Bitter cold prompts caution in Midwest conditions
Telegraph reports 20 below wind chills up to 70 below. Dixon records minus 15 with bitter cold through the weekend. Dr. David Deets warns frostbite risks and advises warming with 100 to 110 degree water, not fires, plus quick hospital care for hypothermia. Stay dry and layer clothing, protect exposed skin, and use masks for breathing cold air.
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Telegraph
Midwest
Dixon
Medical Arts Clinic
David Deets
Dee
Deets
Roof Rips Off Car In Semi Collision Near Rochelle
Darlene Johnson of DeKalb, 33, in stable neuro ICU after cross street 1:50 pm crash with a semi driven by Thomas Mitchelle 26 of Yale Okla in Rochelle. Bonnie Cuffe 27 of Rochelle treated for minor injuries. Lifeline airlifted Johnson to Rockford after concussion and possible skull fracture.
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Rochelle
Hickory Grove
Bonnie S. Cuffe
DeKalb
Cuffe
Darlene D. Johnson
St. Anthony Medical Center
Rockford
Thomas E. Mitchelle
Yale
Okla
Johnson
Hermann Road
U.S. 251
Paw Paw
Illinois
Rochelle Community Hospital
Tom McDermott
Mitchelle
Youngsters donate to Dixon Food Pantry at Christmas party
Pre kindergarten students at St. Anne School Dixon collected food for the Dixon Food Pantry during a Christmas party hosted by Tracy Linboom. Each child brought $5 to $10 worth of food instead of exchanging gifts.
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St. Anne School
Dixon
Dixon Food Pantry
Tracy Linboom
Linboom
Thieves Strike Oregon in Holiday Burglaries
Oregon Police investigate a spike in burglaries starting with 18 Christmas trees stolen from the Oregon Booster Club stand in Pineway Food and Liquor parking lot on November 30. Trees valued at 234 dollars were for sale as a fundraiser. On December 4 two large survival knives were stolen from a downtown store, valued at 180 and 134 dollars.
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Oregon
Oregon Police Department
Tom Miller
Oregon Booster Club
Pineway Food and Liquor
Miller
Booster Club
Andrei Sakharov dies at 68 in Moscow
Soviet legend Andrei Sakharov died Thursday at his Moscow home after a heart ailment. President Bush and other leaders expressed condolences while Gorbachov led tributes in Congress of People’s Deputies. Akhromeyev called him a great public figure who aided democracy's development.
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UPI
Andrei Sakharov
Mikhail Gorbachev
Sakharov
Gorky
Congress of People’s Deputies
Andrei Dmitrievch Sakharov
Vitali Vorotnikov
Communist Party
Bush
Elena Bonner
Dr. Sakharov
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Barbara
Sergei Akhromeyev
Akhromeyev
Fires destroy two Oregon Mount Morris homes in separate incidents
Two families in rural Oregon and Mount Morris lost their homes to separate daytime fires. Dave Learnahans and his daughter escaped as the China residence burned from an apparent chimney fire. In Mount Morris, Kelly R Clark’s house burned in the afternoon, with no occupants inside. Fire chiefs said investigators will determine the causes.
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Telegraph
Oregon
Mount Morris
Oregon Fire Department
Dave Learnahans
Camfield Rd
China
Gary Griffin
Griffin
Learnahans
Kelly R. Clark
Oregon Trail Road
Kenneth Duncan
Duncan
Clark
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