Public aid fraud probe in Oregon targets local restaurant
Oregon authorities and Illinois agencies executed a search warrant at Kopy Kat Restaurant in Oregon. Records on wages and hours were seized for an Ogle County Grand Jury investigation into possible public aid welfare fraud and official misconduct. Nancy Smith, 32, Oregon, was arrested for obstructing justice.
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Telegraph
Oregon
Ogle County Grand
Ogle County
Dennis Schumacher
Schumacher
S. Fourth St
Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation
Oregon Police Department
Illinois State Department of Labor
Illinois Public Aid Office
Ogle County State
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Public Aid Office
Nancy Smith
Bond
Steger teen convicted in I-57 overpass death
Will County judge convict Leon DeRouin 19 of involuntary manslaughter for hurling an 11 pound concrete chunk from an Interstate 57 overpass, killing Charles Layfield 57. Jury found no first degree murder but second degree murder verdict. sentencing set for November 8 with potential 2 to 5 years or probation. Co-defendants DeLorenzo and Taylor, both 20, face separate trials.
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de Rouin
Orenic
Kevin DeLorenzo
Matthew Taylor
Steger
DeLorenzo
Taylor
Will County Asst
Jeff Balducci
Researchers map deer ticks in northern Illinois study
University of Illinois College of Medicine researchers will establish a breeding colony of deer ticks in Rockford and Rockford Memorial Hospital using specimens from Ogle County. The project tracks tick feeding, attachment, and potential Lyme disease transmission with goals of blocking spread and expanding regional testing and funding.
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Rochelle
University of Illinois College of Medicine
UICM
Rockford and Rockford Memorial Hospital
Ogle County
Joyce A. Keesy
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Entomology
Madison
Wis
Keesy
Winnebago County
Rockford Area
Castle Rock State Park
Keely
Illinois Department of Public Health
Rockford
Alan Fusco
National Institute of Health
Washington, D.C
Northern
Illinois
Uriel D. Kitron
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Illinois
Franklin State Park
Lee County
Lowden Boy Scouts Camp
Oregon
Castle Rock
Kitron
Rock River
White Pines Deer Park
Fung Ming's gets OK to open doors
Fung Ming's Cantonese Restaurant at 319 First Street reopened to the public Friday after a voluntary closure following a Lee County Health Department inspection. Inspector Sheryl Lauts cited extensive cleaning and cleared major violations, including spoiled food, eggs stored at room temperature, and live turtles in the kitchen.
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Oy Clark Kelly Telegraph
Fung Ming
First Street
Lee County Health Department
Sheryl Lauts
Lauts
Fung Ming’s
Richard Innis
Ogle County Sheriff Involved in Minor Parade Accident
Sheriff Jerry Brooks said his car lurched forward at a Madison Illinois Route 2 stop sign, striking a pedestrian, Steve Jablonsky of Dix, who was treated and released from KSB Hospital. No injuries reported. The same report notes an open house for the Emyre office building and flu vaccination clinics for seniors across Oregon and Polo, Mount Morris, Rochelle, Monroe Center, and Oregon with dates in late October and November.
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Oregon
Ogle County
Jerry Brooks
Brooks
The
Telegraph Today
Madison
Illinois
Steve Jablonsky
Dixon
KSB
Jablonsky
Northwest Illinois Agency
Agining
Yellowbird
United Methodist Church
Polo
Mount Morris Senior Center
Hub City Senior Center
Rochelle
Monroe Center
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Franklin Grove
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Donald E. Buracker
National Academy of Opticians
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Wells, Bailey
Thomas Lawless
Lamar Wells
Eric Bailey
Buracker
Lawless & Associates
Don Buracker
Palmyra Avenue
United States
Old Lyme
Conn
IMC
Lincolnway
T Telegraph
Sheriff’s Department
Sheriff's Department
Spurgeon
Donna Fuil
W. First St
Spurgeorn
Ruper Crost
Fs, Inc
Rich Ranken
Frank Stenzel
Steve Mulrooney
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