Guest commentator and Galesburg native Jon Sibley III spent two summers in Washington, D.C., in the selective Washington Program through the Institute for Responsible Citizenship. Sibley tells what he's taking from his hometown on his journey.

Tim Farquer will remain employed with Mercer County School District 404 pursuant to a three-year employment contract signed in 2024, according to a press release from the school board.

Not long after Peter Schwartzman was first elected Galesburg’s mayor in 2021, he set out to address a problem that was increasingly visible in the community. Five years later, now in his second term, Schwartzman says homelessness remains a “vexing problem” in Galesburg.

The Macomb Park District says a settlement agreement has been reached over a private water slide that extends into a public park.

Representatives from the U.S. EPA visited Keokuk to take a look at the cleanup of the old Elkem Carbide site , and to announce grants awarded recently for other projects in southeast Iowa.