🌱 What Effingham’s new budget and water rate hikes mean for you
Effingham, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min readCheers Effingham! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What Effingham’s new budget and water rate hikes mean for you
- Effingham fire displaces two residents and causes $40,000 in damage
Also on today's calendar: Sit, Stay, Laugh: Comedy for Canines. A benefit for the Effingham County Hu and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 53 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 80, low: 61.
- Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 73 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• City Council Passes Budget for the New Fiscal Year - Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3 (thexradio.com) — Effingham City Council has approved a new city budget starting May 1, along with four years of 2% water rate increases and funding for sewer work tied to the Fayette Avenue project. Council members also advanced new housing developments, extended Airport Road for future commercial growth, renewed redevelopment programs, and scheduled a community tree planting at City Hall this Saturday morning. 
• 2 displaced following Effingham apartment fire; cause ruled ‘accidental' (wcia.com) — Two residents are displaced and about $40,000 in damage was reported after an accidental fire Tuesday morning at a six-unit apartment building on North Oak Street in Effingham. Firefighters quickly knocked down the flames, confirmed everyone was safely out, and Ameren cut power to the affected unit while crews checked other apartments for any spread.
📸 Around Effingham
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Upcoming Events in
Effingham
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★ Featured events ★
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Clay Walker
Effingham Performance Center, 1325 Outer Belt W, Effingham
7:00 pm
Saturday April 25
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Other local events
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Sit, Stay, Laugh: Comedy for Canines. A benefit for the Effingham County Hu
Tuscan Hills Winery , 2200 Historic Hills Dr , Effingham
8:00 pm -
Sit, Stay, Laugh: Comedy for Canines. A benefit for the Effingham County Humane Society
Tuscan Hills Winery , 2200 Historic Hills Dr , Effingham
8:00 pm -
EJHS Spring Choir Concert
Effingham Junior High School Effingham, IL 62401
7:00 pm -
Recovery Wellness Group @ Kirby Foods/Ironhorse Cafe – Effingham, IL
Kirby Foods Effingham , 101 S Merchant St , Effingham
5:00 pm -
Education Foundation Scholarship Reception at EHS Small Gym
EHS Small Gym Effingham, IL 62401
5:00 pm -
EHS Awards Night 7p
EHS Cafetorium Effingham, IL 62401
7:00 pm -
Recovery Wellness Group @ Kirby Foods/Ironhorse Cafe – Effingham, IL
Kirby Foods Effingham , 101 S Merchant St , Effingham
5:00 pm
Saturday April 25
Tuesday April 28
Thursday April 30
Thursday May 7
📣 Effingham Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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THS Musical
TEUTOPOLIS CUSD 50 Teutopolis, IL 62467 -
Frozen the Broadway Musical
Teutopolis Grade School , 309 E Main St , Teutopolis
7:00 pm -
Frozen the Broadway Musical Presented by the Teutopolis Drama Club
Teutopolis Grade School , 309 E Main St , Teutopolis
7:00 pm -
Marshall JV Baseball @ Effingham
Effingham High School , 1301 W Grove Ave , Effingham
4:30 pm
Friday April 24
Saturday April 25
Monday April 27
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Pilot Travel Centers, LLC posted a job opening for Lead Guest Services Team Member in Effingham. Apply here.
- Illinois Association Of School posted a job opening for Music Teacher in Effingham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Effingham here.
🗞 Nearby News
Shelbyville
- Access Update For Ken Kenney's At Lake Shelbyville (effinghamradio.com)
- Highlights/scores: Central Illinois sports (04/20/26) (wcia.com)
- Evan Mitchell speaks on the process of getting a skateboard park in Taylorville (nprillinois.org)
Mattoon
- Mattoon High School holds college Signing Day for student athletes (jg-tc.com)
- Lane Closures Coming To Charleston Avenue Starting This Week (myradiolink.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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