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Kewanee and the Holocaust | Kewanee Voice ***This column is the second of a two-part series written by Tim Pletkovich on Serbs in Kewanee and their history in the community. When Croatia seceded from Yugoslavia in 1941 to form a fascist gover...

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23.11.2024 01:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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LRS Trash Satisfaction Survey results are in: Here’s how Kewanee residents responded | Kewanee Voice A survey asking Kewanee residents for their opinion on the new trash service was a mixture of both good and bad news for the city of Kewanee and LRS Waste Management Services. Over 250 residents took ...

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23.11.2024 01:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Local police to join statewide traffic crackdown | Kewanee Voice This Thanksgiving, the Kewanee Police Department is joining the Illinois State Police and other local law enforcement agencies to ensure holiday travelers are buckled up and driving sober.  The “Click...

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21.11.2024 21:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Allen on being Kewanee’s first female firefighter, ‘You have a little more to prove’ | Kewanee Voice Madison Allen and her fellow firefighters returned to Fire Station 2 after their third consecutive call on Thursday around 1 p.m. The fettuccine that she had attempted to prepare for lunch earlier had...

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21.11.2024 21:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Celebrate the season at Bishop Hill's Julmarknad Christmas Market | Kewanee Voice BISHOP HILL, Ill. –The 2024 Julmarknad (Christmas Market) in historic Bishop Hill will be held on Nov. 29, Nov. 30, and Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Dec. 1 and 8, with hours from 11 a.m. to 4 ...

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20.11.2024 21:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Big changes on the way for Kewanee Happy Joe's | Kewanee Voice New menu items, an expanded buffet and updated dining facilities are some of the things diners will find when they visit the reopened Happy Joe’s on Tenney Street. Eric Ellenberger and Jamie O’Neill a...

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20.11.2024 20:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wethersfield School Board recognizes sports teams’ postseason triumphs | Kewanee Voice Every high school student athlete hopes their team is “still alive” in the postseason, to keep playing after the regular season is over for higher honors. For Wethersfield High School and its partners...

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18.11.2024 21:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why Kewanee became home for Serbian immigrants | Kewanee Voice ***This column is the first of a two-part series written by Tim Pletkovich on Serbs in Kewanee and their history in the community. “Why Kewanee? What was it that brought everyone to Kewanee?” asked Du...

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18.11.2024 21:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In the kitchen with Kim: Grandma Lois’s Beef Stew | Kewanee Voice There’s something magical about family recipes—especially those passed down through generations. My Grandma Lois, who passed away nine years ago, had a gift for making her home feel warm and inviting,...

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16.11.2024 22:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Incumbents list priorities for next term | Kewanee Voice The two incumbents running for re-election to the Kewanee City Council share a goal of improving Kewanee’s streets in the next few years. Tyrone Baker and Steve Faber are among five candidates on the ...

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15.11.2024 23:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kewanee's first female firefighter sworn in, Council hires firm to plan tree program | Kewanee Voice Kewanee’s trees will be the target of a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant, and on Tuesday the CIty Council hired a Batavia, Ill. firm to help plan the grant project. The council voted to hir...

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15.11.2024 23:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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