Author: Mike Janssen
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An engineer turned six years of newscasts into engaging art projects.Station leaders share their pitches for members of Congress
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We take on a reader’s question: What’s getting in the way of more collaboration in the system?Our most-clicked posts of 2015
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Kankakee Community College announced plans to sell the station in June.
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