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Special meeting update
May 18, 2012 by - Mike Kroll
Light at the end of the tunnel for state and local pensions?
May 18, 2012 by - CBPP
Special meeting request filed with city clerk
May 18, 2012 by - Mike Kroll
Remember Stuxnet?
May 18, 2012 by - ProPublica
Monmouth College seeking accreditation for Business programs
May 18, 2012 by - Barry McNamara

Latest Sports

Galesburg wins a triangular track meet held in Knoxville.
April 20, 2012 by - Del Mecum
The Prairie Fire defeat the Eureka College Red Devils 9–0.
April 20, 2012 by - Del Mecum
Knoxville Blue Bullets lose to the Sherrard Tigers 6–5
April 6, 2012 by - Del Mecum
Streaks beat U-High 8–2
April 2, 2012 by - Del Mecum
CSC splits doubleheader with Elgin
April 2, 2012 by - Del Mecum

Latest Opinion

The commencement address that won’t be given
May 19, 2012 by - Robert Reich
How odd that Mitt’s smitten with Clinton
May 18, 2012 by - Robert Reich
Citizen civics: the movie
May 17, 2012 by - Mike Kroll
Speaker Boehner’s recent remarks concerning the debt limit
May 17, 2012 by - CBPP
Bucking banking anger at local level
May 17, 2012 by - Bill Knight

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Nature Notes

Prothonotary Warbler
May13

Counting birds in Knox County

on May 13th, 2012 at 9:00 am

By Lynn McKeown

Spring is for the birds!

Or, at least, spring is a time antic­i­pated by many of us when we like to get outdoors and look for the great variety of birds to be found in this season.

The annual Knox County Spring …

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Allen Green for Galesburgplanet
May06

Allen Green, photographer and conservationist

on May 6th, 2012 at 8:00 am

By Lynn McKeown

There were probably many in Galesburg around the turn of the century one hundred years ago who thought that Allen Green was a rather odd sort. They may have noted he was obvi­ously intel­ligent but “would never amount to much” because …

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Bufflehead duck
Apr29

Spring on the Mississippi

on April 29th, 2012 at 7:00 am

Original Article printed in The Zephyr

By Lynn McKeown

I like to take a drive along the Missis­sippi River in Henderson County, Illinois each year in early spring. The best time is when the ice is just starting to break up and there will still be many wintering bald eagles …

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Apr01

Birds that nest in the city

on April 1st, 2012 at 9:00 am

By Lynn McKeown

We’ve been having an early and enjoyable spring so far this year. As I write this article, flow­ering trees and shrubs and some types of flowers have been putting on a show. The magnolias have been blos­soming and some are already shedding …

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Mar24

Spring in the marsh

on March 24th, 2012 at 8:00 am

Original Article printed in The Zephyr

By Lynn McKeown

There they were again – the raucous trou­ble­makers, taking over the neigh­borhood, or at least our backyard. Loud and demanding in their black coats like a rowdy motorcycle gang.

Grackles, back from their winter home down south. For those not familiar with …

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