The Rochelle city council voted unanimously Monday to sell 2.5 acres of property it owns on Technology Parkway for $218,000 to a developer with plans for a hotel on the land. 

Veteran motivated to attend Sunday event because of her pledge to defend the Constitution.

A planned Illinois Department of Transportation reconstruction and widening of Illinois Route 251 on the north side of Rochelle could start by the end of 2028, Rochelle Interim City Manager and City Engineer Sam Tesreau said Wednesday.

Rochelle officials reacted Wednesday to its receipt of a $237,000 Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grant from the state of Illinois for the construction of six new pickleball courts at Fairways Golf Course.

The Rochelle City Council voted unanimously Dec. 23 to appoint City Engineer Sam Tesreau as interim city manager. Former City Manager Jeff Fiegenschuh departed Jan. 15 to take a city administrator position in Washington, Illinois.

The Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Monday, Jan. 19, to approve a $26,000 bid from IPS Inc. to paint the main pool at Spring Lake.

The Hillcrest Village Board of Trustees heard a report Jan. 14 from Village Engineer Kaitlin Wright on the short-term repair and long-term replacement of the currently closed Hemstock Road bridge.

The Rochelle City Council held a discussion Monday, Jan. 12, on power line construction from its Ritchie Road electrical substation to its Centerpoint substation, which is currently in preliminary stages of construction west of town.

The Rochelle Municipal Utilities electric department saved nearly $2.9 million through its generation plant in 2025, RMU Superintendent of Electric Operations Blake Toliver said.