Abandoned junkyard reaches final days of scavenge
... out. A raffle for 1950 Chrysler Windsor & 1949 Chevrolet 3600 Truck will be drawn at 7pm Nov 20. Kenny Jennings, Avon, Illinois, works to remove the door glass from a 1969 gmc truck, during...
View ArticleScavenging at abandoned Iowa junkyard to end
... Auto Body Shop which features over a 1000 vehicles ... more In this Wednesday Nov. 16, 2016 photo, Kenny Jennings, from Avon, Ill., works to remove the door glass from a 1969 GMC truck, during a...
View ArticleThanksgiving Weekend Auto Accidents Kill 2, Injure 67 in Mississippi
... driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. On Sunday morning, a one-vehicle crash killed 60-year-old Amy Trau of Avon, Illinois. Michael Trau, 60, lost control of a Chevrolet Trailblazer,...
View ArticleMHP releases holiday enforcement numbers
... Chevrolet Trailblazer left the road after the driver lost control. The Trailblazer flipped and 60-year-old Amy Trau, of Avon, Illinois, was thrown out of the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at...
View ArticleErnest Lieurance
Ernest A. Lieurance, 84, of Dallas City, Ill., died at 10:17 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Ill. Born March 4, 1931, in Avon, Ill., he was the son of Morris and Marie...
View ArticleWilliam T. McKeown "Bill""Whip" ~ January 2, 2017
Avon: On January 2, 2017 at age 88 after a long illness. Predeceased by his devoted wife of 63 years, Martha Neff McKeown, his parents Samuel McKeown and Agnes Lynn McKeown, his brother Samuel McKeown,...
View ArticleErin K. Schmerbeck (McKeown) ~ February 1, 2017
Avon: February 1, 2017, at age 59 years, after a courageous battle with cancer. Predeceased by her parents Bill & Martha McKeown.
View ArticleEarthmoving Contractor Expands Fleet to Tackle Bigger Jobs
Wilcoxen Construction recently purchased two new pieces of equipment from Gregg Kromphardt at Birkey's - a Case CX210D excavator and a Case 1150M crawler dozer. Wilcoxen Construction is an earthmoving...
View ArticleMary Allen
... Ill., she was the daughter of Ora D. and Alma Marie Jackson Manuel. She married G. Philip Allen Oct. 12, 1947, in Avon, Ill. He preceded her in death March 12, 2007. Mary Elizabeth Allen, 93, of...
View ArticleIlene Johnson
... food for the hungry family. Later her church family found her housing and a job so that she could finish high school in Avon. She then moved to Chicago, where she worked as a bookkeeper and...
View ArticleStella Whitacre
Stella Mae Whitacre, 88, of Oquawka, Ill., died at 3:55 a.m. Saturday, April 22, 2017, at the Henderson County Retirement Center in Stronghurst, Ill. Born April 17, 1929, in Avon, Ill., she was the...
View ArticleWilliam T. McKeown "Bill""Whip"
Avon: On January 2, 2017 at age 88 after a long illness. Predeceased by his devoted wife of 63 years, Martha Neff McKeown, his daughter Erin Schmerbeck, parents Samuel McKeown and Agnes Lynn McKeown,...
View ArticleAiming Younger
Millennials may not be 7-Eleven's core coffee customers today, but the convenience store chain knows that consumers begin solidifying their coffee-drinking habits as early as age 20. That's why the...
View ArticleEileen M. Miller
... and more. Text alerts are a free service from SaukValley.com, but text rates may apply. She was born Dec. 22, 1923, in Avon, to Earl J. and Lavina (Cooper) Utsinger. She married O. Laymond Miller...
View ArticleKathryn E. Peck
... - Prophets Riverview in Prophetstown. She had worked for Penberthy in Prophetstown. She was born Oct. 11, 1942, in Avon, to Gerald and Mildred E. (Zuck) Voorhees. She married Terry E. Peck in...
View ArticleDoris Foster
... Anne, the daughter of Frank and Mary Statler. Doris married Virgil Foster on Jan. 17, 1948, in St. Anne. Doris was an AVON independent sales consultant, retiring after 55 years. She enjoyed bowling...
View ArticleSecond coldest April on record in Illinois
... beaten only by 43.1 degrees set in April 1907. The lowest temperature reported in Illinois for April was -1 at both Avon and Lincoln on April 2. At the other extreme, temperatures reached into the...
View ArticleNicole E. Vick Honored as a VIP Member for 2018 by the Professional...
Nicole E. Vick of Avon, Illinois has been honored as a VIP Member for 2018 by P.O.W.E.R. for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of education. VIP Members exemplify tenacity.
View Article41 animals found dead in Illinois pet store
A pet store owner who abandoned her animals, leaving dozens to die in inside a store with no electricity, food or water, faces felony animal cruelty charges. Police arrested Jessica Spangler, 38, of...
View Article41 Animals Found Dead In Illinois Pet Store; Owner Faces Felony Cruelty Charges
A pet store owner accused of leaving dozens of her animals to die inside a store with no electricity faces felony animal cruelty charges , according to WQAD. Police arrested 38-year-old Jessica...
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