Geneseo News

The Friends of the Canal are holding their monthly Hike the Canal outing on Sunday.

Hi! And welcome to the college of corn, where your challenge will be to master the know-how for producing a top-yielding crop - at least 300 bushels per acre.

AN ERIE, ILLINOIS MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER.

At Normal PAIRING: Freeport vs. Limestone , 4:30 p.m. today. OUTLOOK: Neither won their conference.

“We've had testimony, people avoid some businesses, bypass this city because of the infrastructure.”

There is a debate about whether money from a hotel/motel tax should go directly to promoting tourism in Henry County Illinois, or can it be used to improve things tourists use -- like roads? That question may ... via KWQC-TV Davenport

Geneseo Jewel Is Closing The presidential field has been paired from fifteen-plus candidates to just four. via WHBF-TV Rock Island

“They keep building houses out here so they're anticipating a residential boom but if people want to settle out here and see a bunch of vacant buildings, it's not going to do anybody any good”

Posted: 3/31/2008 8:54p by Courtney Brennan GENESEO, Illinois - Residents of a popular Quad City suburb are in shock as another business closes, leaving them to wonder if their community will become a ghost ... via WQAD-TV Moline

Shoppers in Geneseo, Illinois will soon have only one grocery store to chose from. via KWQC-TV Davenport

Geneseo loses its Jewel-Osco Galesburg remembers fallen soldier Matt Maupin People concerned over mailing with Sheriff's name on it Scott County Sheriff Dennis Conard says some people living in Iowa have called ... via WQAD-TV Moline

“After Northern happened, it definitely hit me hard”

By Jason Fechner MACOMB, Illinois -- At 9:44am Wednesday, Western Illinois University student Nathan Truninger received a text-message, e-mail and phone call, all alerting him to a threat on campus. via WQAD-TV Moline

“I just like the music, and I like the people. I like to go to a lot of the festivals”

A story about hard times. A story about happy times. A story about an older, poorer America that can only be imagined by those who were there. via Hawk Eye

If you're driving out of the Quad Cities along Interstate 80 into Henry County be prepared to wait. via WQAD-TV Moline

“It's kind of like a jigsaw puzzle. I get a piece here; I get a piece there, and I put it all together. I've collected them all and kept my own book. I've got a closet full of stuff that I've collected through the years”

"The past is not dead. It isn't even past," so said the author William Faulkner. via Bureau County Republican

“You work closely with the citizens. You get the government aspect, but you also get the personal interaction.”

The city of Sycamore is helping a Northern Illinois University student gain some valuable experience. via De Kalb Midweek

A speeding violation on Interstate 80 near Geneseo, Ill., resulted in the arrest of a man allegedly carrying two kilograms of cocaine earlier this month. via Bettendorf News

“We are still working with Central Bank (of Geneseo) on a resolution. Hope to have a decision by end of this week. Until I have an answer from Central, I have no new updates for anyone.”

By week's end, the owners of Klavohn's Home Furnishings in Geneseo, Ill., and Davenport, hope to have answers to whether they may reopen after liquidation sales. via Bettendorf News

“I've always been after instant gratification all my life. I get it here”

John Schultz/QUAD-CITY TIMES Jeff Smallwood plays several stringed instruments including a banjo, a guitar, a mandolin and a ukulele and sings. via Bettendorf News

“I've also learned that the residents are quite unhappy about the situation on the South Oakwood Avenue corridor”

Geneseo residents will elect a mayor and council members in city elections that piggyback on Tuesday's primary ballot in Henry County. via Bettendorf News

The winners of the Miss Mississippi Crown Scholarship Pageant held Jan. 12 will be heading to the Miss Illinois Pageant that runs from June 17 to 21 at the Norris Cultural Arts Center in St. via Bettendorf News