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Community Close-Up 2013
6:25 am
Fri April 12, 2013

Community Close Up: LaSalle-Peru's River Rescue Squad

Credit Mike Moen
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The LaSalle-Peru area is known for tourist attractions, namely Starved Rock State Park. It’s also home to a river rescue team that claims to be one of the oldest in the country. This volunteer group has served the community for more than 60 years.

  • WNIJ's Mike Moen reports on a river rescue team

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Community Close-Up 2013
6:23 am
Tue March 26, 2013

Freeport Leader Promotes Ambitious Learning Model

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Credit Jenna Dooley
This is a "Choice Board" that each student receives and completes at their pace during the school week
Credit Jenna Dooley
Credit Jenna Dooley
Credit Jenna Dooley
Freeport students play the "dice game" to complete a math activity on their choice board
Credit Jenna Dooley
Freeport teacher Michele Downing shows students a math activity
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We continue our “Community Close-Up” series with a proposed change to the educational structure in Freeport. 

At Center Elementary School, some third grade students each have what are called “choice boards.” They get to choose when they will do each activity during the week, and then highlight each box when they complete a task.

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Community Close-Up
6:30 am
Fri March 22, 2013

After Big Losses, Mendota Working To Move Forward

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A new water tower is one of the infrastructure improvements the city of Mendota is making to attract new businesses.
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As you head off Interstate 39 and drive west toward Mendota, the sign inviting you to the city’s annual summer sweet corn festival reminds you that you’re in farm country. The big Del Monte processing plant further in confirms that. But manufacturing has long been a big part of Mendota’s economy, too. So R.R. Donnelley was hailed back in 1992 when it bought a closed local printing plant, adding high-skilled, high-wage jobs to the community.

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