Park board and township candidates clash at Hickory Grove
Rochelle township assessor hopefuls Annie Boone and Don Burke debated licenses and experience as eight candidates for office faced questions at a Rochelle forum. Park board contenders debated a proposed nine hole golf course, tax impacts, and budget risks amid debate on the project and potential land trades.
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Park Board
Hickory Grove
Louise Bra
Rocheller
Flagg Township
Flagg-Rochelle
Annie Boone
Don Burke
Boone
Burke
Ninehole
Rochelle
Spring Lake
Park District
Gary Lindmark
Lindmark
Rochelle Association
Gayle Fader
Everrette Cooley
Oregon MMHS will not merge next year
Oregon and Mount Morris school districts announced no merger next term after a board meeting. The Oregon Board of Education will continue discussions on possible annexation or consolidation after the next year, with April deadlines unlikely to be met.
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Oregon
Mount Morris
Oregon Board of Education
Oregon Board
Jeff Basler
Steve Pemberton
Tim Nieman
Nieman
Oregon Park West
Oregon Park District
Dixon man’s mother sues two men in fatal 1988 crash
Lucille Friedrichs, administrator for her son Mark Friedrichs who died March 17 1988, files a civil suit against Israel Donna 32 and Mark Barnett 28 of Sterling. Donna faces a criminal trial April 10 for felony drunk driving. Barnett faces no charges. The complaint alleges theDonna/Barnett pickup crossed center line and sped, colliding with the Friedrichs vehicle at Sauk Road and Illinois Route 2. No date set for hearing on the civil suit.
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Dixon
Lucille Friedrichs
Mark Friedrichs
Wayne
Mark
Israel Donna
Mark Barnett
Sterling
Donna
Illinois
Friedrichs
Barnett
Donna/Barnett
Sauk Road
Dixon High students test bridges in class project
In a Dixon High School engineering exercise students built light bridges designed to withstand stress. The top entry by Jerry Schaeffer supported 126 pounds with a two ounce model, demonstrating strength proportional to weight and design.
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Dixon High School
Jerry Schaeffer
Polo to Seek Bids for Sewer Project After Grant Approval
Polo Mayor Bob Pilling says the city can advertise for bids on the sanitary sewer project within two weeks after receiving a CDAP grant of 365000. The project, funded 75 percent by the grant with the rest from city funds and a bank loan, includes relief sewers in three problem areas. Nearby land sale talks arise for former railroad right of way, with residents asked to consider recreational use.
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Polo
Bob Pilling
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
DCCA
Pilling
Water and Sewer Department
Polo National Bank
Illinois Central Railroad
Budget discussions stalled as Coffey absent in council
Sewer continued from page 1 notes Coffey's absence delayed budget action while Lois Porter was appointed to replace Coffey on the Plan Commission and Stan Smith was reappointed to the Dixon Water Board. The council paid bills totaling 445,961.55 including 350 to each of nine area law enforcement departments from seized funds shared among Lee County departments, offsetting drug task force costs.
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Coffey
Lois Porter
Plan Commission
Stan Smith
Dixon Water Board
Lee County
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Rolland Metzger
Brinton Ave
Telegraph
Jerry Pauser
A. R. Comba
Main Street
Princeton
the Telegraph
Ill
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