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National Stearman Fly-In Schedule of Events
2023-09-04 - 2023-09-10
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Warren County Prime Beef Festival Friday Events
2023-09-08
Farmer’s Appreciation Breakfast at the Monmouth American Legion 7:30 am to 9 am. Very Special Persons Day noon to 2pm. Swyear Amusements 5 pm to close. Food truck row is open 5 pm to 10 pm. Chicken scramble and calf tagging at 6 pm at the Festival Stage area. Browse the industrial and vendor tent 5 pm to 10 pm. Entertainment tent is open 5 pm to 1 am. Figure 8 races at the track start at 7 pm.

Macomb Balloon Rally Sept. 8-9
2023-09-08 - 2023-09-09
Events kick off Friday with a performance from WIU’s Jazz Studio Orchestra from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Vince Grady Field, with the balloons taking off from the field at 6 p.m., weather permitting. The first flight Saturday, Sept. 9 will be at 6:45 a.m. as pilots take off from locations throughout the city, depending on the winds. Pilots will take off again, weather permitting, at 6 p.m., trying to land on WIU’s Vince Grady Field. Each of the flights is considered competitive, with targets placed throughout Macomb, as well as being mowed into the grass on Vince Grady Field. The final balloon-related event of the evening will be the popular Balloon Glow event, at approximately 7:30 p.m. Balloonists will set up on Vince Grady Field and light their burners and their balloons against the night sky. Once the balloons are inflated, guests will be allowed to walk between the baskets to visit with the pilots and to see the balloons up close. From 6-9 p.m., the live band JAB (Just Another Band), from Macomb, will play in the Showmobile on the field. Food trucks and other vendors will be set up on the west edge of the field throughout the evening, and balloon shirts will be available at a tent on the field. For more information, visit Macomb Balloon Rally on Facebook.

31st Annual Warren County Prime Beef Festival Farmer's Breakfast
2023-09-08 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Chicago)
The recognition breakfast for area farmers is free to attend and is a goodwill gesture to reinforce the purpose of the Warren County Prime Beef Festival, to promote the local agricultural heritage. The keynote speaker will be Rodney Weinzierl, Executive Director of the Illinois Corn Growers Association. Other speakers will include State Representative Norine Hammond, State Representative Dan Swanson, State Senator Mike Halpin, and State Senator Neil Anderson. The breakfast is courtesy of the Monmouth American Legion, G&M Distributors, Inc., M & E Catering, FS, Warren-Henderson Farm Bureau, and WRAM AM 1330.

2023 FS Fall Ag Roundtable, Part 2, on WRAM
2023-09-08 10:00 - 12:00
Tune in from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon on AM 1330 WRAM and FM 94.1, as well as online at www.radiomonmouth.com, for the annual FS Fall Ag Roundtable. Hear remarks from Chris Gavin, Ron Moore, Rob Elliott, David Zimmerman, Jake Armstrong, 93rd State Representative Norine Hammond, 74th State Representative Dan Swanson, 36th State Senator Mike Halpin, 47th State Senator Neil Anderson, Thad Tharp, Brendan Marshall, DeLoss Jahnke, and Vanessa Wetterling.
