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June 19, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By STAFF REPORT
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STERLING – “Art Rocks!” is the theme of Woodlawn Arts Academy’s annual fundraising campaign.
June 19, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BY DAVID GIULIANI
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DIXON – Governing bodies around Illinois annually approve prevailing wage resolutions. Usually, they do so unanimously, without a second thought. Not so with the Lee County Board on Tuesday.
June 19, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By DEREK BARICHELLO
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DIXON – A soda shop photographed in black and white appears in my Facebook news feed.
June 19, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BY DAVID GIULIANI
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DIXON – Citing an increased caseload, Lee County State's Attorney Anna Sacco-Miller plans to hire another prosecutor.
June 19, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BY BRIDGET FLYNN
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DIXON – A Dixon woman dragged by a car and critically injured is not expected to survive, the Lee County state's attorney said Tuesday.
June 19, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By DEREK BARICHELLO
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DIXON – Plaza Cinemas owners still plan to reopen the movie house, closed now for 3 years, and show first-run movies, and Midway Drive-In and Diner owners still hope to convert their historic, 63-year-old theater to digital projection.
June 19, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By Vinde Wells
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Shaw News Service
OREGON – A marble statue of onetime Gov. Frank Lowden, one of Ogle County's most prominent citizens, soon may stand on the downtown courthouse lawn.
June 19, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By Vinde Wells
Shaw News Service
The Oregon School Board Monday postponed its vote on a new 5-year contract with teachers.
June 19, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BY BRIDGET FLYNN
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MORRISON – The Whiteside County Board gave the go-ahead Tuesday to the extension of the Whiteside Carroll County Enterprise Zone to include the $4 million assisted living center being planned in Morrison.
June 19, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By Vinde Wells
Shaw News Service
OREGON – The city will resume management of the Oregon Coliseum on Aug. 1.
June 19, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BY DAVID GIULIANI
dgiuliani@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 525
ROCK FALLS – Rock Falls officials have long preferred buying police cars outright, rather than leasing them. But they changed course Tuesday.
June 19, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By Vinde Wells
vwells@shawnews.com
Shaw News Service
Ogle County has a new website that offers more information and options for the public and county departments.
June 19, 2013 - 12:22 a.m.
Andrea Harrison, 9, of Dixon, happily waters the petunias Tuesday afternoon outside a home in DIxon. Andrea says she enjoys tending to the flowers whenever she can.
June 19, 2013 - 12:20 a.m.
Construction workers are busy on the roof of one of the 24 units being built for the Country Lane Apartments at Avenue L and West 11th Street Tuesday afternoon in Sterling.
June 18, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By DEREK BARICHELLO
dbarichello@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 526
DIXON – Fire Chief Tim Shipman said Monday he still is waiting to hear back from the U.S. Attorney's Office in regard to a personal loan he received from former comptroller Rita Crundwell.
June 18, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By DEREK BARICHELLO
dbarichello@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 526
DIXON – The board will consider Wednesday raising student fees 10 cents for lunch and $50 for driver's education.
June 18, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BY DAVID GIULIANI
dgiuliani@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 525
DIXON – The Lee County Sheriff's Department is in a dispute with the local 911 agency over the department's hiring process for dispatchers.
June 18, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BY BRIDGET FLYNN
bflynn@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 521
DIXON – A Dixon woman who suffered head injuries when she was dragged from a car Saturday was not at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria on Monday, where she was previously listed in critical condition.
June 18, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BY BRIDGET FLYNN
bflynn@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 521
STERLING – Northland Mall is demolishing a long-vacant building, but officials are tight-lipped on plans for the site in the east end of its parking lot.
June 18, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By DEREK BARICHELLO
dbarichello@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 526
DIXON – Next on the list for the governmental task force, charged with examining the city's form of government, is a look Wednesday at the city manager form.
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