Jane Carlson
Regional ReporterJane Carlson is TSPR's regional reporter.
She grew up on a farm at the edge of the woods along the banks of Pope Creek near Rio, Illinois, and has a degree in English from Monmouth College. Her family always played NPR for the sows in the farrowing house.
Her work has won awards from the Illinois Press Association, Illinois News Broadcasters Association, Best of Gannett, Public Media Journalists Association, and Radio Television Digital News Association.
She also serves as faculty advisor for Knox College's award-winning student newspaper, The Knox Student.
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The Burlington Terrace housing development has received federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits from the Illinois Housing Development Authority, moving the project closer to construction. -
Supported by a $25,000 grant from the G.L. Vitale Foundation, the art center is moving forward with The Kitchen Collective, a shared community kitchen open to local chefs, caterers, and culinary entrepreneurs — and a space for local workshops, chef pop-ups, and collaboration. -
In eight weeks, Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre was able to raise $100,000 to unlock a state grant to bring 120 LED stage lights, moving fixtures, and a full-color rig to its century-old stage. -
The Monmouth city council approved an employment agreement Monday with Lou Leone to serve as the city's next administrator. -
A federal grand jury has indicted two southeast Iowa men on charges alleging they operated a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of millions of dollars. -
In new court documents, prosecutors say a former administrator of the Knox County jail diverted more than $200,000 in cash and currency deposited in kiosks for inmate commissary accounts that should have been transferred to a bank account maintained by the jail. -
On what would have been Willow Banks' 13th birthday, the Galesburg Police Department and Knox County State’s Attorney’s Office dedicated a memorial bench in her honor at Kiwanis Park. -
Shirley M. Kruger, 61, is charged with a felony hate crime after police say she repeatedly directed racial slurs and obscenities at a Black neighbor and his family.
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While the raises are mandated by the state, some board members voted against them. -
Juan Pablo “Chewy” Garcia, 30, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison followed by 10 years of supervised release. Edgar “Lil Man” Calderon, 34, was sentenced to 27.5 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release.
