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Digitized photos recall Thanksgiving Corn Bowl

The not-for-profit McLean County Museum of History recently celebrated a remarkable milestone: ...

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An active shot of a tackle being made on the football field. in the foreground is a man dressed in regular clothing, holding a stick.

Last local Corn Bowl held in 1953

Sixty-six years ago this week—Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, 1953—a disappointingly small crowd was...

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Scrappy Ironmen earned state berth in ’42

Three months after Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entry into World War II, Normal residents found th...

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Photo of the Week, 82: 'Starr' Attraction at Normal Chamber Banquet, 1969

Famed Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr was the keynote speaker at the March 26, 1969 No...

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