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Illinois governor won't seek 2nd term

KANKAKEE, Ill. -- Gov. George Ryan's decision not to run for re-election has set off a scramble among potential candidates who are...

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News
Rasinski leads Pillager

...Harren). Lake Region Christian 46, Kankakee, Iowa 43 ANKENY, Iowa -- Lindsey and...16-point halftime deficit to defeat Kankakee, Iowa, 46-43 in the first round of...Thursday. Lake Region 5 5 25 11 -- 46 Kankakee 12 14 12 5 -- 43 LAKE REGION CHRISTIAN...

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Sports
Smith-Jordan

...2004, at the couple's home in Brainerd with Ruth Adams officiating. Photos Parents are Francis and George Norfleet, Kankakee, Ill. The bride's attendants were Missy Kimmen, Joi Ehmke and Pamela Jordan. Flower girl was Madison Swartz. Personal...

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People
Missoula: A nice place to live -- but lacks living wage

...minimum wage is $5.15. More than 40 other U.S. cities and counties have ''living wage'' laws, including Minneapolis, Kankakee County, Ill., and Portland, Ore. Missoula, population 52,000, is a liberal college town in one of the poorest states...

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Business
BIRTHS

...Cline, Nisswa, a boy, Lucas Brian, 8 pounds, 9 ounces, Sept. 23, 2009. Grandparents are William and Barbara Leonard, Kankakee, Ill., and Michael and Nancy Cline, Metamora, Ill. Scott Holmquist and Kimberly Runston, Brainerd, a boy, Micheal...

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FYI
It's dangerous out there

...past flares and emergency lights at the scene of an accident and crushed him against the back of a fire truck. Days later a Kankakee County sheriff's deputy was struck and critically injured while helping a tow truck driver on the side of a road. And...

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Cars
Eric Mietzner

KANKAKEE, Ill. -- Eric Mietzner, Kankakee, Ill., died suddenly on Sunday, Sept. 12, 1999, in Kankakee. He was a past employee of Madden's and Ruttger's. Survivors include his mother, Norma Mietzner, Merrifield, and a brother...

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Obituaries
Janet A. Fisher

...25, 2000, of cancer at Provena St. Mary's Hospital of Kankakee, Ill. She was born Sept. 4, 1926, in Cold Spring to Lawrence...organizations. Survivors include five sons, Dr. Marc Fisher, Kankakee, Alan Fisher, St. Charles, Ill., and Jeffrey Fisher...

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Obituaries
Matthew R. Gilbert

...Matthew Robert Gilbert, age 25, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, at his home in Brainerd. He was born Aug. 3, 1978, in Kankakee, Ill. Matt was an avid fisherman. He loved fishing with his father and friends. Matt worked at The Salvation Army Store...

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Obituaries
Dora Marshik

...formerly of Buckman, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001, at St. Mary's Villa in Pierz. She was born Oct. 12, 1904, in Kankakee, Ill., to Moise and Josephine (Laurent) Boisvert. She married Herman Marshik on Oct. 20, 1925, in Little Falls. They...

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