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Aledo prepares for Rhubarb Festival
The City of Aledo is preparing for its most popular annual tradition, the Rhubarb Festival, which will take place in downtown Aledo Friday and Saturday, June 7 and 8, according to a news release. Known as the Rhubarb Capital of Illinois, Aledo is preparing to welcome thousands of visitors from...
QCA cities get funding for safe school routes
Some cities in the QCA will get money to protect kids on their way to learn through the Illinois Safe Routes to School Program. Illinois Secretary of Transportation Omer Osman announced the schools that will be getting grant money. The program is providing $9.8 million across the state. Moline will get $250,000 to build traffic lights at its seven schools, Aledo got $250,000 for a new sidewalk to complete a route across the city and Galesburg will get just under $250,000 to install new sidewalks on Fifer St. where there aren’t any.
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