Sauk Valley antiques show funds baseball comeback
About 1,500 people attended Sauk Valley Community College’s antiques and collectibles exhibit on Sunday. Sponsored by the SVCC Athletic Booster Club, proceeds target $12,000 to fund the baseball program by spring 1990. Booster spokesman John Sagmoe called the event successful and a step toward reinstating the SWCC baseball program.
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Sauk Valley Community College
SVCC
Booster Club
John Sagmoe
SWCC
Sagmoe
Cathy Skelton
Jon Benson
Altamont boy dies after fundraising for leukemia cure
Craig Grubaugh, a 6 year old from Altamont Illinois, died after a rapid decline from acute lymphatic leukemia. A bone marrow transplant was unlikely due to no donor and high costs. A $196000 Christmas for Craig fund supported medical options, including Mayo Clinic procedures, but could not prevent his death.
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Altamont, Ill
UPI
Craig Grubaugh
St. Louis
Craig
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Altamont Jaycees
Lynn Ingram
Ingram
Altamont High School
Washington D.C
Telethon fundraiser hits high mark in Rockford region
The 11th Annual United Cerebral Palsy Telethon raised substantial funds locally and nationally. National total surpassed last year with at least 22 million dollars for treatment and research. In the Blackhawk Region, 110,298 was pledged, exceeding 101,000 last year. Local efforts included Dixon area pledge drives led by VFW Post 540 Ladies Auxiliary, with 759 dollars pledged, and showcase demos by Debbie Wilcox.
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United Cerebral Palsy
Wrex-Tv
Rockford
Blackhawk
Illinois
VFW Post 540
Dixon Area
Jane Hyde
Post 540
Matt Toohey
UCP
Cherry Vale Mall
Toohey
Debbie Wilcox
Dixon
Rock Falls family crash leaves boy dead and three injured
A snowstorm crash on U S Route 30 near Lee Center killed 9-year-old Shannon Rosengren and injured three other family members. Steven Rosengren 35, Marian Rosengren 34, and Brandon Rosengren 6 were hospitalized in fair condition at KSB Hospital. Investigators and State Police are reviewing the collision. an arrest is pending. Funeral services for Shannon are pending at Wheelock Allen Funeral Home in Rock Falls.
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Rock Falls
KSB Hospital
Lee County
Tim Bivins
Shannon Rosengren
Polo Road
Steven Rosengren
U.S. Route 30
Lee Center
Bivins
Rosengren
Marian
Brandon
Amboy
Collins
Lee County Sheriff's Department
Illinois State Police
Wheelock-Allen Funeral Home
Union Pickets Protest Condos At Concord Towers Rochelle
Electrical Workers Union Local 364 AFL-CIO picketed the Concord Towers condo project in Rochelle protesting Berg Johnson Electrical Contractors paying below prevailing wages. The 32 condominiums are part of an eight story hotel complex managed separately by Concord Inn staff. Union official Mike Fenger said wage data comes from the Illinois Department of Labor and picketing could continue for weeks or months.
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Rochelle
Electrical Workers Union Local
Afl-Cio
Concord Towers
Concord Inn
Berg-Johnson Electrical Contractors
Berg-Johnson
Mike Fenger
Kim Long
Long
Fenger
Illinois Department of Labor
Springfield
Ashton man charged after one car crash in Oregon region
Kevin Fleming, 36, of Ashton, was ticketed for illegal transportation of alcohol and driving under the influence after a one car crash on Flagg Road in Flagg Township near Center Road. His vehicle crossed the center line for 51 feet, veered into a ditch for 114 feet, hit a utility pole, and he was treated and released from Rochelle Hospital for neck pains and cuts.
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Oregon
Ashton
Flagg Road
Flagg Township
Center Road
Ogle County
Sheriff's Department
Kevin Fleming
Fleming
Rochelle Hospital
Man charged again with abuse in Polo case
Bobby E. Crain 41, previously convicted of cruelty to a child, faces a preliminary hearing Wednesday at 9 a.m. before Judge Alan W. Cargerman on a charge of sexually assaulting an 8 year old Polo girl on Oct 23 1988. He was arrested last week and is held without bond after a prior $3 500 bond was denied. In the earlier case a jury found him guilty of slamming a toilet seat down on the genitals of a boy he was babysitting. Amboy area brief notes a Soil and Water Conservation special meeting Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Amboy.
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Oregon
Bobby E. Crain
Ogle County
Alan W. Cargerman
Crain
Dennis Schumacher
Schumacher
Radio Missing From Rochelle Car Believed Stolen
A car radio valued at $300 was reported missing Friday from a locked vehicle on Turkington Terrace in Rochelle. Police say a burglar dismantled the AM FM cassette unit from the dashboard sometime Thursday night and investigators are pursuing leads.
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Rochelle
Turkington Terrace
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Altamont
3Rd St
Sterling
Til
Peoria Avenue
Locust Street
W Pyanet Meats
Wyanet
N. Galena Ave
Sauk Valley
Sauk Valley Cleaners
Ans Wat A
Rivatal
Dixon, Ill
GiOz
Telegraph
Hyde
Anita Flowers
KSB
Harold Collins
Plattsmouth
Neb
LCSWC
Lee County Soil and Water Conservation
S. Mason, Amboy
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