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Santa Claus waves to onlookers after arriving in downtown Polo on Dec. 4. Santa and Mrs. Claus stopped by as part of the third annual Polo Christmas Festival. (Alexa Zoellner/Shaw Media)
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Alexa Zoellner
Alexa Zoellner reports on Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for Shaw Media out of the Dixon office. Previously, she worked for the Record-Eagle in Traverse City, Michigan, and the Daily Jefferson County Union in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.