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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 KrollTurmoil 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 WinickThe Zephyr
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