The Kewanee Voice

09/26/2025

Get out, enjoy the beautiful weather and stop by the Kewanee Farmer's Market Saturday!

09/26/2025

First phase of Woodland Palace renovation to begin

Kewanee Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Mark Mikenas said Monday that the group has received many donations from individuals and the proceeds of a book written by Larry Kuster on Fred Francis who he calls “A Prairie State Genius.”

MORE: https://kewaneevoice.com/first-phase-of-woodland-palace-renovation-to-begin/

09/26/2025

Frobish named to PNB board, brings agricultural expertise

Read more about the appointment at the link:

MORE: https://kewaneevoice.com/frobish-named-to-pnb-board-brings-agricultural-expertise/

09/26/2025

A lost generation?

Read Carol Gerrond's latest column at the link:

MORE: https://kewaneevoice.com/a-lost-generation/

09/26/2025

Shadowlands takes the stage at Cà d’Zan House Concerts Sept. 29

Get the details of the concert at the link.

MORE: https://kewaneevoice.com/shadowlands-takes-the-stage-at-ca-dzan-house-concerts-sept-29/

09/26/2025

Out & About this weekend, Sept. 26-28

Get a rundown of all of the area activities happening this weekend and even into next week at the link.

MORE: https://kewaneevoice.com/out-about-this-weekend-sept-26-28/

09/26/2025

Kewanee police blotter for Sept. 25

MORE: https://kewaneevoice.com/kewanee-police-blotter-for-sept-25-3/

09/25/2025

Take yourself down the road this weekend and check out the Geneseo Farmer's Market.

09/25/2025

The Kewanee Park District v. city of Kewanee: One more time for those in the back!

"This issue has come up in the past. Invariably when the park district takes on a large and pricey project, as they are doing now with the reimagining of the clubhouse, several people will comment on social media under the post about how we need to focus those millions of dollars on roads and not on frivolous things like an awesome new place for the community and golfers to gather."

EDITORIAL: https://kewaneevoice.com/kewanee-park-district-v-city-of-kewanee-one-more-time-for-those-in-the-back/

09/25/2025

KHS golfers place 10 in TRAC tourney

The Boilers’ team score of 384 strokes put them ahead of Sherrard and Monmouth-Roseville.

MORE: https://kewaneevoice.com/khs-golfers-place-10-in-trac-tourney/

09/25/2025

East End Table and Tap welcomed to Galva

Find out more about the newly redesigned restaurant at the link.

MORE: https://kewaneevoice.com/east-end-table-and-tap-welcomed-to-galva/

09/25/2025

Read Dean Karau's latest column at the link.

"But soon after, Charles and Lillian divorced, and Charles remarried almost immediately. Belle’s parents had moved to Kewanee in 1901, where Amaziah worked at Western Tube Co. After the divorce, she and Carter eventually moved to Kewanee and the two lived with her parents."

In 1879, Lillian Belle Bolton was the first of four children born to Amaziah and Effie Bolton in Cuba in Fulton County, Illinois. Amaziah, originally from Pennsylvania, worked first as a clerk and then as a grocer in Cuba. Young Belle and her siblings went to local schools there as they grew up in t...