Rock Falls firefighters Brady Franks (left), Brian McPhillips, Brayden Porter and Matt Kobbeman load buoys into a pair of boats Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at the Oppold Marina in Sterling. Rock Falls and Sterling’s fire departments spent the morning placing nearly two dozen buoys in the channel of the Rock River. (Alex T. Paschal)
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