President of NSWC steps down
Northwestern Steel and Wire Company chief executive Robert Wilthew resigns after a 14 year leadership including a 51 percent employee ownership shift in 1988. Board praises his role while dissension over changes to the production incentive plan is noted during the transition.
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Telegraph
Sterling
Northwestern Steel and Wire Company
NSWC
Robert Wilthew
Wilthew
Northwestern
Wilthen
United States
Edgar's Five Point Plan Earns Backing From Olson
Myron Olson, R-Dixon, announced support for a five point plan outlined by Jim Edgar, Republican governor candidate. The package covers budgeting reform, stronger governor cutting power, limiting state jobs, a governor's management council, and controlling new program growth. Olson praised Edgar's leadership and said more positions would follow. Edgar will speak at Rochelle Country Club Sunday for local GOP fundraisers from 2 to 4 p.m.
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Telegraph
Myron Olson
R-Dixon
Jim Edgar
Edgar
Olson
House
House Rules Committee
Rochelle Country Club
Ogle County Republican Women’s Club
Ogle County Republican Central Committee
Ohio High Tech Center expands with image engineering services
Ohio High Tech Center begins image engineering services within a 250 mile radius led by Victor Rivas marketing director. IES offers restoration and conversion of drawings stored on floppy disks and plans for more equipment and staff as the center aims to attract young workers and promote local growth. Rivas also develops electromagnetic shielding and fiber optics operations hoped to run by summer.
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Stacy DeBruhl
Ohio High Tech Center
Ohio
Victor Rivas
Rivas
Rivas & Associates
Lincoln
Neb
Chicago
Milwaukee
Quad Cities
IES
DeBruhl
Jerry Cosentino
Ohio Growth Foundation
Pat Dilley
Dilley
Nebraska
Ogle County Board Approves Pine Rock Tanks Permit
Despite opposition from over twenty percent of nearby landowners, the Ogle County Board approved a special use permit for Pine Rock Township Supervisor Donald Huntley to build two anhydrous ammonia storage tanks on his property two miles north of Chana along Cottonwood Road. The decision, by a 14-5 vote with two abstentions, includes a setback stipulation to place tanks in the northwest corner away from neighbors.
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Oregon
Ogle
Pine Rock
Donald Huntley
Huntley
Chana
Ogle County
Mike Williams
Ogle County Zoning Board of Appeals
Phyllis Jones
S. Chana Road
Williams
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Cottonwood Road
Chana Road
Zoning Board of Appeals
Jones
Byron
Jean Wolfe
Bradley Auker
Water Road
James Trussoni
Hedge Road
Trussoni
Auker
Polo council approves area emergency plan
Polo City Council approves an area wide ESDA contingency plan coordinated with local and area agencies. The 299 page guide by ESDA coordinator Milburn and Ogle County ESDA director Messer outlines mutual aid, drills, funding from the state, and pursuit of county accreditation. An Oregon Street 20 mph zone addition and bids for railroad property were also approved amid salary discussions.
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Telegraph
POLO
ESDA
Dave Milburn
Ogle County
Mel Messer
Messer
Polo City
Milburn
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Illinois
Division
Union Streets
Oregon Street
Adton Albright
Union Street
Centennial
Fulton Street
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