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Students from Sterling, Rock Falls, Dixon named to list.
Event runs from 7-9 p.m.
The storm systems that swept across northern Illinois Monday evening spawned at least two tornadoes in the Sauk Valley.
Residents of the Polo Rehab & Health Care Center were evacuated late Monday night after one wing of the facility filled with smoke after a strong storm swept through town.
The 33rd annual Hib Reber Memorial Car Show show, held during ByronFest, had 213 vehicles participating.
The city of Polo has allocated $30,000 from its Business Development District No. 1 toward six facade grants.
The Polo Area Community Theater will perform "How to Hide Your Zombies" at Louise Quick park in downtown Polo. Show times are 7 p.m. July 12-14.
Work on erecting two pavilions on a city-owned lot near downtown Polo is underway, with one of the structures expected to be mostly completed this week.
Program starts at 7 p.m. at the Polo Senior Center
Howard & the White Boys perform at 7 p.m. Friday, July 12.
Historian Betty Obendorf to present program Wednesday, July 10, at the Polo Senior Center.
Project expected to take the rest of July.
Polo City Council members unanimously agreed to bid out asbestos abatement for Congress School, which the city bought in late 2023. There’s asbestos in part of the roof, the floors in some rooms on the second floor and a few other places, Public Works Director Kendall Kyker said.
The tour includes coffee and conversation events and traveling office hours.
Resurfacing begins July 8.
A request by Constellation Energy Generation to rezone 658.8 acres of company-owned land around the Byron Generating Station failed to earn a positive recommendation from the Ogle County Regional Planning Commission.
Rock River Disc Golf and the Amboy Lions Club in conjunction with the city of Amboy are hosting the grand opening of a new disc golf course at Amboy City Park at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 29.
Fire at 1501 First Ave. was contained in the attic.
Information available through Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department.
A total of 257 full- and part-time Sauk Valley Community College students have been named to the president’s list for the spring semester. Another 137 students made the dean’s list.
Hurley Boothe and Ella Helfrich win awards
Performances will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, June 28, and Saturday, June 29, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 30.
Ronald Peacock, 18, is charged with the offense.
Polo City Council members unanimously voted to join the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network program, which provides a way for public works-related agencies to request and/or provide aid to other members of the program.
An Ogle County sheriff’s deputy was released from a Rockford hospital Friday night, just two days after he was shot in the line of duty during a standoff with a rural Dixon resident at Lost Lake.
A car show, carnival rides, and historical trolley tours were just three of the attractions at Polo's Town & Country Days on Saturday, June 15, 2024.
Fifteen kids took the stage Thursday, June 13, 2024, to compete for the Little Miss and Mister title at Polo’s Town and Country Days.
Two deputies were treated at a local hospital and released; one deputy and the alleged shooter were undergoing surgery late Wednesday afternoon.
Concerts are 7-9 p.m. in downtown Mt. Morris
Festival is June 13-16.
Fran served as OWC president for 10 years and was an active member of the group even after her term in office.
Work on a new joint municipal building for the city of Polo and Buffalo Township is more than halfway complete. Both municipalities are contributing to the cost of the $1.93 million building, which is located at 118 N. Franklin Ave.
Event begins at 6 p.m.
Property transfers filed in Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties from May 24-31, 2024.
On June 3, Polo City Council members unanimously voted to create the Commercial Grant Program using funds from Polo’s Business Development District No. 1, which will reimburse approved applicants up to $5,000 on applicable projects.
Get caught up on news, sports and features from the Sauk Valley for the week of May 31-June 7, 2024.
The 1,200-square-foot mural at Louise A. Quick Park in downtown Polo should be completed this week, a city official said.
The Polo swimming pool officially opened Wednesday, June 5, 2024, for the summer. The pool is open from 1-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 1-5 p.m. Sunday.
Polo residents celebrated Memorial Day with an annual parade and ceremony at Fairmount Cemetery.
With a number of ceremonies, parades and speakers planned throughout the Sauk Valley on Memorial Day, here is a list of what local communities will be doing to remember the fallen.
Polo celebrated Memorial Day with a parade that led to Fairmount Cemetery where a ceremony took place on Monday, May 27, 2024.
Here is a list of property transfers for Whiteside, Lee and Ogle counties filed May 10-17.
Vehicle was traveling west on West Henry Road toward Lowell Park Road before overturning, sheriff says.
Melissa Schultz, Haunted Haven’s owner, says she and her husband, Joseph Norton, discovered the fire. They had gone to the Haunted Haven barn Monday to pick up some tools and a lawn mower when they noticed smoke coming from the second floor.
Authorities have not yet released the name of the teenager who died in the crash Wednesday night.
Expect damage to roofs, siding and trees, according to the National Weather Service
Members treated the nursing staff at the KSB Clinic in Oregon to trays of cookies and greeting cards
The Rock Falls and Sterling fire departments and CGH EMS were dispatched at 1:14 p.m. Monday to a structure fire at the Haunted Haven Barn, 29038 Grennan Road.
During Sunday’s 40-minute commencement ceremony, 43 Polo Community High School students received their diplomas.
Polo Community High School graduated 43 seniors on Sunday, May 19, 2024.