Schedule That Doctor Visit if You Are Experiencing Long-Lasting Flu Symptoms

With winter weather comes the increased risk of coming down with a viral or bacterial illness. With the CDC citing an increase in the number of patients needing emergency visits to the hospital for pneumonia, Warren County Health Department Administrator Jenna Link urges people experiencing long-lasting flu-like symptoms to check in with their doctor, as […]

Iowa Corn Sponsors First NASCAR Cup Race in the State

The Iowa Corn Growers Association is proud to be a partner for the first-ever NASCAR Cup Series race in the state. The “Iowa Corn 350, Powered by Ethanol” will showcase ethanol’s performance at the fastest short track on the planet, which is surrounded by corn fields. “I’m pleased to share why choosing higher ethanol blends […]

Margaret Suzanne Bern

Lead around by a big smile and an even bigger heart, out of all the people she met, she never met a stranger. Margaret Suzanne Bern, 85, of Galesburg, passed away at her home on December 3, 2023. She was born in Galesburg in 1938 to Wayne Cronable and Ethell Carol, who gave her a […]

Janet Kathleen (Wharton) Cummings

Mrs. Janet Kathleen (Wharton) Cummings, 82, of Galesburg, passed away Friday December 1, 2023, at Richard Owen’s Hospice Home in Peoria, while surrounded by her loving family. Janet was born on June 10, 1941, in Decatur, the daughter of Leland Stanford and Mary Catherine (White) Wharton. Janet married the love of her life, Jan Garfield […]

EPA Announces Plan For Final E15 Rule

After over a year and a half, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced it plans to issue a final, E15 rule by March 28th, 2024. In April of 2022, eight Midwest Governors including Illinois’ JB Pritzker sent a joint letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan asking for a permanent Reid Vapor Pressure waiver, allowing year-round […]

Frances E. Schweitzer-Erickson

Frances E. Schweitzer-Erickson, age 76, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at 2:07 PM on Sunday, December 3, 2023 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Illinois. She was born April 3, 1947 in Monmouth, Illinois, the daughter of Robert L. and Eleanor (Jung) Schweitzer. She raised and educated in the Monmouth area, graduating from […]