Kewanee News

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 10:21 a.m. Read more: Local , Plane Crash , Middleton , Illinois , Local Resident Killed KEWANEE, ILLINOIS -- Three Northeast Missouri residents were on a private plane that crashed in an Illinois cornfield Monday evening.A Illinois State Police report that one of the three people onboard was killed.

One person is dead after a plane crashed just outside Kewanee Monday evening. Illinois State Police says three people were aboard the single engine plane when it went down in a cornfield shortly after takeoff from the Kewanee Municipal Airport.

He may be gone but he'll never be forgotten. Sergeant Schuyler Patch's picture is now a part of the Portrait Of A Soldier Memorial.

Geneseo used a blocked punt for one touchdown and an interception to set up a field goal to tackle the Mendota Trojans 19-7 in Saturday's 4A quarterfinal contest in front of a large crowd at Doenier Field in Mendota.

November 12, 2009. Governor Pat Quinn today joined with Gold Star Families to unveil the Portrait of a Soldier memorial exhibition at the American Legion Post #31 in Kewanee.

Representatives from Great Dane Trailers say if things do not get better in the next 60 days, they will lay the employees off on January 8th.

Four Bureau County residents were recognized in October when the Black Hawk East College Foundation honored both those who gave and those who received at its annual scholarship banquet at the Kewanee Dunes.

A Kewanee man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to burglary in Tiskilwa.

Republican candidate for Illinois Comptroller Jim Dodge may not have received an official nod yesterday from the Elk Grove Township Regular Republican Organization, but the fact that the organization did not endorse any candidate in this race is viewed by the Dodge campaign as a success.

It's been a few weeks since I last submitted an article. You may – but probably don't – recall in that column I explained about a turtle named “Meatwad” and talked about the origin of that unusual word.

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Golby of rural Neponset recently celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary.

Forgive the all-in-the-family post, but this is a fun story . My uncle John Sloan writes: As the youngest-by several years-of three kids, I was used to hand-me-downs. Usually, it worked out pretty well.

Mr. and Mrs. Ervin DePauw of 230 S. Reed St., Sheffield will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept.

A Bureau County grand jury considered the following cases on Sept. 11: • Luke A. Raley, 31, of Spring Valley was indicted for the Class 1 felony of unlawful possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance, heroin.

Allison Jane Riddle and Matthew Scott Clemens were married on May 30, 2009, at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Rockford, IL.

John Arvanis, 32, 301 Mondamin, Minooka, was placed on conditional discharge for two years with 40 days in the county jail and fined $160 for driving with a revoked license.

John “Jack” Joseph Barry, 78, of Sheffield died at 8:50 a.m. Thursday, Sept.

Where did you grow up: Kewanee. Pets: A cockatiel named Ace. Occupation: Fifth-grade teacher at Reagan Middle School.

Two men implicated in a recent burglary in Tiskilwa have pleaded guilty to the crime.

Approximately 100 Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers who served with the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team are scheduled to return to Illinois from a one-year mobilization in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.