IN OUR COMMUNITY

The Marseilles Methodist Church is hosting a tasty Ham Dinner on Saturday, April 18th from 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.  for drive up and deliveries.

The cost is $12.0 for adults and $5.00 for kids under eight.  Ham, cheesy potatoes, seasoned green beans, applesauce, and a roll will be served.

The Rough Road 100 is a Spring Classic inspired road/gravel bike event rides through Marseilles on Saturday, April 11th.  Distances of 60 and 40 miles make coming out of a Winter slumber a great opportunity to stretch your legs and start your cycling season off right!

For more details, or to register, visit https://www.roughroad100.com/

The Marseilles Lions Club will host its last Fish Fry of Lent on Friday, April 3rd from 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Choose from an amazing selection of shrimp, baked o fried cod, perch, catfish, and combo specials.  All dinners include a baked potato or fries, coleslaw, and bread.  Dine in or carry out.

The Marseilles Spring Rummage Sales will take place on May 15th and May 16th from 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Sign up to be on the map sales for $5.00!  Sign up at Fisher Auto Parts at 268 Lincoln Street from April 20th until May 9th.  The maps will be available the week of the sales.

Sponsored by Marseilles Tourism.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and local community partners in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and Republic of Ireland.  

Register your child(ren) today at  https://imaginationlibrary.com/usa/

There is an opportunity to have a 2026 youth girls softball program through Streator Recreation.  If there are enough Marseilles Youth, there’s a possibility to have practices at Marseilles field. 

More information available at https://www.facebook.com/share/1CAu7YQmMU/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Questions?  Email to streatorgirlssoftball@gmail.com

Housing Rehabilitation Program Information for Residents

Low-to-moderate income communities can apply for grants to improve housing and rehabilitate and retrofit properties. A maximum of $650,000 in grant funds or $60,000 per household is available to improve the homes of low-to-moderate income residents of owner-occupied single-family housing units. Grants provide residents with safe and sanitary living conditions and help to stabilize neighborhoods and affordable housing in the community. The city will be applying for Round 3 of the Hosing Rehabilitation Grants to assist families that are low to moderate income with home renovations. Life safety issues must be addressed first such as plumbing and electricity.

Unlike previous years we were given a geographical location. This year that isn’t the case all you have to do is reside within the city limits.

If you are interested in the program, please call City Hall and have your name put on a list or email Mayor Hollenbeck at mayor@cityofmarseilles.com your name, address, phone number and ask to be put on the list.

The goal is to have 50-75 people on the list at which time you will be sent a survey to see if you are qualified within the low-to-modern income categories. These surveys will be sent out by NCICG (North Central Illinois Council of Governments) and returned to them. No one at city hall will see your financial information.

The city is proud to have received this grant on two previous occasions so wish them luck as they try for Number 3!

Marseilles Public Library is pleased to be part of the Explore More Illinois program which allows patrons free passes, discounted admission, and other deals from a wide variety of Illinois cultural attractions.

To access the Explore More Illinois website and its offers, visit https://exploremoreillinois.org and select “Library Holders - Go to Explore More Illinois,” and then select “Marseilles Public Library” from the drop-down list.  Log in using your library card ID. Your "password” for Explore More Illinois will be the last four digits of your library ID number.

Once you log in, you will be able to see the current attractions with offers and deals available through Explore More Illinois. Simply click “Show first available offer” on the attraction you are interested in to see the current deal being offered and the directions for how to take advantage of that deal.

A new phishing scam is tricking people into installing malware by pretending to be a Google security check. The page looks convincing and tells you your Google account needs additional protection.  See more details about this scam and how to protect yourself at: 

https://cyberguy.com/privacy/fake-google-security-page-turn-browser-spying-tool

Where to watch the Cardinals, Cubs, and White Sox on your MTCO TV service this year:

Chicago Cubs

Marquee Network (channel 560).

Chicago White Sox

Chicago Sports Network (channel 562) and Chicago Sports Network+(channel 563).

St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals terminated their relationship with FanDuel Sports Network, who carried the games last year, so MLB has taken over production rights of the games. The games can be streamed with a subscription to MLB.TV or Cardinals.TV

Numerous nationally televised games for all three teams will be broadcast on ESPN (channel 557), ESPN (559) FOX (503), TBS (519), and FS1 (570).

For some breathtaking scenery and to ask the question “why would someone do this?”, watch this video of an incredibly adventurous professional wingsuit flier:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zOnHu2o1NA

One of the games expected to arrive along with April 2026’s PlayStation Plus Essential lineup has leaked ahead of schedule: https://www.eurogamer.net/playstation-plus-essential-headliner-game-for-april-leaks

Did you know you can quickly track any package with just the tracking number on Google Search?  You do not need to dig through emails or log in to an account.

All you need to do is copy your tracking number, then paste it straight into the Google search bar. It will often recognize the carrier automatically and show real-time updates.

Take advantage of this FREE perk, MTCO TV customers!  Watch all your MTCO Conxxus channels on your smartphone or table...anytime, anywhere, manage or watch your Cloud DVR recordings, and more with the MyTVs App.  

Stream TV customers simply need to download the MyTVs app from your App Store to get started.  If you have traditional TV service, give the MTCO customer care team a call to set up a free stream and then download the app.