Dixon Police Department

A former Sterling man who is facing a felony weapons charge in Whiteside County also was charged Wednesday with threatening to kill two Reagan Middle School students over social media.

The family of a Dixon man who died Saturday of injuries suffered when he exited a moving car during a fight with the driver has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for his funeral expenses.

A man who “exited” a moving vehicle during a fight with the impaired driver early Saturday died of his injuries, and the driver is in custody, Dixon police said in a news release.

A Dixon man is charged with five counts of possession of child pornography after images of children younger than 13 were found on his computer by the repair shop he took it to.

A Dixon man who police say threatened a teenage girl with a knife at the Riverfront is in jail on $100,000 bond, charged with two counts if aggravated battery.

A school threat involving weapons that was sent via social media Sunday night has resulted in the sender being charged with felony disorderly conduct and undergoing a mental health exam, police said.

A 55-year-old Dixon man accused of videoing his sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl was hit with eight felony charges Monday and ordered held on $1 million bond.

A 55-year-old Dixon man, accused of forcing a 13-year-old girl into his vehicle, sexually assaulting her and using her to make child pornography, is in Lee County jail facing at least five felony charges, the state's attorney said Sunday.

The kayaker whose body was found in the Rock River near Rock River Estates in Dixon drowned, an autopsy conducted Thursday revealed.

The main difference is that the chief will have more authority when it comes to promoting staff, rather than the police and fire commission.