Video: Too many ads, Chamber benefits, Lansing flooding, a mini print edition, and more

Weekly round-up for September 17, 2021

by Melanie Jongsma

LANSING, Ill. (September 17, 2021) – Advertising is one of the services The Lansing Journal provides, and this week’s round-up explains how ads and articles work together to keep the community informed.

Important links

The Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce is an active business advocate. Members form a vibrant network that gathers monthly to interact with each other. More information is available at the Lansing Area Chamber’s website:

• chamberoflansing.com

More information about the advertisers who serve our local community is available by clicking on their ads throughout this website. More information about the benefits of advertising locally — and advertising digitally — is available on The Lansing Journal’s Advertise page:

• thelansingjournal.com/advertise

Or email [email protected].

Josh attended the August 30 joint public levee meeting with the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the condition of the levee in Lansing. He sifted through the information in order to present it to Lansing readers:

• Lansing and Calumet City support $15.6 million levee restoration project to protect against future flooding (published September 17, 2021)

September 20 is the deadline for public comment, and the contact information is included in Josh’s article.

Journalist Ernst Lamothe reported on the updated version of Walk Over Wednesdays at First United Methodist Church:

• Walk Over Wednesdays (published September 14, 2021)

Reporter Jim Masters described the career development programs in District 215:

• District 215 electrical, cosmetology, barbering, and education programs put focus on career development (published September 16, 2021)

The Lansing Journal worked with LACE (Lansing Association for Community Events) to share information about Autumn Fest 2021, which will be hosted at Fox Pointe on September 24, 25, and 26. Look for articles and ads this week about the events, and look for a “super mini” print edition of The Lansing Journal that will be handed out to fest attenders.