Rochelle to pilot clean coal project amid pollution fight
Rochelle Municipal Utility Company could host Illinois first clean coal technology project with coal micronization to curb pollution. DOE backing and state support target a federally funded 50 percent grant, 20 percent state share, rest from coal companies. no city funds required.
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Telegraph
Rochelle
Rochelle Municipal Utility Company
TCS
St. Louis
DOE
Finn
Illinois
Utility Advisory Board
UAB
Bivins seeks funding to modernize Lee County radio system
Lee County Sheriff Tim Bivins asks the Finance Committee for about 70000 to upgrade the entire communications network including base station and towers near Eldena and Ashton. He plans four new mobile radios and about 22000 for new portable radios over three years as part of a phased two to three year plan.
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Telegraph
Lee County
Tim Bivins
Bivins
Eldena
Ashton
Tollway
Amboy
Franklin Grove
Franklin Grove budget audit earns praise from auditor
Auditor G Kurt Meisel praised the Franklin Grove Village Board for strong overall budget handling. He recommended a $17 815 levy increase, with allocations of 7750 for general funds and 4800 for library 3000 police 700 street lights 700 for the audit and 865 for liability based on a 3.2 million assessed valuation. The board also debated water bill adjustments and extended payment time for high bills, approved 200 for software to improve billing, and heard Sheriff Tim Bivins request 735.60 for a one time boost to radio communications. the mayor rejected using more police funds for the sheriff now.
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Telegraph
Franklin Grove Village
G. Kurt Meisel
Mendota
Meiser
Lee County
Tim Bivins
Bivins
Eldena
Ashton
Stanley Hann
Sheriff's Department
Parks Receive New Ash Tree From Penny Drive Effort
Children from Dixon Park Districts Summer playground program helped plant a flowering ash tree at John Dixon Park with funds raised by the Penny Drive donations from Dixon residents. Deb Osmer, Lowell Park Naturalist, observed the planting at E.C. Smith Park. The drive also supported two more trees at Ballou Park.
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E.C. Smith Park
Dixon Park District
Dixon
John Dixon Park
Ballou Park
Deb Osmer
Lowell Park
Stolen Rochelle car found in ditch near town
A 1982 Chevrolet owned by Shirley J. Brinkmeier of 907 North Second St Apt 220 was found by Ogle County police in a ditch outside Rochelle Saturday morning with over 300 dollars in damage. The thief took a CB radio and left the keys under the floor mat. Witnesses saw a person with a flashlight near the car Thursday night. The vehicle was towed for repairs.
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Rochelle
Ogle County
Shirley J. Brinkmeier
North Second St
Apt
Brinkmeier
Richie
Steward Roads
Rochelle Ready Mix
Wood Street
Dixon council approves park office rezoning and annexation
The Dixon City Council approved re zoning of the Dixon Park District offices at 804 Palmyra Avenue to a special use designation and allowed for an end to the designation if the park district moves. They also annexed the Frank King property at 2115 Third Street for single family zoning. Aug 29 is declared Friendship Day with plans for a Dixon Dickson joint observance and flag-raising by Mayor Nikolai Kartamyshev.
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UAB
FDL Foods
Erie Casein Company, Inc
Dixon Park District
Palmyra Avenue
Park District
New
Frank King
Third Street
Dixon
Dickson
Siberia
Nikolai Kartamyshev
Dixon City
Dixon School Board to Accept Roth Resignation
The Dixon School Board is expected to accept Superintendent Dr. Larry Roths resignation and appoint interim leader Robert Aubry, who previously led Ashton. Roth will become Macomb superintendent on Sept. 1. The board may use IASB for a controlled search or conduct its own to fill the vacancy before the November elections.
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Clark Kelly
Dixon School Board
Larry Roth
Robert Aubry
Ashton
Roth
Macomb
Illinois Association of School Boards
Dixon
VietNow Awareness Walk to Honor Missing Soldiers
VietNow Rock River Valley Chapter will stage an awareness walk Labor Day weekend to highlight 2355 POW/MIA from Vietnam Korea and World War II. Richard Sanders leads the Sept 2 starting from Aldi Everett St. to Polo meeting Freeport and Lake LaDonna near Mount Morris with community groups pledging support.
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Freeport
Lake LaDonna
Mount Morris
Sanders
National
Lamont Gaston
Vietnam
Korea
Hardee’s
Subway
The
Polo V.F.W. Auxilary
Lee County
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