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To suggest that TSPR Music Director emeritus Jeff Holtz was the voice of public radio in this neck of the woods wouldn’t be much of a stretch: at various…
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In the Midwest eating local can seem easy during the summer when farmer’s markets are full of produce. In the winter though, eating locally can be a bit…
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Croton and Mooar/Powdertown are a couple of Lee County’s small unincorporated communities. Mooar/Powdertown is located just north of Keokuk, along Highway…
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Despite the failure of the proposed consolidation of Abingdon, Avon and the Bushnell-Prairie City school districts, consolidation in some form is still on…
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Lee County has been called the “Poster Child” for unemployment in Iowa.Help could be on the way with the possible development of a fertilizer plant, but…
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The kitchen table can be considered the meeting place of the family. A group in Galesburg want to expand on that idea and make the kitchen table the…
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Winds farms are dotting the landscape across Illinois, and now wind energy is working its way into school curriculum. A new Illinois Wind Energy Program…
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Hedding Elementary School in Abingdon collected more pennies than any of the other seven Knox County schools that took part. The drive benefited the Carl…
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Holiday decorations are on display just about anywhere you go this time of year. Most of the ornaments are mass produced. But if you look around enough,…
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People find different ways to relieve stress.Some take a trip to a spa for a bit of rest and relaxation. Others curl up on the couch with a good book.A…
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September 21 is the International Day of Peace, which is also referred to as Peace Day. It's considered a shared date for acts of peace.For example, the…
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A box of long-forgotten letters from a west-central Illinois farm house appeared to have value simply for the old stamps on the envelopes.But as a…