No WAIK-ing up anymore

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Prairie Radio Communications on Monday took one of the last radio stations they own but had not sold to another company — Galesburg’s WAIK-AM — off the air.  WAIK — considered a longtime competitor to WGIL —

Myers, Betty A.

Betty Annette Myers, 88, of Roseville, IL passed away Monday, January 14, 2019, at her home.

Ogundipe, Emmanuel A.

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Mr. Emmanuel A. “Manny” Ogundipe, 76, of Galesburg, Illinois passed away Sunday January 13, 2019 at his home.

Johnson, Jim L.

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Jim L. Johnson, 72, of Avon, IL passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019 at his home.

Billingsley, Kerin D.

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Kerin D. Billingsly, 52, of Galva, died at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, January 13, 2019 in the emergency room at OSF Saint Luke Medical Center in Kewanee.

Smith, LaVern “Lee”

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Mr. LaVern “Lee” Smith, 87, of Marshalltown, Iowa, formerly of Galesburg, Illinois, died at 5:25 p.m. Sunday, January 13, 2019, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, Iowa.