Sauk Valley SVCC charts growth with new baseball program
Sauk Valley Community College plans a baseball program next year and eyes wrestling and track in three to four years. A booster club has raised about 12 000 in two years to support sports. Funding comes from tuition state and federal funds and local taxes. Tuition is 29 per credit hour, with potential increases debated. The college aims for a $1 million endowment amid a $250 000 federal challenge grant and a corporate match, backing its Think Sauk First vision.
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Behrendt
SVCC
Sauk
Illinois
Sewer tax reduces city deficit and funds projects in Dixon
Dixon City Commissioners learned action from March 20 will cut the 1989-90 corporate deficit by nearly $170,000 by eliminating the need to shift municipal sales tax to the sewer fund. The panel also noted the new computer system will be paid from 1989 funds. Budget talks included hiring a housing inspector, equipment funding for the street department, and creating a capital development fund for future major purchases. The council discussed a museum offer, bids for a new parking garage, and a street vacating action on McKenney Street. Remarks covered a plan for an auto sales move and Route 38 revamping.
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Dixon
Gerald Wermers
Wermers
Robert Branson
James Dixon
KSB Hospital
Marion Ackert
McKenney Street
Galena Avenue
Graham Huffman
Lyle
Leon, Dale
Elwyn Drew
West McKenney
Drews
Huffman
Dixon Plan Commission
LaVerne Blosser
John Lightner
Galena Ave
Lightner
Chicago Ave
Judge weighs withdrawal of guilty plea in Earlville murder case
Lee County Circuit Judge Thomas Hornsby heard Kathy Bennett seek to withdraw her February guilty plea to first degree murder in the November stabbing and beating death of Carrie Duncan, age 80, in Paw Paw. The judge will rule by noon Wednesday.
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Lee County
Thomas Hornsby
Earlville
Hornsby
Kathy Bennett
Bennett
Carrie Duncan
Paw Paw
Duncan
Calvin Pierce
Dan Fish
Fish
Janacek arrested on drug charges in DeKalb
Robert W. Janacek 38 of 616 Ottawa Ave is jailed in DeKalb County on a 1 million bond after police found about 100 grams of a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine in his car and $11 000 in cash. He was arrested Sunday after a caller reported a man harassing a woman at a DeKalb housing complex. The powder and cash were taken for lab analysis and Janacek faces previous Lee County drug convictions tied to an undercover operation.
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Dixon
DeKalb County
Sycamore
Robert W. Janacek
Ottawa Ave
DeKalb
Janacek
Illinois State Crime Lab
Lee County
Task Force One
Thomas Horsaby
Lee County Law Enforcement Center
Eugene Stockton
Lee County State
Dan Fish
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Idee UN
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First National Bank of Sterling
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