Ernie Earthworm kicks off Conservation Week at Dixon Park
Telegraph staff report Ernie Earthworm, a Lee County Soil and Water Conservation District creation, visited Lowell Park to launch Conservation Week for Dixon Park District playground programs. About 65 children received coloring books as fundraising begins for two trees to be planted at E.C Smith Park and John Dixon Park via a penny drive.
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Ernie
Lowell Park
Dixon Park
Telegraph
Brian Olmsted Vatson
E.C. Smith
John Dixon Parks
Lee County Soil and Water Conservation District
Dixon Park District
Jean Voreis
Deb Osmer
Voreis
E.C Smith
John Dixon Park
Dixon
E.C. Smith Park
Vaile Park
Park District
Judge keeps Bennett hearing in Lee County court
Lee County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Hornsby continued the sentencing hearing for Kathy Bennett, convicted May 20 of two counts of first degree murder by aggravated battery in the death of Carrie Duncan. Bennett’s attorney sought a new trial, arguing inconsistent guilty verdicts on aggravated battery versus murder.
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Telegraph
Lee County
Thomas Hornsby
Kathy Joanne Bennett
Earlville
Carrie Duncan
Bennett
Rolfe Ehrmann
Carroll County
Duncan
Ehrmann
Hornsby
U.S
Illinois Fourth District Appellate Court
Springfield
Danville
Dan Fish
Michael Sandy
Heather Norman
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Sandy
Michael Jones
Appellate Court
The
Law Bulletin
Jones
Oregon project Play fundraiser to raise playground funds
Oregon City Council approved Project Play a nonprofit group to use the swimming pool and Franklin Street for a July 29 street dance and swim fundraiser aiming to raise 50000 for a new community playground scheduled for October. Deb Wuebben said about 10000 has been raised. teen dance is set for July 8 and admission includes both activities. The event will feature a jail and bail donation gag as business leaders receive subpoenas for contributions. The council also tabled the revised police manual.
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Project Play
City Monday
Wuebben
William Roach
Oak Lawn
Judith Williamson
Dixon
Anne Horton
Roach
Williamson
Thomas Gospodarczyk
Center For Business and Economic Development
Gospodarczyk
Rochelle
Kishwaukee College
Susan van Weelden
Sauk backs Route 2 widening to four lanes
Sauk Valley Community College Board urged priority status for widening Illinois Route 2 from Dixon to Sterling to four lanes. Dr. Richard Behrendt to send letter to Gov. Thompson, per State Rep. Myron Olson. The move aims to boost safety for students commuting from Dixon and Rock Falls Sterling areas.
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Sauk Valley Community College Board
Dixon
Sterling
Richard Behrendt
James Thompson
Behrendt
Myron Olson
R-Dixon
Rock Falls-Sterling
John Amico School of Hair Design
Del Monte plan may be OK'd in Rochelle bids
The Flagg Rochelle Park District and Arne Tikkala bid to take the vacant Del Monte Building. Other bids came from Manning Electric and Gary Ellett. The plan would swap a 17 acre parcel for development commitments and a driving range project with a public hearing set for July 10. Municipal decision on bids due next month.
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Rochelle
del Monte
Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District
Arne Tikkala
del Monte Midwest Division
City
Flagg Township
Gary Manning
Manning Electric
Manning
15Th Street
Gary Ellett
Kirkland
Park District
Midwest Park
Park
Tikkala
Rick Caron
Flagg Township Board of Trustees
Spring Lake
Gail Loefgren
Dixon man held after Sunday stabbing in Dixon
Karl Dean Terry, 23, of 2134 Fourth St., is jailed in Lee County on aggravated battery charges after allegedly stabbing Bradley White, 18, at a Fourth Street residence. White, with nonserious wounds, refused hospital care. Terry’s bond hearing is set in Lee County Circuit Court. White was also charged with minor drinking.
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Dixon
Lee County Law Enforcement Center
Karl Dean Terry
Fourth St
Bradley White
Grant Ave
Fourth Street
Terry
White
Lee County
ComEd to Pay NRC Fine Over Byron Station Incident
Commonwealth Edison chose to pay a 50000 fine after the NRC found a water level drop at Byron Station Unit 1 during an October incident. Spokesman Paul Callighan said workers used a visual method rather than the water indicator. measures were added to ensure dual monitoring. The fine will be funded from shareholder reserves and won’t affect customer rates.
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Commonwealth Edison
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Byron Station
ComEd
NRC
Unit 1
Paul Callighan
Callighan
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