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Kankakee

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Kankakee (kăngkəkē`), city (1990 pop. 27,575), seat of Kankakee co., E Ill., on the Kankakee River; inc. 1855. It is a trade, processing, and shipping center for a rich agricultural region producing corn, soybeans, and dairy cattle. Kankakee's varied manufactures include wire, vinyl tiles, consumer goods, chemicals, pet foods, polymers, and industrial metals. Limestone quarries are nearby. Olivet Nazarene College is in the city.


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Even though it doesn't get a ton of money, the Edison Primary School in far south suburban Kankakee has witnessed a sharp increase in test scores.
DWES will also partner with the Illinois Department of Human Service's "Team Illinois" initiative to bring significant technology improvement into areas of Illinois with high poverty, including Pembroke Township in Kankakee County.
Enrique Ontiveros, a fifth-grader at Kankakee Valley Intermediate School, stopped by on his way home from school to see how his neighbor was doing.
 
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