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Here's where you can get your Hog Days 2021 tickets Susan DeVilder The Star Courier The Kewanee Hog Days Committee is announcing that pre-sale festival tickets are now available at several locations in Kewanee. The announcement is being made because the committee is being inundated with phone inquiries.  “People are wanting tickets, and they are going out on time,” said Larry Flannery, Hog Days committee co-chair. “But people are anxious and want to make sure they get them.”  The sheets of 12 tickets will cost $10 and be on sale at Union Federal Saving and Loan, both branches of CS...

Susan DeVilder Splash Pad makes list of Park District projects  KEWANEE — When the state opens a second round of grant money for community infrastructure, the Kewanee Park District wants to be ready.  At the last park board meeting, Executive Director Andrew Dwyer provided the board with a list of potential projects that could be included among the applications made to the Rebuild Illinois — funding that is to be used to accelerate shovel-ready projects in underserved communities across the state. The capital program has already allotted millions of dollars from the Fast-Track Public In...

New boutique is labor of love for Kewanee business owner Susan DeVilder The Star Courier A former Chicago resident chased her dream all the way to Kewanee, recently opening a women’s clothing shop, Blissful Branch Boutique, inside Heartfelt Gifts.  Tiffany Rowden’s path that led her from the big city to Kewanee was anything but a straight line, but the end result fulfilled a lifelong dream of becoming a business owner.  Rowden grew up on the south side of Chicago. At 23, she and her family moved to Florida. For 13 years, Rowden lived and worked there, beginning her retail career with  ...

Local animal groups vie for control of city pound Susan DeVilder The Star Courier KEWANEE — Which organization will receive the contract to operate the city pound could be decided at the next Kewanee City Council meeting scheduled for May 24.  Both Friends of the Animals and the Henry County Humane Society/Kewanee have submitted bids for a three-year contract, with the option for two additional one-year extensions. The request for bids was announced by Kewanee Police Chief Nicholas Welgat in April with a deadline for responses due May 5.  The decision was expected to be decided at the c...