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Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg is hopeful that Senate Bill 53, which would allow a patient in a hospital or nusing home to have a family member visit during a pandemic, will do well in the House because it addresses concerns raised by hospitals and long-term care facilities.

Director of Quality Karen Hooker shares some good news during her report at the East Phillips County Hospital District board meeting in March. — Darci Rodriguez | The Holyoke Enterprise

Scheunemann’s Department Store is pictured on a postcard from 1913. August Scheunemann came to America as a young man from Germany in 1888, eventually homesteading between Holyoke and Amherst. He had studied merchandising at the University of Berlin in Germany and became employed in early general stores in Holyoke. LeBlanc & Scheunemann, the original partnership of the business, was formed and located on the northeast corner of Holyoke’s main intersection. Scheunemann later bought out LeBlanc. Originally, Scheunemann’s was a general store that handled everything, including groceries, to help serve the needs of pioneer families in the area. — Source: Phillips County Museum