Local
May 22, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BRIDGET FLYNN bflynn@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 521
STERLING – A local doctor accused of illegally dispensing drugs that led to the deaths of at least 3 people hired a physician to issue prescriptions when he was absent, federal prosecutors say.
May 22, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By STAFF REPORT
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STERLING – A long-awaited period of warm, dry weather has allowed area farmers to complete 77 percent of their corn planting, according to data released Monday by the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
May 22, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By DEREK BARICHELLO
dbarichello@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 526
DIXON – A business or organization that wants to install a bicycle rack on its property will be able to do so for about $300 through a new city program, Mayor Jim Burke said.
May 22, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BY DAVID GIULIANI
dgiuliani@saukvalley.com
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DIXON – The Lee County Board on Tuesday voted 12-9 to allow a controversial wind farm, overruling a decision last month by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
May 22, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By Shaw News Service
POLO – The thunderstorm Sunday night was a pretty bad one. High winds blew down the stop sign at Rock City and Montague roads, on the Ogle-Stephenson County border.
May 22, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By KAYLA HEIMERMAN kheimerman@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 535
The college Board of Trustees on Monday voted to discontinue wind energy program amid declining interest from students, which officials attribute to negative perceptions of wind energy in the area, among other factors.
May 22, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By STAFF REPORT
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DIXON – Oregon Police Chief Darin DeHaan is an outstanding alumnus of Sauk Valley Community College.
May 22, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By DEREK BARICHELLO
dbarichello@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 526
DIXON – "The people of Dixon are opinionated about city government." That was eighth-grader Mackenzie Kavanaugh's opening sentence after interviewing four people in downtown Dixon on Monday. Not a bad lesson to learn about democracy, if you ask me.
May 22, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By DEREK BARICHELLO
dbarichello@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 526
DIXON – Fines for city code violations, including such items as littering, parking in a residential lawn or allowing grass to grow too tall could soon be more costly.
May 22, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By DAVID GIULIANI
and KAYLA HEIMERMAN
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800-798-4085, ext. 591
Lower electricity rates are coming to the unincorporated areas of Lee and Whiteside counties.
May 22, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BY DAVID GIULIANI
dgiuliani@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 525
ROCK FALLS – For the last couple of months, Rock Falls police officers have made a point of visiting schools.
May 22, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BY KAYLA HEIMERMAN
kheimerman@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 535
MORRISON – The Whiteside County Board on Tuesday approved, 21-3, a request to rezone the former Sterling Christian School building in Galt from residential to industrial.
May 22, 2013 - 12:15 a.m.
Amboy Junior High School sixth-graders smile and pose for a photo while on a community service outing Tuesday. The class planted flowers, picked up trash and pulled weeds to help beautify the downtown.
May 21, 2013 - 11:55 a.m.•By BRIDGET FLYNN bflynn@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 521
DIXON – Police found nine guns, ammunition and marijuana plants in the home of a Dixon man when they raided it Monday with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Whiteside County Sheriff's Department, according to a news release by Dixon Police Department.
May 21, 2013 - 10:35 a.m.•By DAVID GIULIANI dgiuliani@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 525
DIXON -- The Lee County Board this morning voted 12-9 to allow a controversial wind farm, overruling a decision last month by the Zoning Board of Appeals. The board approved the project, along with a number of conditions dealing with issues such as noise.
May 21, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BY DAVID GIULIANI
dgiuliani@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 525
STERLING – Marty Wolf joked that he always ends up in Jean Dempsey's barber chair because it's empty. But then the truth came out. Marty, who gets his hair cut every 2 weeks, rearranges his schedule to visit the Sterling Barbershop early in the week, when Jean is on duty.
May 21, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By STAFF REPORT
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800-798-4085, ext. 521
STERLING – A Sterling man was sentenced to 4 years of probation for burglary.
May 21, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By STAFF REPORT
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800-798-4085, ext. 501
STERLING – A Sterling man was sentenced to 3 years in prison for selling cocaine.
May 21, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By KAYLA HEIMERMAN kheimerman@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 535
STERLING – Saryn Seeley, 11, is not keeping her prize. She instead (at the suggestion of her father) is raffling it off and donating the proceeds to the Gainey family, whose son has stage 4 colon cancer.
May 21, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.
Almost 40 educators with a combined almost 850 years of service in area school districts are retiring at the end of this school year.
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