The Galesburg Downtown Council is getting ready to renew their Special Service Area. The participating businesses pay a voluntary 1.5% tax to cover expenses of keeping the downtown area flourishing with everything from new facades to flowers, trees and banners on the light poles. Council president Jay Bullis and board member Bob Bondi joined Tom Meredith on "Galesburg's Morning News" talk about the Council and the SSA.
- Posted November 12, 2025
Retired juvenile counselor David Gullstrand—longtime Rio, Illinois, resident—unpacks his short holiday tale The Christmas Quilt, written for his granddaughters…