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Monarch Youth Center opens, hopes to provide future after incarceration
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Monarch Youth Center opens, hopes to provide future after incarceration

  • Carlee Bronkema
  • Updated 19 hrs ago

The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) celebrated the grand opening of its Monarch Youth Center on Thursday.

Lincoln Museum digs up own past to commemorate 20th anniversary
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Lincoln Museum digs up own past to commemorate 20th anniversary

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Aug 4, 2025

A new exhibit at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will feature a collection of artifacts and photographs commemorating the museum's construction and opening. 

Wine and dine at Vine and Rind's grand opening this weekend in Springfield
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Wine and dine at Vine and Rind's grand opening this weekend in Springfield

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Jul 25, 2025

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Vine & Rind in Springfield will hold a grand opening event this weekend.

Lake Land College to host grand opening celebration for Effingham Technology Center
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Lake Land College to host grand opening celebration for Effingham Technology Center

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Jul 7, 2025

MATTOON, Ill. (WAND) - Lake Land College will host a grand opening celebration for its new Effingham Technology Center later this month. 

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New Decatur makerspace 'represents something bright' to community
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New Decatur makerspace 'represents something bright' to community

  • Daja Clayton
  • Updated Apr 22, 2024

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Thinkwell Makerspace is a place for makers to let their creativity run wild.

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Adult-use cannabis dispensary set for grand opening in Champaign
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Adult-use cannabis dispensary set for grand opening in Champaign

  • Updated Apr 15, 2021

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - The company nuEra is planning a grand opening for an adult-use cannabis dispensary in Champaign. 

Part of $60 million Community Care Campus to open with ribbon-cutting
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Part of $60 million Community Care Campus to open with ribbon-cutting

  • Jackson Brunner
  • Oct 3, 2019

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – The completion of two buildings that are part of a $60 million Community Care Campus in Decatur will be recognized with…

Tex-Mex restaurant announces grand opening date
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Tex-Mex restaurant announces grand opening date

  • Updated Dec 4, 2018
Tex-Mex restaurant announces grand opening date
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Tex-Mex restaurant announces grand opening date

  • Sep 17, 2018

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – A new restaurant is preparing for a grand opening this November. 

Chick-fil-A to return to Springfield after two decades
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Chick-fil-A to return to Springfield after two decades

  • Mar 2, 2016

SPRINGFIELD – Chick-fil-A will be opening one of its newest franchises in Springfield on Wabash Avenue after being absent from the Capitol City for two decades.

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