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YAKIMA -- A hot dog feed Friday will benefit a volunteer Nile firefighter who is battling a rare form of cancer.
Jim Robinson, who is also a part-time trainer for emergency medical technician candidates, needs funding to test bone marrow candidates. The tests cost several thousand dollars, according to organizers of the benefit dinner.
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A 43-year-old Scales Mound woman and her two daughters were injured in a single-vehicle accident Friday afternoon in rural Jo Daviess County.
Tina D. Edmonds was traveling near the intersection of North Canyon Park Road and East Sweet Home Road when she failed to negotiate a curve, according to the Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Department. The vehicle traveled off the roadway, through a fence, down an embankment and into a small creek.
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A federal jury in Greenbelt has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. more than $4 million for an insurance claim made for flood damage sustained by an experimental vessel during an ill-fated 2001 voyage.
Friday's verdict against National Casualty Co. ended a five-week trial based on an aborted trip made by the Sea Slice prototype that spawned six years of litigation. U.S. District Court Judge Alexander Williams Jr. has not yet issued a final judgment in the case.
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next week's game Illinois Class 1A second round Freeport Aquin (9- 1) at Stockton (9-1) Date and time to be announced
STOCKTON, Ill. - On Friday night, East Dubuque football coach Terry Breitbach said he thought the 2011 Stockton team reminded him a lot of the Warriors' state quarterfinal teams of the past two seasons.
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SILVIS, ILL. - Chez Reavie shot a 9-under 62 Friday, relying on his putter to claim a two-stroke lead after two rounds of the John Deere Classic.
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Mitch Paramore struck out nine batters and Andrew Belken homered to lead East Dubuque to an 8-3 victory over River Ridge/Scales Mound in a Northwest Upstate Illini Conference baseball game on Friday in East Dubuque, Ill.
Cole Theill and Austin Duehr had two hits apiece for the Warriors (9-3). Matt Steele was 2-for-4 for River Ridge/Scales Mound.
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POINT PLEASANT - If you've ever wanted to skipper a speedboat through the choppy waters of San Francisco Bay or maneuver a towboat through heavy barge traffic on the Ohio River near Cairo, Ill., the Point Pleasant River Museum has a deal for you.
Starting Friday, the museum's new professional-grade pilothouse simulator is available for public use as part of the general- admission fee.
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GALENA, Ill. - Friday, Sept. 9, will be the first scheduled enrollment for the Well Woman Program of Northwest Illinois, sponsored by the Jo Daviess County Health Department.
The program provides cervical and breast cancer screenings for Illinois women between the ages of 35 and 64 who are either uninsured or under insured.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania departments of Health and Agriculture today announced three cases of a novel influenza A virus have been identified, and are now linked to an agricultural fair in southwestern Pennsylvania.
The first individual to become ill, announced on Friday, Sept. 2, has fully recovered from the illness. Two other individuals, confirmed ill over the weekend, are recovering. All three are children who reported attending the Washington County Agricultural Fair the week of Aug. 13-20, 2011.
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Cobden, Ill. , age 79, of Cobden, Ill., passed away Friday, May 18, 2012, in Cobden, Ill.
He was born February 8, 1933, in Lawrenceville, Ill. the son of George and Lavida (Plowman) Heath.