Experience Your Next Adventure with Golden Tours Midwest

Traveling is a great way to break up everyday life and explore the cultures of the world, meet new people, and learn about the different ways of life. Golden Tours Midwest offers daytrips and multi daytrip experiences across the United States and internationally. Owner and Tour Host Tracy Ann Drill shares how she selects the […]

Keep Your Pets Cool in the Summer Heat

With the summer heat and humidity making its way into the local forecast, Knox County Humane Society Director Erin Buckmaster reminds pet owners of caring for their animals in this heat: “It is dangerous for those pets that are left out. We have to make sure that when you put them out just for potty […]

Nancy M. Burns

Nancy M. Burns, 82, of Galesburg, died at 3:24 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in the Knox County Nursing Home. She was born September 12, 1941, the daughter of Clarence and Evelyn (Guiter) Anderson, at home in Cedar Township. She married Richard L. “Dick” Rammage on April 21, 1961, in Abingdon. He preceded her in […]

Donna R.J. (Talley) Sheese

Donna R.J. (Talley) Sheese, 88, of Monmouth, IL, passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at the Monmouth Nursing Home, Monmouth, IL. Donna was born May 2, 1936 in Monmouth, IL, the daughter of Harry Sr.  and Clara Marie (Travis) Talley. She was raised by her aunt and uncle, Lionel and Mabel Cooper in Monmouth. […]

Linda Kay McClay

Linda Kay McClay, 74, of Galesburg, Illinois, died at 12:15 a.m. Thursday, June 13, 2024, at Knox County Nursing Home, Knoxville, Illinois. Linda was born in Galesburg on September 21, 1949, the daughter of Mary K. (Brown) and William R. McGee. She graduated from Galesburg High School in 1967 and Galesburg Cottage Hospital School of […]

James R. Briggs, Sr.

James R. Briggs, Sr., 83, of Monmouth, IL, passed away at 5:08 p.m., Friday, June 14, 2024 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL.  He was born on May 9, 1941 in Monmouth, IL, the son of Bill, Sr. and Betty (Benson) Briggs.  Jim was raised and educated in Monmouth and graduated from Monmouth […]

New Monmouth-Roseville Varsity Volleyball Coach Lissa Schreck Familiar with Titan Program

There’s a new head coach for the Monmouth-Roseville Titan volleyball varsity squad. Lissa Schreck is going to be taking over the Titan volleyball program. Schreck is no stranger to high school volleyball head coaching, and the Monmouth-Roseville program. Following a 4-year stint with the Titan program starting in 2006, she took over the Macomb Bomber […]

Warren-Henderson Farm Bureau Scholarship Recipient Reece Bertelsen

The Warren-Henderson Farm Bureau® Foundation is proud to announce this year’s scholarship recipients. Due to the generosity of the Twomey Family Foundation, memorials in honor of loved ones, support from our members and area businesses, and fundraising efforts, the Foundation can assist nineteen applicants this year in furthering their education in agriculture. Each of this […]