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City of Dixon Warns Commuters, You Will See Plenty of Road and Infrastructure Work This Year
With the weather warming up another sign of spring and summer is the road construction signs. Dixon commuters may be seeing those signs quite a bit this summer. Beginning in 2019 and ending in 2020, the city began an extensive road repair and resurfacing project. Dixon City Manager Dan Langloss said they will be picking…… read more »
Plan Developed in 2008 in Oregon Following Housing Collapse Comes to Successful End
In 2008 came the housing collapse and all across the country home prices drop and housing development projects came to an abrupt end. Oregon was one of those communities that had a housing development called Stone Gate that suddenly found itself stopped and foreclosed on by a local bank. The city did not want to…… read more »
Driver Injured in Rollover Crash
On Wednesday just before 11 pm the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office along with the Creston and Rochelle Fire Departments responded to a one vehicle roll over crash at Route 38 and East County Line Road. Investigation by Deputies revealed that an east bound vehicle operated by 30 year old Kaiya Smith of Rockford skidded off…… read more »
Rock Falls Says it is the Beginning of Grass Mowing Season, Please Do Not Put Your Clippings in the Street
The City of Rock Falls says don’t let your grass clippings become litter! Lawn debris, like grass clippings and leaves, is a free source of nutrients for your lawn and garden that can reduce your annual fertilizer needs, but it creates problems when left in the street. Lawn debris clogs storm sewers, causing flooding of…… read more »
Outgoing Park Board Member Tries to Not Have Lowell Park Bike Trails Named for Him saying They Belong to the Community
Outgoing Dixon Park Board member Shane Miller said it was a big honor when the bike trails being built at Lowell Park was named after him at the last meeting. He said he may not have shed a tear on the outside, but, inside he was. At the Park Board meeting Wednesday night Miller once…… read more »
Sterling Police Asking Public for Help to Find Suspect
The Sterling Police Department announced 35 year old Craig H. Hartman is wanted on a Whiteside County failure to appear warrant for possession of methamphetamine. The originating arrest for this Whiteside County failure to appear warrant is in connection to an incident that occurred on March 7, 2021, in Sterling, Illinois where Hartman was arrested…… read more »