Carroll County

Coronavirus cases continue to decline across the region.

Whiteside County is at low risk for community spread and Lee, Ogle and Carroll counties are at medium risk.

The grants are through the Research in Illinois to Spur Economic Recovery, or RISE, program, to create or update economic plans to promote economic recovery.

Ogle and Carroll counties are back up to high risk.

Cases increased across the Sauk Valley.

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The updated shots aim to increase cross-protection against multiple variants and blunt a winter surge in cases.

Whiteside County reported 159 cases across the week.

Gino W. Wuttke of Chatwsorth and Alyssa A. Slouka of Morris are accused of burglarizing or stealing from 44 businesses in 21 counties. They are:

According to investigators, members of the ring broke into gaming establishments, stole cash from the machines, and laundered it by sending it to each other through a digital transaction network and then purchasing goods.

Three people accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from slot machines all across northern Illinois, then laundering the money, are being prosecuted in Lee County.

Services are set for the Mount Carroll woman killed Saturday in a vehicle collision with a Chadwick man.

A 59-year-old Mount Carroll woman was killed Saturday in a collision with a 21-year-old Chadwick man, the Carroll County Sheriff’s office said.

Whiteside County saw an increase in cases across the week.

Carroll County Republican Women will hold a meet-and-greet for 17th District Congressional candidate Esther Joy King from Aug. 31 in Lanark.