Millstadt Library Now Hiring
Are you ready to make a change? Help others? Create experiences? Come work with us!We are hiring for a part-time librarian for evenings and weekends (as scheduled.) To learn more and access an application, visit https://www.millstadt-library.org/post/come-work-with-us Send completed apps and resumes to millstadtlib@gmail.com
Millstadt Township Large Appliance Recycling Program Changes
Millstadt Township recently reported: “The large appliance recycling program is still active but with immediate changes. The changes are due to numerous complaints of the Township building looking like a junkyard because citizens brought anything they wanted to and dumped it and not just the metal items that were listed. Effective immediately dumping of any…
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Millstadt Optimist Club Students Of The Month – November 2023
Please join us in congratulating our November 2023 Millstadt Optimist Club Students of the month. From St. James we have Maggie Mueller and from MCS we have Easton Blair. Way to go guys! Keep up all of the hard work! Check out their Facebook post here.
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2024 Quilt-A-Rama
St. James Catholic Council of Women is once again sponsoring a Quilt-A-Rama for the 2024 year. All quilts are queen size, hand-stitched, and quilted by the St. James Quilters with love. Tickets are $25.00 each and the drawing for the winning ticket will be held on the first Monday of each month in 2024. For…
Millstadt Commercial Club Supports Millstadt Food Pantry
Thank you to the Commercial Club for your continual support over the years!! Your donation today was huge, appreciated, and desperately needed! Special thank you to Mark Todd for taking a list, shopping, delivering, and unloading it all!! And then matching that amount with a personal donation from him and his wife April! Have I…
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Industrial Tools and Machinery Supports Millstadt Food Pantry
WOW!! Great day for nice surprises at Millstadt Food Pantry! Industrial Tools and Machinery, owned and operated by Dan Doerr and Tina Dan Colbert-Doerr just dropped off a carload of food! Thank you for always being here to help feed our neighbors!!
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Lee’s Home Center SUpports Millstadt Food Pantry
Lee’s Home Center sponsored a “rollup” collection in support of the Millstadt Food Pantry!! This never gets old! The generous customers at Lee’s, after only 2 weeks of rolling up their purchase to the next dollar amount, put together $450 presented today at Lee’s Home Center!! A huge thank you to everyone who helped make…
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Millstadt Food Pantry Gets Help From Volunteers
Tina Dan Colbert-Doerr as an integral part of Heartland Coca-Cola IT Department, along with several members of her team, found time to stop by the food pantry to help out today. They traveled from various cities across the country attending their first in person IT meeting since before covid. As a community service gesture, Tina…
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Millstadt Optimist Club – Pete Hensel Golf Tournament
The Millstadt Optimist would like to thank the Hole Sponsors, Players, and everybody who donated to our golf tournament. The first annual Pete Hensel Golf Tournament was a huge success. It was a great day, raising money for the kids of Millstadt! 2023 Hole SponsorsGlaenzer ElectricHudson Tree ServiceEquipment ServicesMon-Clair Animal HospitalSchaller AuctionShay RoofingPhillip Acker DDSHank’s…
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Applicants Sought For 2024 Youth Ambassadors Exchange
Millstadt Sister Cities Organization seeks Millstadt area high school students and host families interested in a Youth Ambassadors Exchange with its Sister City, Gross-Bieberau, Germany. Millstadt youth will visit Germany approximately June 30 to July 28, 2024, and the Gross-Bieberau youth will be hosted by their Millstadt exchange partners approximately July 28 to August 21,…
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3rd Annual Putt Pub Crawl Raises $12,158 For St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
The 618 Crew for St. Jude recently posted the following to their Facebook page: DRUMROLL PLEASE! The totals are in and we are happy to announce that the 3rd Annual Putt Pub Crawl raised $12158 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital! To all of our attendees, sponsors and the community — The 618 Crew for St.…
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Millstadt Welcomes New Police Officer
The Millstadt Police Department recently posted the following to their Facebook page: “Tonight, at the village board meeting, we swore in Daniel Collins as our newest police officer. In a few weeks, he will begin his training at the Southwestern Illinois Police Academy, in Belleville. Dan has plenty of experience in emergency services. He has…
Master Gardener program offers online training options
URBANA, Ill. — For 48 years, University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners have measured success by gardens planted, insects identified, produce harvested, and the millions of hours volunteers have logged by helping others learn to grow. From farms and small towns to suburbs and the inner city, more than 2,600 volunteers statewide put their mission of helping others…
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Millstadt Civic Club Scholarship Winner
Please congratulate our Millstadt Civic Club scholarship recipient for this year, Zachery Barganier. Zachary is a recent Belleville West graduate enrolled in Universal Technical Institute, in the fall.Congrats and good luck Zachary!
