Oquawka News

On April 28, 1867, 12 women joined together to form a secret college society for women, not knowing what the future would hold.

By JOHN MANGALONZO jmangalonzo@thehawkeye.com OQUAWKA, Ill. -- An anonymous tip Thursday led state and local narcotics officers to a home in rural Oquawka, Ill., and the discovery of an elaborate marijuana planting operation.

Rumors and mistrust may be the worst aftershocks of disasters, and recovery pamphlets warn of these feelings.

MEDIA MEANDERINGS: Thomas Wilson returned from Florida where he purchased a home and soon will move there.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Professional fishermen and their assigned marshals stand for the National Anthem before setting out on the Mississippi River during day two of the Bassmaster Elite Series' Genuity River Rumble Friday at the docks located near Riverview Park in Fort Madison.

The pocketknife is four inches long with one broken blade and a wooden handle. It looks inauspicious, like something found in an old dresser drawer or tossed in with a box of junk at an auction.

Last week we brought you the story of an Oquawka, Illinois man, who flies a KKK flag in his backyard.

How would you feel if you saw a flag flying high everyday that simply said KKK. The people of Oquawka see one everyday.

The city has hired a firm to analyze the potential costs and eventual savings of using wind to power its new water treatment plant at Oquawka.

After many roadblocks along the way, the debris removal and demolition projects in Henderson County are finally running smoothly.

A Bolingbrook man has been arrested on a hate crime charge for reportedly beating up a 15-year-old boy.

The year 2008 turned out to be one of wettest weather years on record around here.

GLADSTONE GLEANINGS: W. T. Galbraith purchased a fine farm near Bowen, Ill; he and Mrs.