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About Marengo Weekly

Marengo Weekly is a free, independent newsletter for Marengo, Illinois. Every Sunday it rounds up the week in town: city government, schools, local business, community events, and the ordinary civic stuff most people don't have time to track. The idea behind it is simple. People should know what's happening in their town and who represents them.

We're a community resource, not an opinion outlet. We report what happened, help people show up, and stay out of the fights.

What we cover

  • Government. City council, township, and county actions that affect Marengo.
  • Schools. District news, board decisions, programs, and student achievements.
  • Local business. Openings, closings, milestones, and the people behind them.
  • Community. Events, volunteers, nonprofits, and neighbors doing good work.
  • Events. Anything residents can attend, with the date, time, and place in one spot.

Who runs Marengo Weekly

Marengo Weekly was founded by Justin Bounds, who edits it and has the final say on everything that runs. Travis Coudal handles the website and writes some of the stories, all of which Justin approves before they publish.

For a while we kept our names off the paper, on the idea that the reporting should stand on its facts rather than on who wrote it. We still write in one community voice, but we would rather you know who is behind the news you read. Travis is also a candidate for Ward 4 alderman, and we would rather tell you that plainly, and show you exactly how we keep it from coloring our coverage, than leave you to wonder. Those rules are in ourconflict-of-interest policy. None of it changes how we work: we report to a written set of editorial standards, we go to the primary record, and we correct mistakes in the open.

How it works

It's free, it comes out every Sunday, and the only thing it asks of you is an email address. No paywall, no spam. Past issues live in the archive, individual stories are collected under Stories, and what's coming up is on theevents calendar.

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Got a tip, an event, a correction, or a story we should be looking at? We want to hear it.

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