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A stilt walker in the 2022 German Valley Days parade holds his hand out to Owen Gunderson, 13 (blue shirt), and Ethan Gunderson, 10 (orange shirt), both of Shannon. The parade took place on July 16. (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.