The Whiteside County Public Safety Tax Referendum passed with 3,667 votes for the measure and 2,907 against it. A total of 6,822 of the county’s 37,881 voters (18%) cast their ballots to decide the referendum’s fate.

Owner Aurelio Gallardo told Shaw Local that the move will provide additional dine-in seating, a drive-thru option and new menu items, including sandwiches, soups, bagels, custom cream cheeses and new specialty coffee drinks.

New Sterling alderman Allen Przysucha on consolidated election win: ‘It still hasn’t fully sunk in yet.’

The TALK-LINE interview for April 2 featured Dixon Telegraph/Sterling Gazette Editor Charlene Bielema and reporter Brandon Clark from Shaw Local News discussing the recent consolidated election results.

Total voter turnout was 16.77% of the 22,248 registered voters in Lee County and 18.01% of 37,881 in Whiteside.

In the contested race for Dixon Township’s highway commissioner, voters reelected incumbent Corey Reuter, according to Lee County’s unofficial election results.

The church, which stands at 21496 Hazel Road, was established in 1875 mostly by German immigrants who settled in the area.

The proposed site is located within the city’s 1.5-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction and spans 105 acres. However, the project would only develop 31 acres of the parcel.

The Midland States Bank Foundation has committed to providing $25,000 over the next two years to help offset construction, furnishing and equipment costs associated with the construction of the Dixon Family YMCA’s new Lovett Child Development Center, which opened in January.