Lee and Ogle 4-H Fairs Attract Large Crowds
The 1989 Lee County 4-H Fair drew more than 5,000 attendees over three days with new attractions like a bingo tent four-wheel drive truck pull and a pizza stand. Pig-in-a-Poke contests and livestock judging highlighted events while about 50 Lee County 4-Hers advanced to the Illinois State Fair in Springfield in August. Ogle County drew 1,500 to 2,000 visitors with a dunk tank greased pig scrambles and wheelbarrow contests plus a pork barbecue drawing hundreds. Royalty crowned at both fairs included Matt Gusse Angie Coers in Lee and Jeremy Heller Lynette Nordman in Ogle.
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Ogle County
Marian Wolf
the Fair Board
Lee County Pork Producers
Sue Gravert
Gravett
Springfield
Matt Gusse
Angie Coers
Dixon
Eldena Highlighters
Anita Donoho
Tracey Swarts
Rob Sellars
Dennis Rapp
Cliff Jones
Linda Avery
Jeremy Heller
Chana Chuggers Club
Lynette Nordman
Andrea Leather
Jennifer Sanders
Toria Mann
Mark Farbo
Avery
Federation
Family members take Stand in Pierce re trial
The defense in the Calvin Pierce murder trial called Pierce's mother Lola and his brother Norman as witnesses before Dr. Werner Tuetur, the Elgin psychiatrist. Norman testified he had only one financial deal with the Duncan family, to buy a 1981 car, and denied a pattern of transactions alleged by Duncan's son William. Lola said her son often grew pale at the sight of blood and once raised rabbits but needed others to process them due to fear of blood. The case, before Judge Tomas Magdich in Lee County Circuit Court, is a retrial of Pierce for the November 2 beating and stabbing death of 80 year old Carrie Duncan in Paw Paw.
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Telegraph
Calvin Pierce
Werner Tuetur
Elgin
Pierce
Lola
Norman
Carrie Duncan
Paw Paw
Duncan
William
Pierces
Norman Pierce
Kathy Bennett
Lola Pierce
Lee County
Tomas Magdich
Stephenson County
Magdich
al Williams
Dan Fish
Chana horse farm eyed as potential prison work camp
Illinois Department of Corrections officials are reviewing sites for minimal security work camps, with a Chana horse farm among the possibilities. The farm, east of Chana near Dixon, is currently used to train harness horses and would not become a new prison, state officials say. Local leaders and residents express mixed views, while state actions hinge on IDOC Director Michael P. Lane’s final decision.
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Chana
Illinois Department of Corrections
IDOC
Nic Howell
Department of Corrections
the Telegraph
Howell
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago
Dixon Prison
Greater Rochelle
Gredco
Wise
Myron Olson
R-Dixon
Michael P. Lane
Kim Huntley
Huntley
Thomas J. Maloney
Maloney
The
Telegraph Today
Prescott Stands by Garage Bid in Dixon
Richard Prescott Construction of Sterling says a bid error favors Dixon and will not withdraw the $659,000 offer for the City parking garage. Cheeseman bid $978,973 as second low. The Dixon City Council accepted Prescott bid and scheduled an evening meeting to decide next steps if Prescott withdrew, which was canceled after he chose to keep the bid.
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Der
Cheeseman Construction Company
Prescott
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