German Exchange Students Welcomed To Millstadt
Millstadt Sister Cities welcome Johanna, Theresa, Anna, Merle, Daniel and Lara from Gross-Bieberau, Germany for 3 weeks of adventure.
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Millstadt Food Pantry Drive Success!
How can we adequately thank everyone that helped make this special food drive so successful? First thank you goes to God for providing ideal weather conditions, and speaking to peoples’ hearts and always providing. Second thanks goes to Greg Rakers for this idea and his family, the Knights of Columbus volunteers, and the food pantry…
Mullet Champ Candidate From Millstadt, IL
BOHDI FISHER – SWAYZE SPECIALSOUTHERN ILLINOISSwayze Special Ain’t nothin’ natural about this showstopper. Three years of hard work went into perfecting my proprietary blend of fruit snacks, Frosty’s, and freedom; forming what is known today as the Swayze Special. I am an original. I’m a hat sideways person. A slide walker. A risk taker. A…
Thank you, Millstadt!
Rhythmic gymnast Colleen Costello of Millstadt came home from Special Olympics World Games in Berlin with one small problem. “Those medals are really heavy,” she explains. “I just can’t wear all of them at the same time.”Then she smiles. Her family has started calling it her “gold medal grin.” “I was hoping for maybe a…
Police Chief Shares About Annual D.A.R.E. Run for BackStoppers Coming To An End
I wanted to give an update on our annual “D.A.R.E. to Run for BackStoppers” event normally held in November. After 11 successful years the event has come to an end. I had some people inquire about it, and I felt it best to let everyone know. I want to thank everyone who has participated in…
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2023 Millstadt Fireworks Display Photos
Thank you to Elmar Augustine for sharing these amazing shots of the 2023 Millstadt Fireworks Display. Thank you to the fireworks committee and all of the sponsors that made this event possible. Elmar Augustine Elmar Augustine Elmar Augustine Elmar Augustine Elmar Augustine Elmar Augustine Elmar Augustine Elmar Augustine Elmar Augustine Elmar Augustine Elmar Augustine Elmar…
THE 1ST SCHARF REUNION IN OVER 80 YEARS!!!
Is your last name Schubert, Swistak, Franke, Mueller, Jokish, Shaller, Reece, Vogt, Ruhmann or Shondy??? Was your mother, grandmother or great-grandmother a SCHARF?? You could be related to the Scharfs of Millstadt and Concordia Church. We are trying to get the word out that a SCHARF FAMILY REUNION has been planned for October 14, 2023…
Belleville Black Knights Drum & Bugle Corps 70th Anniversary
The Belleville Black Knights Drum & Bugle Corps were all-male musical organization started in 1953 by co-founders Forrest T. Creson and Vern Poole. The organization gained state and national prominence early on as they won the AmVets National Championships in 1954. In 1972, the Belleville Black Knights opened their membership to females and became co-ed.…
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Colleen Costello Wins Gold
Congratulations to Colleen Costello! She earned the gold medal at the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin! Check out this post from St. James where Colleen is an employee.
Millstadt Senior Center to celebrate 40-year milestone
Seniors and the Millstadt community will celebrate 40 years of the Millstadt Senior Center from 1983-2023 with a celebration on October 7, 2023. Millstadt Township Senior Services Advisory Board were busy at their recent June 5, 2023, meeting discussing ideas for the celebration. Past Director Charlotte Mehrtens and Current Director Patty Evansco are serving as…
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