Deer Grove

The Rock Falls City Council heard a report Tuesday night about the consequences of a failed referendum that would have instated a 0.5% sales tax throughout Whiteside County to help fund emergency dispatch services.

Whiteside County voters on Tuesday, Nov. 5, will decide whether to OK a new 0.5% public safety tax that would bring in about $2M annually to fund 911 emergency dispatch call center services or leave their city’s administration to figure out how to foot their share of the bill.

Alan E. Thompson Jr., 52, pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence in connection with the collision that killed Timothy D. Gonigam, president of Astec Mobile Screens, in 2021.

The traffic charges against the teen driver of a pickup truck that investigators said failed to stop at an intersection on March 28, resulting in the deaths of his three teen passengers, have been dismissed for now.

The driver of the pickup truck that investigators say failed to stop at an intersection, resulting in the death of his three passengers, was cited for failure to stop and for violating his graduated license restrictions.

A Deer Grove man charged with aggravated DUI resulting in death in a head-on collision that took the life of a Walnut man Oct. 21, 2021, and also charged nine months later with possession of a controlled substance, is set to be tried in the second, unrelated drug case on March 1.

A trial date is set for a Deer Grove man charged with aggravated DUI in a head-on collision that took the life of the president of Astec Mobile Screens in Sterling in 2021.

A gathering and a memorial ride will be held this weekend for a Rock Fall motorcyclist killed Saturday in a collision in Bureau County.

Sinnissippi Centers is thanking everyone who helped raise funds to support veteran services.

A 69-year-old Deer Grove woman was charged Tuesday with reckless homicide in the April 4 death of a rural Walnut woman whom troopers say she hit head-on

Twenty-seven candidates are hoping to become Whiteside County Board members Tuesday. Only 18 seats are available, however. Here's who's running:

Whiteside County voters will be asked Tuesday to increase the countywide sales tax by 1%. Here's why.

A rural Walnut woman is dead and four others injured, two seriously, following a three-vehicle crash around 10 a.m. Monday south of Rock Falls.

A Deer Grove man charged with misdemeanor DUI in an Oct. 21 head-on crash that killed the president of Astec Mobile Screens in Sterling now is facing more serious felony charges.

The Rock River Railroad is a fictitious one, but its surrounding landscape is dotted with tiny version of real-life local scenery.

Alan E. Thompson, 49, has his first hearing Thursday morning in Whiteside County Court.