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A sunset makes downtown Galesburg appear aflame November 27, 2007.

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The honeymoon is over: time for Dane Bragg to chart a new course by Mike Kroll

Hemingway and Sandburg: two literary giants come together in Galesburg by Karen S. Lynch

Dorothea Tanning: artist from Galesburg by Lynn McKeown

National Railroad Hall of Fame concept matures by Mike Kroll

Retail recruitment: boon or boondoggle? by Mike Kroll

New water plant for Galesburg with a river view by Mike Kroll

Congressman Phil Hare talks trade agreements by Karen S. Lynch

Silence is golden -- and costs as much by Mike Kroll

The Payne of poverty by Jim Jacobs

Lombard Gym should be saved by Gary Tomlin

The Center: a new place for connecting in Galesburg by Peter Schwartzman

The science of potholes by Mike Kroll

Super Tuesday results -- local and national by Mike Kroll

First special Courthouse audit results: $66,000 unaccounted for but not necesarily missing by Mike Kroll

Buckle on the Corn Belt: Galesburg an All America City (50 years ago) by Mike Kroll

Inside an actual Iowa caucus by Norm Winick

Burlington inundated by Presidential candidates by Mike Kroll

Customer disservice: Galesburg style by Mike Kroll

Clark E. Carr: A Galesburger among royalty by Lynn McKeown

Meet Dr. Arnold. Illinois Director of Public Health in Galesburg by Mike Kroll

Public action key to creating Knox County Health Department -- 15 years ago by Caroline Porter

Caroline Porter reflects on serving Knox County by Karen S. Lynch

Ghost Hunters by Bob Bainter

Galesburg's Black Friday: The day five years ago when Maytag announced "We're leaving" by Karen S. Lynch and Bob Sheehan

Reality check: The 2008 Galesburg Budget by Mike Kroll

The Fifth Town: Galesburg and World War II by Mike Kroll

The vaccination "conspiracy" by Mike Kroll

The mystery of Galesburg's Five Points Depot by Bill Franckey

The Wild, Wild East: I still don't get Russia by Mary Bruce

Dave Clague: New Sheriff in Town by Mike Kroll

David Clague recommended by Democrats to fill Sheriff position by Norm Winick


Former President Bill Clinton walks with Knox College President Roger Taylor as he prepares to receive his honorary degree and present the Commencement Address June 2, 2007.

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Shipyard on the Prairie: LSTs built in central Illinois by Barbara Schock and Mike Kroll

Stone-Hayes Center for Independent Living gives a hand-up by Karen S. Lynch

Nurturing local business is another economic development approach by Mike Kroll

Galesburg Maytag facility being partially demolished by Karen S. Lynch

Tortoise-like pace of Congress doesn't slow Phil Hare down by Mike Kroll


Happy 150th Abingdon by Mike Hobbs

President Mauri Ditzler and a rapidly growing Monmouth College by Norm Winick & Dick Crockett

Bank "error" in your favor: Galesburg finances way in the black by Mike Kroll

Wind farms could be newest cash crop in Knox County by Mike Kroll

STDs running rampant: the troubling truth of teen sexuality by Mike Kroll

Former governor Dan Walker makes one last trip back to Illinois by Norm Winick

Ella Park Lawrence: Mother of the Illinois Flag by Barbara Schock

Farm subsidies: welfare for the wealthy? by Mike Kroll

Obsessed administrators: Galesburg in the national news for the wrong reasons.

Commentary on the diploma controversy by Mike Kroll

Still on his honeymoon: five months into the Dane Bragg era by Mike Kroll

Turmoil in the Knox County State's Attorney's office

EEOC complaint filed against State's Attorney by Norm Winick

The meat of the matter: Pepmeyer responds to sexual harassment charges by Mike Kroll

Igniting a scandal: the state of the State's Attorney's office by Mike Kroll

Path to prosecutor: John Pepmeyer's road to the Courthouse by Mike Kroll

ATM bandits unprosecuted: escaping justice Knox County style by Mike Kroll

Attorney General Lisa Madigan clears John Pepmeyer of criminal charges by Mike Kroll

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State's Attorney mea culpa by Mike Kroll

Fiasco in the courthouse: we don't know what we don't know by Norm Winick

Journalistic responsibility by Mike Kroll


The spy who went through Knox College: Robert Hanssen by Neil Alan Richter

Barack Obama announces for President in Springfield by Mike Kroll

Dane Bragg takes over: meet Galesburg's new City Manager by Mike Kroll

You are going where? a visit to Bulgaria by Louise Hogan

Reflections of a 20-year drug career, parts I & II by Bruce Weik

A 'Burger in Beijing by Mike Kroll

Pension theft and lies by Maytag and others by Karen S. Lynch

Cultivating Chinese collaboration by Mike Kroll

"The system is broken" -- Assessor Darrell Lovell by Mike Kroll


The former OT Johnson's Department Store in flames early Monday morning January 23, 2006.
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The O.T. Johnson fire: blazing into Galesburg history by Mike Kroll


Microsoft sues The Computer Shop of Galesburg for software piracy by Mike Kroll

National Railroad Hall of Fame looks to others for funding -- including taxpayers by Mike Kroll

Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert delivers the commencement address at Knox College: Read the entire speech (cleaned up a little)

Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia™ and Ambassador Shirley Barnes also awarded honorary degrees by Mike Kroll

Protecting freedom the NRA way by Mike Kroll

Mother Bickerdyke monument is 100 years old by Barbara Schock and Paulette Thenhaus

Free Frank's New Philadelphia gets its national recognition by Norm Winick

A hall of fame on the Ohio River -- and a piece of me is there by John Ring

Frederick Weber: Galesburger memorialized at Midway by Lynn McKeown

Roger Warren -- Galesburg man on top of PGA by John Ring

Gordon Walberg -- liberator from Galesburg by Mike Kroll

Deadly climax: the secrets behind AeA by Mike Kroll

Galesburg flyer remembered in France by Norm Winick

Expatriate Galesburgers! Send a letter to Mother Burg or read everyone else's. There are hundreds of submissions.
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