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The council listened to funding requests from six community nonprofit organizations during the session, which was the first of many meetings as the city begins drafting its fiscal 2026 budget.
An Amboy grocery store owner hopes to create a place for people to have fun in the community by opening two new businesses along Route 52 between Amboy and Sublette.
The Dixon City Council approved three ordinances Monday to expand the Lee-Ogle County Enterprise Zone’s boundaries in anticipation of three projects planned in rural Lee and Ogle counties.
The Lee County Health Department has selected a new family planning medical director after its former director was told by their new employer, OSF HealthCare, to step down due to the Catholic health system's restrictive policies for reproductive care, LCHD administrator says.
The Dixon City Council will vote Monday on three ordinances that expand the boundaries of the Lee-Ogle County Enterprise Zone in preparation for three projects planned in rural Lee and Ogle counties.
Sterling American Legion Chaplain Gordon E. Harris is reviving a mostly forgotten story about the sinking of the United States Army Transport Dorchester during World War II and the selfless acts of four chaplains on board.
Local agencies and state officials were left in a cloud of uncertainty Tuesday after an order from the White House to pause the distribution of all federal grants and loans.
Other projects include a new restaurant and bar near Sublette and construction of another building at HA International’s manufacturing plant near Oregon.
The Dixon City Council on Tuesday, Jan. 21, approved a motion to extend its garbage service contract another five years despite some residents concerned that the contract was negotiated with the company instead of being put out for bid.
Previously the cost varied from project to project and was calculated as “equal to 2% of proposed commercial value, up to a maximum fee of $25,000,” according to the ordinance.
A rural Dixon man charged with the attempted murder of three police officers at his residence in June will remain jailed despite new information argued by the defense calling the incident a “paradox of a welfare check.”
Students in preschool to sixth grade are awarded a token after reaching their academic or behavioral goal. They’ll drop their token into the machine, choose one of 25 books, punch in its corresponding number and watch as the machine lights up and dispenses their chosen book.
An autopsy Tuesday morning confirmed the identity of the victim, who resided at the Emerson home.
One dead following Sunday house fire in rural Sterling.
Firefighters discovered a body Monday at the scene of a fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in rural Sterling, Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker has confirmed.