Noyes is a Hoopeston High School Class of 1961 graduate who has written the novel "Yonders, Illinois." The novel takes place in a fictionalized version of Vermilion County (Marigold County ...

Hoopeston Area Community Unified School District 11 contains 4 schools and 1,134 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 30%. Also, 42.1% of students are economically disadvantaged. The ...

It's corn! "The Sweetcorn Capital of the World" is Hoopeston, Illinois, and a cornjerker is (or was) a farmer who harvested corn. Technology has changed the process of harvesting corn, but the ...