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VerVynck pleads 'not guilty' to setting Second Street fire SUSAN DEVILDER The Star Courier Prosecutors alleged Monday that Mark W. VerVynck had taken out an insurance policy on his newly purchased downtown building just 10 days before he intentionally set fire to it last May. VerVynck and his attorney appeared at a preliminary hearing of the case at the Cambridge Courthouse Monday to defend him against arson charges related to the fire at his building, located at 224 W. Second Street. VerVynck, 40, pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated arson and one count of arson. Judge James Cosby...

Mayor Moore recognizes life-saving firefighters Four Kewanee firefighters were saluted Monday for saving the life of an ambulance patient. During Monday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Gary Moore praised firefighters Andrew Welgat, Tim Doubek, Phil Esquer and Joe Rediger for their work to revive the patient. The patient, a Courtyard Estates resident, was being transported on the ambulance when the incident occurred, the mayor said. The four firefighters were able to revive him and get him to the hospital. Moore said the firefighters would probably say they were just doing their jobs, but he f...