Nearly half of the Coloma Township Board of Trustees, including its supervisor, abruptly announced late last week that they were resigning, which led to the appointment of a new supervisor, clerk and two trustees Tuesday.

In a prepared statement SVCC Vice President of Academics and Student Services Jon Mandrell shared with Shaw Local, SVCC President Dave Hellmich said he could “see no reason” why the school’s federal funding should be “jeopardized.”

Andrew Gornick appeared Wednesday for a preliminary hearing on charges of stalking, cyberstalking and harassment through electronic communication – all felony offenses.

A Lee woman was hospitalized Tuesday after the car she was driving crashed into a house on Perry Road between Malta and Shabbona, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

A California solar company sued the county last fall after the Whiteside County Board twice rejected a special-use permit application for solar farm development on Prairie Center Road near Morrison.

Here is the list of schools that are changing their schedules Tuesday due to the cold weather.

No injuries reported in mid-day blaze.

According to a news release, Rock Falls police were dispatched at 1:50 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, for a reported stabbing in the 600 block of West 20th Street in Rock Falls.

A Whiteside County jury has found a Freeport man guilty of attempted predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under the age of 13 in connection with a reported assault at a Sterling school playground in 2023.