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Lou Leone, Monmouth city administrator — inside his first 90 days
He has run a city on a $3 million budget a quarter mile from the Oklahoma line. He has seen asbestos concrete water lines and once ran into a town wi…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
CommunityGro's Aug. 9 Summer Social — cardboard boats and chalk art coming to Lake Storey
There's fruit growing all over Galesburg that most people never notice — and most of it just falls to the ground and rots. That's part of what Commun…
2 months ago
Great Balloon Race organizer Greg Saul — launches, glows, and a golf ball drop this weekend
Twenty-four hot air balloons fill Lake Storey Park this weekend for the Great Balloon Race, and organizer Greg Saul stopped by to walk through what's…
2 months ago
Rich Norton, Jeff Hoschek, Terrence Gregory, GYAC — a September boxing event, and a club finding its footing
Three years after losing the man they call "the Rock of GYAC," the leaders of Galesburg Youth Athletic Club are still finding their footing — and the…
2 months ago
City Matters: why Ohio Avenue could go back to two-way
For years, Ohio Avenue near the East Main Street Hy-Vee has only run one way. That could be about to change. City Manager Eric Hanson joined Galesbur…
2 months ago
Knox County Health Department — no cyclosporiasis cases here, and how to keep it that way
You've probably seen the headlines about a stomach bug spreading across the country, with salad greens under suspicion. So has it reached Knox County…
2 months, 1 week ago
Shawn Hickey, Galesburg football coach — 80 players, an earlier start, and the Week 4 search
Two summers ago, Shawn Hickey walked into his first day as Galesburg's football coach and counted 38 kids. This June, 80 showed up — and unlike last …
2 months, 1 week ago
Kraig Boynton and Phil Dickinson, Taste of Galesburg — 40 years and a record 28 restaurants
Phil Dickinson was there for the first Taste of Galesburg — eight or 10 restaurants sweating it out behind the high school — and he fought hard again…
2 months, 1 week ago
Mark Nizer, world champion juggler — bringing 4D to the Orpheum
Bob Hope took him on USO tours. Ray Charles once held his hands mid-juggle just to feel the rhythm. Fifty years into a career that has already cost h…
2 months, 1 week ago
Allie Bryan, Connor Atwell, Lorie Larsen & Kenny Knox preview Prairie Players' Cinderella
The stage floor is cement, so don't expect a trap door — but Prairie Players Civic Theatre found other ways to make the magic happen. Allie Bryan, Co…
2 months, 2 weeks ago