Roxanne Haas, left, and Polo firefighter Ken Yingling are served breakfast by firefighter Brian Carr, far right, paramedic April Rivers, center, and paramedic Sabrina Stock during the Polo Fire Protection District's annual spring breakfast fundraiser on April 30, 2023. The menu included biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage links, pancakes, coffee and orange juice. A total of 479 people were served, and $4,202.17 raised to go toward the purchase of new equipment for the fire district. (Alexa Zoellner/Shaw Media)
Alexa Zoellner
Alexa Zoellner reports on Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for Shaw Media out of the Dixon office. Previously, she worked for the Record-Eagle in Traverse City, Michigan, and the Daily Jefferson County Union in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.