{"id":171225,"date":"2025-09-26T21:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/171225\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T21:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:15:11","slug":"galesburgs-kastle-kreme-a-50-year-community-icon-wgil-93-7-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/171225\/","title":{"rendered":"Galesburg&#8217;s Kastle Kreme \u2013 A 50-Year Community Icon | WGIL 93.7 FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on Galesburg&#8217;s Morning News as we celebrate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kastlekreme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kastle Kreme&#8217;s<\/a> 50th anniversary season, wrapping up on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. Since John Sampson built the iconic 1595 W. Main Street structure in 1975 and Jerry Knowles made it a local hotspot in 1977, the beloved ice cream shop has been a multi-generational favorite. Owner Daren Davis, who took over with his family in 2015, shares the shop\u2019s rich history, from its early days to its current status as a nostalgic community hub. Discover the secrets behind its longevity\u2014quality at a value price and a simple, no-frills charm\u2014plus insights into its seasonal operations, top sellers like the Brodie tenderloin, Dole Whip and vanilla cones, and plans for 2026.&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-686639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kastle-kreme-daren-davis.jpg\" alt=\"Daren Davis, Kastle Kreme.\" width=\"1056\" height=\"706\"\/>Daren Davis, Kastle Kreme. (WGIL)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Join us on Galesburg&#8217;s Morning News as we celebrate Kastle Kreme&#8217;s 50th anniversary season, wrapping up on Tuesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-171225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}