KSB Hospital Drill Simulates Disaster Response
An explosion drill at KSB Hospital in Commerce Towers tested disaster response with 11 simulated injuries, involving Dixon City and Rural Fire Departments, Advance EMS, and hospital staff. Emergency teams reached the scene in four minutes. triage and transport were practiced, with Kiwanis Club members among the simulated patients.
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KSB Hospital
Commerce Towers
Kevin Marx
Dixon City
Marx
Lee Couty Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Charles Randall
Randall
Golden K Kiwanis Club
ESDA
Howard Swegle
Swegle
Clark Kelly
KSB
Don Edwards
Amboy City Council swears in Officials
Amboy city officials were sworn in at a council meeting. Aldermen Ted Etheridge E James Ross and Les Kellen joined City Clerk Darlene Hinkle City Treasurer Jane M McCoy and Mayor Kenneth McCracken with Kellen and Etheridge re elected. McCracken aims to attract industry and recounts past mayoral service. A bid of 96966 from Albrechts Well Drilling for phase one water tower work was approved.
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Amboy
Ted Etheridge
E. James Ross
Les Kellen
Darlene Hinkle
Jane M. McCoy
Kenneth McCracken
Etheridge
Ross
Kellen
Hinkle
McCoy
McCracken
Albrecht
Ohio, Ill
Dean’s Foods
Bluff Street
Richard Bumba
Gary Schultz
Wayne Spenader
Willett
Hofmann & Associates
Michael Guilfoyle
Wallace joins the Telegraph as district circulation manager
Kirk Wallace, 21, from Boston, has joined the Telegraph staff as district circulation manager. He began duties April 21 overseeing 90 carriers in Lee County towns including Rochelle area. Wallace plans to improve operations, grow readers, and handles customer comments. He lives in Dixon with wife Lisa, expecting a baby early this month.
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Kirk Wallace
Telegraph
Wallace
Boston
Mass
Dixon
Colorado
Wyoming
Alaska
Hawaii
Rochelle
Ashton
Amboy
Lee County
Lisa
The
Shaws
Dixon High to host Sunday spring concert and student art show
The Dixon High School Concert Band, directed by Kent Nightlinger, performs Sunday at 3 p.m. in the auditorium with a Sousa Berlin and Smith repertoire and a solo alto sax piece by James Higby, plus a guest conductor Robert L Heureux. A reception for graduating seniors follows. An art show runs 1 to 5 p.m. in the old gym featuring over 200 works by DHS students across grades.
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Dixon High School
DHS
Kent Nightlinger
John Philip Sousa
Claude T. Smith
Armed Forces
Irving Berlin
James Higby
Nightlinger
Robert L'Heureux
Carol Bennett
Rock Falls man killed in early morning crash on Route 30
Kenneth E. Dickenson 28 of Rock Falls died when his eastbound car collided with a westbound semi on U S Route 30 near Inlet road just before 6 30 am. Michael W. Harris 29 was treated at KSB Hospital. responders included Illinois State Police and Lee County Sheriff. An inquest will be scheduled later. Funeral arrangements by Melvin Shilling Funeral Home Sterling.
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Rock Falls
Inlet Road
Kenneth E. Dickenson
Lee County
Richard Schilling
Dickenson
Michael W. Harris
Harris
KSB
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