Melanie Jongsma

information gathered from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the SSMMA COVID dashboard LANSING, Ill. (December 25, 2020) - This post includes data for the village of Lansing and data visuals for the state of Illinois. Lansing The South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association has created a COVID dashboard aggregating data...

Headlights replace candles, honks replace "Amens," and Christmas joy still comes to the world by Melanie Jongsma LANSING, Ill. (December 24, 2020) - About 30 carloads of local parishioners braved the coldest night Lansing has seen since February and congregated in the parking lot of First United Methodist Church at 7:00pm...

information gathered from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the SSMMA COVID dashboard LANSING, Ill. (December 24, 2020) - This post includes data for the village of Lansing and data visuals for the state of Illinois.Lansing The South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association has created a COVID dashboard aggregating data...

information gathered from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the SSMMA COVID dashboard LANSING, Ill. (December 23, 2020) - This post includes data for the village of Lansing and data visuals for the state of Illinois.Lansing The South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association has created a COVID dashboard aggregating data...

information gathered from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the SSMMA COVID dashboard LANSING, Ill. (December 22, 2020) - This post includes data for the village of Lansing and data visuals for the state of Illinois.Lansing The South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association has created a COVID dashboard aggregating data...

information gathered from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the SSMMA COVID dashboard LANSING, Ill. (December 21, 2020) - This post includes data for the village of Lansing and data visuals for the state of Illinois.Lansing The South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association has created a COVID dashboard aggregating data...

by Melanie Jongsma, Managing Editor LANSING, Ill. (December 21, 2020) - Throughout this pandemic year, we have celebrated many different kinds of heroes. Creative teachers. Weary nurses. Patient grocery store clerks. Faithful first responders. Determined parents. And essential workers who kept doing the jobs we used to take for granted.It’s...

information gathered from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the SSMMA COVID dashboard LANSING, Ill. (December 20, 2020) - This post includes data for the village of Lansing and data visuals for the state of Illinois.Lansing The South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association has created a COVID dashboard aggregating data...

information gathered from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the SSMMA COVID dashboard LANSING, Ill. (December 19, 2020) - This post includes data for the village of Lansing and data visuals for the state of Illinois.Lansing The South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association has created a COVID dashboard aggregating data...

submitted by Michael BolzThank you, Bolz family. We appreciate this example of community collaboration and editorial expression.Send us your photos The Lansing Journal Journeys is an award-winning feature that showcases people displaying The Lansing Journal in creative locations.We initiated the series because we are a community newspaper, and we like...