IDOT plans Route 2 upgrades keep scenic quality high
Illinois Route 2 will get passing lanes shoulders and curve realignments in a $20 million upgrade over two to three years. IDOT officials presented a computer imaging video to the Ogle County Board showing three year post construction views and noted safety improvements with anticipated traffic rising from 5,000 to about 7,000 by 20 years.
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Oregon
Illinois Department of Transportation
IDOT
Ogle County Board
David Lutyens
Bureau of Planning
Castle Rock
Lutyens
Dixon
Rockford
Dixon School Board weighs contracting custodians to cut OBM costs
The Dixon School Board is asked to study contracting custodial services to reduce an OBM deficit above 1.3 million dollars. Assistant to the Superintendent Robert Aubry and Property Services Director Howard Bonnell urge bids for Washington School Dixon High School and the Administrative Center to gauge savings and feasibility amid a union election drive and looming RIF notices for custodial staff.
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Dixon School Board
Robert Aubry
Howard Bonnell
Bonnell
Aubry
Washington School
Dixon High School
Dixon
Mortgage rates rise statewide to about 11 percent
Mortgage rates have climbed with the 30-year fixed rate at about 11.125 percent statewide and 15-year at about 10.8 percent. Midwest Mortgage Services' Robert R. Harring cited inflation fears driving higher costs and noted lenders are introducing new mortgages to ease early payments.
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Oak Brook Terrace
III
UPI
Robert R. Harring
Midwest Mortgage Services
Harring
Chicago
Bush urges drug education in Amish Lancaster area
President Bush visited Conestoga Valley High School in Lancaster County to press an anti drug campaign, saying education is the key in a national problem. He cited local concerns from Mennonite leaders and noted the region, though pastoral, faces cocaine distribution issues while Amish communities question the visit’s significance.
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Lancaster
UPI
Bush
Pennsylvania
Conestoga Valley
Conestoga Valley High School
Pastoral
Lancaster County
Washington
Maribel Kraybill
Mennonite Information Center
State Crime Commission
William Bennett
Dick Thornburgh
Dixon Theatre restoration eyed in regional civic center drive
Lee County Civic Center Authority joins 12 downstate communities in seeking 72.9 million for civic projects including 3 million to renovate the historic Dixon Theatre. Bills HB 595 596 SB 184 185 would add 100 million to the MFE fund from off track betting and Arlington Raceway revenue. supporters Rep Myron Olson and Sen Harlan Rigney back the measures.
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Lee County
State Senate
State House
Arlington International Raceway
Myron Olson
R-Dixon
Harlan Rigney
Bloemker
Dixon Theatre
New Corridor Boosts Illinois Research and Development District
The area along I 88 between Oak Brook and the Mississippi River becomes a target for the Illinois Research and Development Corridor to attract high tech plants to the Rock River Valley. Mayor James Dixon touts three corridors and notes reorganized state focus on development through corridor councils.
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Oak Brook
Mississippi River
Rock River Valley
James Dixon
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
DCCA
Dixon
Lee County
IRDC
I-39
Greater Rochelle
Lee, Ogle
Whiteside
Kendall
Dupage
Kane Counties
Irdc Council
U.S
Carol Ortgiesen
Tourism Council
Tim Chase
Ortgiesen
Chase
Lee County deputies vote to form bargaining units
Lee County Sheriff's deputies correctional officers and dispatch officers vote to organize into two collective bargaining units. The groups approved 12 to 2 and 5 to 1 respectively with one deputy on vacation and one vote objected to. Negotiations will begin after certification with the county board. Sheriff Tim Bivins notes widespread FOP affiliation and salary disparities versus Dixon police. Beginning road deputy salary about 17 000, Dixon starts around 20 000 with steps to 24 000. two deputies have left for other agencies in 10 months.
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Lee County
Lee County Board
Tim Bivins
Fraternal Order of Police
FOP
Jerry Swope
Bivins
County Board
Dixon Police
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Illinois Department of Conservation
Pines
DOC
UPI Photo
Dick Cheney
Pentagon
Quayle
Dixon Theatre Funding
Clark Kelly
Lee
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