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8 of 13 killed in Ind. tornadoes in mobile homes

NEW PEKIN, Ind. (AP) - Nearly two-thirds of the 13 people killed by tornadoes...that covered 49 miles and killed a family of five in a mobile home in New Pekin. Elsewhere in southern Indiana, a Scott County man was killed when his...

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Lakes Area Food: Pat's prized poultry

...current state, which produces farm fresh chickens that can be sold as young hens, medium hens and large hens. The Wild Acres Pekin ducks produce eggs, breasts, wings, legs, feet and fat in addition to a whole duck. The product line for the turkeys include...

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Nuns cope behind bars

PEKIN, Ill. (AP) -- They wear the same green uniforms as the drug offenders...tight schedule and are under the same watch. But two women serving time at Pekin Federal Prison Camp are uncommon inmates. Gwen Hennessey and Elizabeth McKenzie...

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Protesting nuns, Benson begin serving terms

PEKIN, Ill. -- Nine women -- including four nuns and Mary Benson of Brainerd...the women, who range in age from 19 to 88, entered the minimum-security Pekin Federal Prison Camp about 1 p.m. They were among 26 activists convicted...

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Nudist will have to 'bare' jail term

PEKIN, Ill. (AP) -- One man may not be grinning about spending the holidays...chances are he'll bare it. Robert Norton, 77, is better known as the Pekin Nudist. He has been arrested at least 20 times since 1962 for shedding his...

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Rezoning request returned to committee

...commissioners Tuesday sent a rezoning request in Lake Edward Township back to planning and zoning. John and Mary Sours, of Pekin, Ill., requested a rezoning for their property, which lies south of County Road 137 and northeast of Gladstone Lake Road...

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Lake Edward zoning request tabled

...opposition from residents in the area, was tabled Tuesday at the Crow Wing County Board meeting. John and Mary Sours, of Pekin, Ill., requested a rezoning for their property, which lies south of Crow Wing County Road 137 and northeast of Gladstone...

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Rezoning request in Lake Edward Township approved

...generated opposition from neighbors on Gladstone Lake Road. The rezone was approved for property owned by John and Mary Sours of Pekin, Ill., which lies south of County Road 137 and northeast of Gladstone Lake Road. Two agriculture parcels were rezoned...

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Jailed activist is home

...Benson, 57, and her niece, Rachel Hayward, Negaunee, Mich., were released from the Federal Correctional Institute in Pekin, Ill., Monday after serving their sentences for trespassing onto Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga., in November 2000. Her...

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Rev. David L. Campbell

PEKIN, Ill. - The Rev. David Lindsay Campbell, 51, of 309 N...Center Emergency Room in Des Moines, Iowa. He was formerly of Pekin. Photos Born March 2, 1955, in Pekin to Paul E. and Roberta Louise (Flynn) Campbell, he married...

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