The Galva Lions Club recently enjoyed listening to Jannifer Powelson discuss her new children’s book, Rachel and Sammy Visit the Prairie.
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Helen L. Schwartzkopf, 80, of Woodhull, died Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 at Heartland Health Care Center in Galesburg.
Galva Junior High School Student Council representatives have been named.
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Tim Meier of Galva correctly picked Mid-County in the tie-breaker game to win Week 1 of the Galva News Football Contest this past week.
Former Galva resident Suzanne Massingill Weisar, 71, of Arlington, Va., died Aug. 12 in Alexandria, Va. of complications of pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer.
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Kevin T. Moore, 17, of Oneida, died on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 at 12:05 a.m. at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
Student absenteeism and truancy can have a respectable impact on the amount of state aid a school district receives. The more students attend school, the greater the state aid. To what extent – if any – would you favor school districts offering incentives to students and/or families to encourage good attendance? The Galva News posed that question to its Panel Response team. See the panel's replies in the Sept. 3 Galva News.
A 17-year-old from Oneida died early Tuesday morning after a one-vehicle rollover accident east of Oneida at 9:04 p.m. Monday. Two other passengers in the pickup truck were treated at a local hospital and released, while the fourth person in the truck suffered a broken right hand.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady gave some details on Tuesday about his plan to create more jobs and acknowledged that parts of his plan would add as much as $1 billion to the state’s $13 billion budget deficit.
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Question: Our family has decided to take our dog with us on vacation, what can I do to help keep him safe? Michelle VanOpdorp offers some thoughts about that in the "Ask the Vet" column in the Aug. 27 Galva News.
It’s been one of the flashpoints of the 2010 campaign for governor: Is Illinois’ business climate friendly enough to bring in new employers and encourage existing ones to expand?
On Aug. 9, Henry County Board member Jim King accepted a very generous donation to the Henry County Courthouse Clock Tower Fund made by Wilbur and Marilyn Nelson of Bishop Hill. The couple donated the money on behalf of Nelson Farm Service and The Village Smithy, both owned and operated by the Nelsons. “I feel that the Henry County Courthouse is one of the most outstanding courthouses in Illinois,” Wilbur Nelson said.
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Art Goodrich understands fire service. And through his writing and speaking efforts, people globally can learn more about it, too.
Do you ever get the feeling sometimes that you’re reliving the Blagojevich experience only this time with an honest governor? That, once again, we’re seeing high hopes turned into zip?
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