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Kewanee

American  
[ki-won-ee] / kɪˈwɒn i /

noun

  1. a city in NW Illinois.


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Theodore said the department is “assessing where youth from Kewanee will be relocated based on their risks and treatment needs.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 12, 2016

Department spokesman Michael Theodore said the Kewanee site, which opened in 2001, would be shuttered July 1.

From Washington Times • Feb. 12, 2016

But the union that represents 189 of 203 Kewanee staff members said Jones and other administrators “blind-sided” staff with the announcement during the facility’s 6 a.m. roll call.

From Washington Times • Feb. 12, 2016

As a 17-year-old high school sophomore in his hometown of Kewanee, Illinois, Ellis tried to enliven a cold, dull winter by proposing a contest to see which student could keep a diary the longest.

From Time Magazine Archive

Half way between Kewanee and Galva a white light came suddenly into view far ahead.

From Careers of Danger and Daring by Moffett, Cleveland

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