Coal Valley News

COAL VALLEY, Illinois - Communities with fewer than 20,000 people are taking on the challenge to build their neighborhoods.

Saturday, June 27, 2009 10:00 a.m. - 4 p.m. Niabi Zoo 13010 Niabi Zoo Road Coal Valley, IL 61240 This year WQAD, DuTrac Community Credit Union, and Subway are teaming up with Niabi Zoo to celebrate the beginning of summer.

A serious warning for those planning to barbecue this holiday weekend -- check your hamburger meat! An Illinois meat producer has recalled nearly 96-thousand pounds of potentially contaminated beef.

Before you fire up the grill this Memorial Day weekend there is a nationwide beef recall you should know about.

A 7-year old Cleveland girl has died from E. Coli as an Illinois meat plant has initiated a recall.

Valley Meats LLC, a Coal Valley, Ill., establishment recalls approximately 95,898 pounds of ground beef products.

The USDA announced that Valley Meats out of Coal Valley, Illinois, is recalling over 95,000 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli.

SYCAMORE – Residents who walk into the Sycamore State Street Theatre Friday may end up saying “It looks like a zoo in here.” Tom Stalf, director of the Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley, is set to present various types of animals at the theater, Friday, April 17.

The city of Annawan in Henry County, Illinois, is getting ready to welcome home one of their own.

The remains of Sgt. Schuyler Patch are scheduled to arrive back to western Illinois Thursday afternoon after Sgt.

Rock Island County's brand new nursing home is getting ready to open. Hope Creek Care is replacing Oak Glen Nursing Home.

Rivermont Collegiate is delighted to announce senior Anup Parikh as a National Merit Finalist.

Authorities say a black bear found hibernating in a drainage ditch near the Bureau County town of Neponset was successfully tranquilized and taken to a rehabilitation center in southern Illinois.

For students in the Iowa Quad-Cities, Wednesday's weather meant a day off from school.

Today will determine whether the 22nd annual Bald Eagle Days at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island sets another record for attendance like it did last year.

Students from Horace Mann School will move to the newly constructed Bicentennial Elementary School in Coal Valley later this month.

Rodney Blackwell insists that he did not make the difference. "It wasn't me, I'm telling you," he said last month.

Keepers at the Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley have sad news about 2 of their most popular animals; Judy and Tarzan the white-handed gibbons.