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Marquette Heights Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Marquette Heights, IL.

Results 1 - 20 of 20 in Marquette Heights, IL

  1. Pink light bulbs sold for breast cancer fund

    Friday | Journal Star

    ... with porches across the county bathed in a soft, pink light. One of the program's biggest supporters is Marquette Heights resident Jan McKenzie, who began purchasing the light bulbs for family and friends. "I think it's an awesome project," McKenzie ...

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  2. Preparing for a scaringRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 2 | Journal Star

    ... Hundred also open tonight, while Mapleton's Hollis Park Spook House will open on Oct. 17 and Spook Hill in Marquette Heights opens Oct. 19. Jewels Phraner can be reached at 686-3196 or jphraner@pjstar.com.

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  3. Fire Severely Damages Creve Coeur Home

    Thursday Sep 11 | WEEK-TV

    ... for firefighters to gain access. The Creve Coeur volunteer fire department was assisted by North Pekin and Marquette Heights fire crews. Gill says the house is a total loss. The cause of the blaze is currently under investigation by the state fire ...

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  4. Three teens arrested in unlocked car thefts

    Aug 13, 2008 | Journal Star

    ... 19, address unknown, were arrested in connection with car burglaries in Pekin, South Pekin, North Pekin, Marquette Heights, Green Valley, Groveland, Bartonville and Peoria. "They would go out pretty regularly," during the course of about five ...

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  5. Market sharing

    Aug 1, 2008 | Journal Star

    ... lathe. "I'm going to make a little bowl out of it," said Shiverdecker, who runs M.H. Woodturning, Etc. in Marquette Heights and specializes in hand-crafted, aesthetically pleasing objects, including cups and abstract shapes. "This one has got a limb ...

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  6. Elizabeth Eileen Cox PryorRead the original story

    Jul 31, 2008 | The Pantagraph

    ... Tonya L. (Bob Marion) Reiling, East Peoria; and Jodi D. (Tim) Gordon, Pekin; one son, Steven D. Pryor, Marquette Heights; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two brothers, Lyle D. (Irene) Cox, McMinneville, Tenn.; and Lloyd A. (Debbie) Cox, ...

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  7. No pain and more gain

    Jul 31, 2008 | Journal Star

    ... have blood drawn for testing. And that equals out to a lot of sticks from needles for the 12-year-old from Marquette Heights. "It is horrid," the cheerful Jacob said of having an IV needle inserted into his vein. "The first time it hurts, but the ...

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    Related Topix: Peoria, IL, Peoria Metro, Medicine, Health, Pain, Women's Health

  8. Forum: Foo-foo vs. foodRead the original story

    Jul 29, 2008 | Journal Star

    ... food bank who could do so much with the $500 spent on one plate at Schock's foo-foo fundraiser. Ann Ramer Marquette Heights

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  9. Grants awarded to fire departments statewide

    Jul 8, 2008 | Journal Star

    ... Protection District: $26,000 - Cuba FPD: $26,000 - Fulton FPD: $9,900 - Galva Fire Department: $26,000 - Marquette Heights Fire Department: $22,600 - Peoria Fire Department: $25,875 - Streator Fire Department: $4,820 - Table Grove Fire Department: ...

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  10. Fire departments to receive money for equipmentRead the original story

    Jul 8, 2008 | WHOI

    ... quipment and protective clothing. Peoria will receive about $25,000 from the state, Cuba will get $26,000, Marquette Heights will get over $22,000 and Streator will receive a little less than $5,000.

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  11. Winners heading to RothburyRead the original story

    Jun 27, 2008 | Detnews.com

    Kyle Geralds, 23, of Madison Heights and Matthew McCabe, 21, of Marquette Heights, Ill., were the winners of our ticket giveaway to next weekend's Rothbury Festival, and each received a pair of tickets to the ...

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  12. Peoria, ILRead the original story

    Jul 2, 2008 | Journal Star

    ... 674-6168 or www.westpeoriasisters.org. Celebrations Grace Chapel Baptist Church, 106 Grant Road, Marquette Heights, will hold its 25-year anniversary celebration at 10 a.m. July 13. Music, food, fellowship, along with the celebration will be held. ...

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  13. Winners heading to Rothbury

    Jun 28, 2008 | The Detroit News

    Kyle Geralds, 23, of Madison Heights and Matthew McCabe, 21, of Marquette Heights, Ill., were the winners of our ticket giveaway to next weekend's Rothbury Festival, and each received a pair of tickets to the ...

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  14. Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing announces dean's list for the spring semester

    Jun 4, 2008 | Lincoln Daily News

    ... list students are as follows: Derek Anderson of Pekin, Caroline Barnes of Princeton, Nicholas Becker of Marquette Heights, Lisa Bernard of Canton, Mallory Black of Peoria, Sarah Blasek of Peoria, Andrew Bokus of Normal, Callie Bolatto of Peoria, ...

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  15. Washington council seat to be filled

    May 26, 2008 | Journal Star

    ... essential in his job at Caterpillar, and public service is in his blood. His father, Richard, is a former Marquette Heights alderman, police commissioner and volunteer firefighter. Also, Schneider and his wife Kathy oversee first- and second-grade ...

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  16. Winds Topple Trees, Power Lines

    May 11, 2008 | WEEK-TV

    ... tree pollen and seeds. Click on You News to see a picture of tree that fell on top and crushed a car in Marquette Heights. The winds should start to subside as we head into the overnight hours. Mother Nature also soaked the area with about an inch ...

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  17. 'he Was a Firefighter's Firefighter'

    Mar 27, 2008 | Journal Star

    ... air, holding an American flag. Trucks and engines from many cities in the area joined the line, including Marquette Heights, Galesburg and Farmington. Kachanuk said someone counted vehicles from 32 different departments as far away as Springfield. ...

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  18. Robbery Suspects in Court

    Mar 26, 2008 | WEEK-TV

    ... a revoked license. His bond was set at 225-thousand dollars. The passenger, 23-year-old Joshua Thomas of Marquette Heights was also charged with armed robbery, resisting arrest, obstruction of justice, illegal transportation of alcohol. Bond for ...

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  19. Local vets want U.S. to finish the job

    Mar 17, 2008 | Journal Star

    ... elections and to elect people that they chose, not that someone else chooses for them." John Stoor, 32, of Marquette Heights did three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan with 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, known as the "Wolfhounds." His belief ...

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  20. PEKIN: Substation failure triggers outage; power later restored

    Jan 22, 2008 | Journal Star

    ... failed at the Sheridan substation in Pekin shortly before 7 p.m. About 4,500 residents in Creve Coeur, Marquette Heights, Pekin and North Pekin were affected. Johnson said power was later restored to all customers by about 9:20 p.m. and that crews ...

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