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East Peoria spends $5.2M on farmland with eye toward residential development
Joe Deacon
East Peoria city leaders have agreed to spend $5.2 million for more than 270 acres of undeveloped farmland near the city’s northeast side in hopes of future residential growth.
Many of the businesses located in Washington Plaza are advertised on this roadside sign along Washington Road.
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Digital billboard at Washington Plaza, new church may be coming to Washington
Steve Stein
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Molly Hughes
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'We need to get money out of our politics,' says U.S. Rep Eric Sorensen
Molly Hughes
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