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Advocacy group calls on Decatur to reconsider ADM CO2 easement
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Advocacy group calls on Decatur to reconsider ADM CO2 easement

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Dec 15, 2025

The Illinois People's Action called on Decatur to reconsider its easement allowing ADM to inject CO2 under Lake Decatur. 

Christmas trees will get new life as fish habitats in Lake Decatur
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Christmas trees will get new life as fish habitats in Lake Decatur

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Dec 11, 2025

The City of Decatur is establishing a living Christmas tree recycle program for this holiday season.

Macon County honors Pearl Harbor veterans at Lake Decatur ceremony
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Macon County honors Pearl Harbor veterans at Lake Decatur ceremony

  • La'Miya Starnes
  • Updated Dec 8, 2025

Pearl Harbor — the 84-year-old sneak attack killing more than 2,000 service members. Organizations across Macon County came together Sunday at Lake Decatur to honor the lives lost and the sacrifice of veterans.

Decatur moves to voluntary water rationing with rain chances ahead
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Decatur moves to voluntary water rationing with rain chances ahead

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Nov 20, 2025

The City of Decatur is reducing its water conservation requirements to voluntary, with several chances of rain in the forecast.

Decatur enacts water conservation requirements amid drought
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Decatur enacts water conservation requirements amid drought

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Nov 13, 2025

The City of Decatur is implementing water conservation requirements as Lake Decatur's water levels continue to drop amid drought conditions.

SUV plunges into Lake Decatur, DPD officers help driver to shore
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SUV plunges into Lake Decatur, DPD officers help driver to shore

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Nov 12, 2025

Decatur police said the driver was north on U.S. 51 when they ended up in the lake. The driver was not seriously hurt. 

Decatur residents asked to conserve water amid drought
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Decatur residents asked to conserve water amid drought

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Oct 9, 2025

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — The City of Decatur is asking residents to conserve water until further notice due to drought conditions affecting the …

STEM Minute | A day in the life of a civil engineer
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STEM Minute | A day in the life of a civil engineer

  • Carlee Bronkema
  • Updated Oct 6, 2025

Part of being a civil engineer in the City of Decatur is to ensure that drainage systems are safe and clean across the community. 

Protesters warn that ADM's proposed CO2 project puts Decatur water at risk
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Protesters warn that ADM's proposed CO2 project puts Decatur water at risk

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Sep 18, 2025

Illinois People's Action, a local community group, protested outside of Millikin University Thursday, opposing ADM and Decatur water's proposed CO2 project. 

Coziahr annual 9/11 memorial ride draws in hundreds to commemorate heroes who lost their lives
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Coziahr annual 9/11 memorial ride draws in hundreds to commemorate heroes who lost their lives

  • Hannah Flayhan
  • Updated Sep 11, 2025

Motorcyclists took to the streets of Decatur Thursday to commemorate the lives of those who made the ultimate sacrifice on the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. 

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