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United Schools Welcomes Téa Snook to Ag Program
Following the retirement of Scott Riden at the end of the 2025-26 school year, United Junior Senior High welcomed first-year teacher Téa Snook into the agriculture department. A graduate of Western Illinois University, Snook joins United Junior Senior High from Cambridge, where she completed her student teaching. “Some of...
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Sandburg’s Kaden Pickard Named 2026 Student Laureate by The Lincoln Academy of Illinois
A few years ago, Kaden Pickard had a grade point average that started with a 1 and was convinced college wasn’t a fit for him. This weekend, he’ll receive arguably the most prestigious award given to an Illinois community college student. Pickard, who’ll graduate from Sandburg at the...
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Galesburg hires new superintendent of schools
GALESBURG, Ill. (KWQC) - Galesburg Community Unit School District #205 Board of Education has hired a new superintendent of schools. Dr. Sheila Coussens-Martin will step into the role on July 1, 2027 after the retirement of Superintendent Dr. John Asplund on June 30, 2027. Dr. Coussens-Martin has more than 25...
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Lyle School could see major makeover under district plan
Lyle School is set to be the next recipient of building and grounds upgrades in the Kewanee School District. In recent years, there have been significant expansions and improvements to facilities throughout the district, especially at Kewanee High School. Lyle School is now the next in line. At Monday’s meeting,...
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A-Town Tornado Football Prepares for Opening Round Playoff Match Up Against Morrison
The Abingdon-Avon Tornado football squad ended the regular season with a record of (7-2), tying Havana for the LincolnLand South Division championship. A-Town started the season (4-1), including an impressive win over Farmington. A-Town went (3-1) down the stretch with a solid win over (6-3) South Fulton in the regular season finale. The only losses for the Tornadoes came to fellow co-champ Havana and an 8-point loss to (8-1) Annawan-Wethersfield.
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Overtime loss ends KHS soccer season
The IHSA Class 1A soccer regionals semifinals were hosted by Kewanee High School on Monday at the Kewanee High School Stadium. In the first match, the second seeded Illini Bluffs Tigers defeated the Monmouth-Roseville Titans 1-0. The Titans had advanced to the regional semifinal by defeating the Macomb Bombers 5-4 in a match played in Monmouth on Saturday.
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ROE #33 Contining Head Start Enrollment in Abingdon, Galesburg, and Monmouth
The Regional Office of Education #33 is still enrolling children into their Head Start Programs, informs Regional Superintendent Kathryn Jennings:. “Please reach out to our office if you have a child anywhere between the ages of three and five. I think we have 86 spots still open in Abingdon, Galesburg, and Monmouth. If you live in any of our counties of Warren, Henderson, or Knox Counties, you can have one of those spots.”
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Central DeWitt voters to decide on $33.7 million school bond
DEWITT, Iowa (KWQC) - Voters in the Central DeWitt School District are weeks away from deciding on a bond referendum to renovate aging school buildings and consolidate all grade levels onto a single campus. The total project will cost $54 million, but district leaders said they will rely on other...
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Geneseo senior named Coca-Cola Scholars semifinalist
GENESEO — Geneseo High School senior Esref Onder of Colona has been named a semifinalist in the 2027 Coca-Cola Scholars Program, advancing to the next round of competition for a $20,000 college scholarship. Onder was among 1,227 high school seniors selected nationwide from a pool of more than 113,000...
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‘Just the beginning for me’: 18 incarcerated women make history as first to graduate from Northwestern prison program
KEWANEE, Ill. — “I stand here, not as an incarcerated woman, but as a Northwestern graduate,” Maria Garza said while standing under a tent-covered courtyard at the Kewanee Life Skills Re-Entry Center on Friday morning. Garza spent about 12 years incarcerated in the women’s Logan Correctional Center...
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Geneseo tennis makes history with sectional title
Geneseo High School’s Lady Leafs tennis team Saturday became the first tennis team in school history to win a sectional tournament. The tournament was held at Geneseo High School. Advancing to the state tournament were the sectional doubles champion team of Vi Pettit and Jaylee Brudos, the doubles third-place...
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Newman High School Students Donate Food to St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry
Newman Central Catholic High School students recently donated food to the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry following a successful food drive. The students have consistently supported efforts to feed the hungry in the community over the past several years. Representatives of St. Vincent de Paul expressed their gratitude for the students’ continued generosity and the food delivered to the pantry.
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Jennifer Drendel Burdette Named National Rural Teacher of the Year, Reflects on Monmouth Education
Barry McNamara | Published September 30, 2026. For the past several years, Monmouth College’s educational studies department has placed a strong emphasis on rural teachers – both the nationwide need to develop them and providing the specific skills students need to get them ready for success in that niche.
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New Deanery music school director looks to build on strong foundation
Joe Chonto has already had a colorful, varied career in the arts around the world. The passionate 70-year-old Davenport native is starting his next chapter as director of musical activities for The Deanery School of Music, 1103 Main St., Davenport. The prior private school director (Gates Thomas) served as both...