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  Lindsey Jensen, English teacher at Dwight Township High School, has single-handedly put Dwight on the map. “It is my privilege to welcome all of you here today for a very special recognition honoring Mrs. Lindsey Jensen, DTHS English Teacher,” said…

Harvey Grieff of Odell and Keith Verdun, formerly of Odell now of Pontiac, invested $2,500 together on a horse that won a $180,000 purse Sept. 23. Not a bad deal. “I liked this guy from the time I looked at…

Danny “Tic” Tock, Dwight, and the Prelude to a Million organization will mark its 10th anniversary Sept. 24. Tock/Prelude to a Million kicks off a year-long celebration on that date to mark the decade since the release of its first…

Perhaps the greatest measure of a successful teacher is how much they inspire enthusiasm for the subject in their pupils. Out of a field of 234 Illinois teachers for Illinois Teacher of the Year, 10 have now been selected as…

The Emmanuel Lutheran Congregation of Dwight will celebrate 150 years in Dwight with a special service Sunday, July 9. As part of the service, Dwight native son Peter Kirby will give the sermon. “I never forget my roots,” Kirby said…

An original Abraham Lincoln portrait by Dwight artist Cat Clausen that was sold to a patron in Springfield a few years ago will now be a mural on a building — a much bigger version of course. And the man…

Dwight’s Dairy Queen has been operated by the Oates Family for a third of a century as of May 1. The business at 324 W. Mazon, was purchased by Paul Oates as of May 1, 1984, and is now run…

An explosion at the World War II Joliet arsenal, and getting shot in the stomach failed to stop Jewell Carlson, now 93, who will soon be celebrating his 70th wedding anniversary with his wife Marguerite (Peg).Carlson grew up in LaRose,…

Thanks to the efforts of the Dwight Rotary Club and the New Life Assembly of God Church in Dwight, roughly 1,500 people will no longer have to walk 11⁄2 to two miles for drinking water. The new well, a hand-powered…

Keith Lackner, of Dwight, is featured in the current issue of the national Woodturning magazine, published Jan. 26, issue number 302. In addition, photos taken for the article, including the cover photo, were done by Dwight photo studio J7 Images,…

The man who wears the star is still serving “customers” at the Dwight Texaco Ambler gas station on the corner of Old Route 66 and Route 17 (Mazon Avenue) in Dwight. And this is long after Texaco has since become…

by the Dwight HIstorical Society Note: This is part of a weekly series of articles about the Keeley Institute that will be appearing in The Paper until the July 14-17 Alcohol and Drug History Society conference in Dwight. The undergraduates,…