Area News

Dixon's North Galena Avenue Will Be Resurfaced This Summer - Dixon City Council

2-22-12
Among other items on the agenda at Tuesday night’s Dixon City Council meeting, officials authorized plans for a good sized construction project that will improve part of the main stretch in Dixon otherwise known as Galena Avenue on the paths of Illinois Routes 52 & 26. City engineer Shawn Orgtiesen reports that the stretch of street that will be improved this summer

Impound Fees Going Up In Sterling - Sterling City Council 2/21

2-22-12
Nick Mahan reports from Tuesday night's Sterling City Council meeting.

The Sterling Police Dept tows 15-20 vehicles to the impound garage for reasons including seizure, evidence of a crime, abandonment, DUI, and hit and run. The vehicles take up valuable space in the garage, and are often not promptly picked up when eligible for release. The city also has the expense of

Dixon Park District still serving after 172 years

GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS…WHERE WE HERE HIGHLIGHT THE PEOPLE, PLACES, AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE OUR SAUK VALLEY A CARING AND SPECIAL PLACE…I’M BRANDI CONLEY….THIS WEEK WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY’S

No decision yet on High School Proposal for Page Park from Park Dist.

The Dixon Park District made a motion at this week’s meeting to retain the area around the band shell in Page Park a green area, but they made no decision on the High School’s proposal to

Mt. Morris - Natural Gas Rearranging

The Village of Mt. Morris is doing some rearranging with their natural gas. The board approved at this week’s meeting to reallocate some free gas from

Jeff Bright Honored With Rock Falls Chamber Shoulder to the Wheel Award

2-14-12
Highlighting volunteerism seemed to be the theme at Monday night’s 56th annual Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce Meeting and Dinner at the Rock Falls Hotel.

(Bethany Bland welcomes all the Monday night's annual Chamber meeting and dinner)

Diners enjoyed the sounds of vocalists from Rock Falls High School and emcee and Chamber Events Coordinator

No injuries in a three story apartment building blaze in Sterling Monday morning

Sauk Valley Comm. College highlights 2011...whats new for 2012

Sauk Valley Community College's Dr. George Mehill talks Sauk for 2011 and

Mt. Morris residents beware outside Electric service solicitation

No conflicts with Tourisim, and the City Council cites Commissioner Brechon

At last months Dixon City Council meeting there were several re-appointment confirmations to several boards and that is where most of the meeting’s discussion came from. Commissioner Brechon was up for re-appointment to the Tourism Development board. Commissioner Blackburn brought up

The City of Polo tackes Feral Cat problem

An energy agreement between Rock River Energy and the city of Polo to look into providing natural gas at a savings to the citizens was at the top of the agenda at this last week’s meeting. The city attorney had some questions about the agreement and was going to

Lincoln School Celebrates 100 days

The chill in the air was not enough to dampen the excitement of the 2nd grade classes at Lincoln Elementary students Friday afternoon. Working on a tip from Classroom aid Sue

Dixon Park Board recently held a retreat...no regular Jan. meeting

The Dixon park board did not have a regular meeting this month due to having a board retreat on January 11th. The only thing on the agenda for the regular January 18th meeting was to review the deposit procedure and investment policy which is something that the board does every 6 months anyway so it was not urgent. The next meeting will be February 15th at 6 p.m. at the park district