Ag & Business

Though it may look like just a hug around the neck, Bode Fust is careful to hold his chicken properly as he hoists it onto the judging table for the tiny tot rabbit and poultry show July 25. It was just one of many “Bushels of Fun” events at the 2019 Phillips County Fair. Coverage of other fair activities can be found throughout this week’s edition of the Enterprise, and awards will be printed in a special keepsake edition to be inserted in the Aug. 15 edition. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications

Phillips County loves fair a bushel and a peck

Folks sure didn’t waste any time getting out to the Phillips County Fair this year.

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Hospital stays cool, thanks to emergency chiller

In the thick of summer, no one wants to hear that their building is having cooling issues, but that’s exactly what Melissa Memorial Hospital faced last month.

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Pennington replaces LeBlanc as AAA senior service coordinator

Many in the area have known Erin LeBlanc as the local senior service coordinator and long-term care ombudsman for the past nine and a half years, but as LeBlanc prepares to move out of Holyoke,

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Conservation easement working group travels to Sterling

The eight-member working group charged by the General Assembly with coming up with a way to pay back millions of dollars in tax credits traveled to the Sterling farm Tuesday, July 23, owned by

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Grand champion round robin showmanship winners at the 2019 Phillips County Fair are pictured from left, Brooklyn Plumb, senior division; Braden Plumb, intermediate; and Paige Oliver, junior. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications

Overall general 4-H project award winners from the 2019 Phillips County Fair are pictured from left, Taryn Thayer, junior division; Brooklyn Plumb, senior; and Megan Walker, intermediate. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications