talk about Quincy’s seedier past with “Boats, Brothels and Booze” and that presentation happening this weekend.

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Refreshment Services Pepsi

Tim Schrage of Refreshment Services Pepsi talks to MRN’s Ron Kinscherf about customer service and the many drinks offered today besides just Pepsi and Mountain Dew. Mercantile Bank sponsors the Business Spotlight.

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Back to School Edition

BOOK NOOK with Ron Kinscherf

With this week’s start of school, MRN’s Ron Kinscherf talks to Victoria Dement with the Quincy Public Library about the library’s new offerings for students and teachers. The Quincy Public Library brings you Book Nook.

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There are things that are difficult to explain to the public’: Jones details how McBride plea deal came together

There are things that are difficult to explain to the public': Jones details how McBride plea deal came together

QUINCY — Adams County Assistant State’s Attorney Josh Jones said he wished a different action could have been taken rather than to allow Natasha McBride to plead guilty on Thursday afternoon to two counts of driving while license suspended. He said during a press conference Thursday afternoon in the Adams County Courthouse he believes the…

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Max Dancer

Frankie Murphy-Giesing talks to Max Dancer, who works in real estate and has many other interests, about life in Quincy.

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Quincy’s Target is open

Quincy's Target is open

Are we getting a Target? Where’s Target? Why can’t Quincy get a Target? Those questions now have been answered.  Target’s store at 3701 Broadway opened on Wednesday, Aug. 9. It will be a day not soon forgotten by West-Central Illinois shoppers. The aisles were filled looking at sporting goods, housewares, books, electronics, health care, pet…

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The Scoreboard

DAILY MUDDY: The Scoreboard

Brittany Boll and Steve Eighinger sample the burgers at The Scoreboard at the next stop of our Great Quincy Sandwich Debate. Ashley Conrad also interviews Brittany McKeown from John Wood Community College about the school’s Smart Start program.

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Macy Ferguson-Smith

Macy Ferguson-Smith of Quincy Medical Group talks to MRN Publisher Bob Gough about diversity and inclusion in her hometown and the honor she just received as being selected as one of 100 Obama Foundation leaders.

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Joe Harris, TI-Trust

MRN Editor David Adam talks to Joe Harris, the agricultural specialist for TI-Trust about farming, farm markets and the weather. Are we past the point of no return on a drought this year? Mercantile Bank sponsors the Business Spotlight.

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Casey Schnack

CLUB MUDDY: Casey Schnack

Defense Attorney Casey Schnack joins the Club to talk about the Bliefnick case and all the reaction that came with it as the convicted murderer’s sentencing approaches on August 11. Ashley, Brittany and Casey also talk about feminism in today’s world. WARNING: This podcast has very graphic language. It was not edited out due to…

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Gem City Comedy Showcase and Megan Duncan

DAILY MUDDY: Gem City Comedy Showcase and Megan Duncan

Richard Bailey sits down with Ashley Conrad about this Saturday’s comedy show at ONE. And if you mention this podcast, you can get a VIP ticket for the general admission price of $15. Ashley and Megan Duncan then discuss her exciting vacation and what’s coming up in America’s Hometown. One side note, Richard Bailey is…

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Sherri Rinker

BOOK NOOK: Sherri Rinker

MRN’s Ron’s Kinscherf interviews New York Times best-selling children’s author Sherri Rinker. The Quincy Public Library sponsors Book Nook.

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Quincy Worx

Ron Kinscherf talks to Craig Moncey of Quincy Worx about their operation and how they can assist small businesses. The Business Spotlight is brought to you by Mercantile Bank.

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Volume 1

Frankie Murphy-Giesing launches his new podcast with a couple of members of Quincy’s LGBTQ+ community to talk about conceptions and misconceptions. Chris Taylor and Douglas Peterson join Frankie on Frankie Say.

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Yohn as in gone

DAILY MUDDY: Yohn as in gone

Ashley Conrad, Brittany Boll and David Adam talk about the end of the Bradley Yohn case and how a new standard has been set for court coverage.

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Closing arguments complete in Yohn criminal sexual assault trial; jury begins deliberations

Closing arguments complete in Yohn criminal sexual assault trial; jury begins deliberations

QUINCY — An Adams County jury began deliberation Monday afternoon in the Bradley Yohn criminal sexual assault trial. The 10-man, two-woman jury has been charged with determining the guilt or innocence of Yohn, 36. He is facing charges of home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated on criminal sexual assault, aggravated vehicular hijacking,…

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Paul Reitz, Titan

The President/CEO of Titan International talks about he business climate, the Quincy wheel plant and doing business in Illinois (which he has good things to say about). Mercantile Bank sponsors the Business Spotlight.

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Paul Reitz, Titan

MRN BUISNESS SPOTLIGHT: Paul Reitz

The President/CEO of Titan International talks about he business climate, the Quincy wheel plant and doing business in Illinois (which he has good things to say about). Mercantile Bank sponsors the Business Spotlight.

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Yohn says he will put himself on stand, asks judge for help to set up interviews with potential witnesses in Adams County Jail

Yohn says he will put himself on stand

QUINCY — Throughout the testimony given during the Bradley Yohn sexual assault trial on Wednesday, the defendant dropped hints of his own defense strategy to come. Yohn, 36, is charged with home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated on criminal sexual assault, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon and…

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Edwards Place

MUDDY RIVER GEMS: Edwards Place

Mark McDonald and Randy Phillips take you to Edwards Place in this month’s Muddy River Gems. Edwards Place, built in 1833 and remodeled in 1857, is an historic house museum that tells the story of social and domestic life in Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield, Illinois. Restored to its antebellum glory, this Italianate mansion was one a center…

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Adams County Courthouse mold problems are ‘an inconvenient truth’; environmental testing company says county officials should look at alternative work sites

Adams County Courthouse mold problems are 'an inconvenient truth'; environmental testing company says county officials should look at alternative work sites

QUINCY — Doctors, attorneys and experts who deal with environmental building issues agreed Wednesday night that alternate work spaces need to be found for employees in the Adams County Courthouse until mold problems in the 84,000-square-foot building can be resolved. Larry Schwartz of SafeStart Environmental was the host of a Zoom meeting Wednesday night, with…

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Lisa Towles

BOOK NOOK: Lisa Towles

This week’s Book Nook features award winning author Lisa Towles. This month, she released ‘Salt Island’, book two from her series with Private Detective Mari Ellwyn.    MRN’s Ron Kinscherf has our report and Book Nook is brought to you by the Quincy Public Library.

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TIF Talk

DAILY MUDDY: TIF Talk

Ashley and Brittany spend this week’s Coffee Talk getting the tea on tax increment financing (TIF) from Jason Parrott with the City of Quincy’s planning department.

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