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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.
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Earleen Hinton
Earleen creates content and oversees production of 8 community weeklies. She has worked for Shaw Newspapers since 1985.