The Daily Gazette - Fri Nov 06
DIXON – Prosecutors are seeking to force an Amboy dog breeder charged with felony animal cruelty to forfeit two dogs and three puppies to Lee County Animal Control.
Get that ordinance in placeThe Daily Gazette - Fri Nov 06
Back in 1999, Lee County did not have an adult use ordinance in place. Heartbreakers, a so-called “gentlemen's club” featuring topless dancers, was able to set up shop at a remote highway crossroads in eastern Lee County and continues to operate to this day – despite a failed retroactive attempt by the county board to regulate ...
Know Your Neighbors: Shelly Harrington, Office managerThe Daily Gazette - Thu Nov 05
Shelly Harrington, 46, is the office manager at Henning Smith Realtors in Dixon.
Two charged in Polo burglariesThe Daily Gazette - Thu Nov 05
OREGON – Two young Polo men already charged in a one-night burglary spree in Dixon now also have been charged in eight of about 40 break-ins in the Polo area.
Disaster donation drive plannedThe Daily Gazette - Tue Nov 03
DIXON – A “fill-the-truck” donation drive, sponsored by AmeriCorps to benefit the American Red Cross Rock River Chapter Lee County Unit, will run from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Ace Hardware, 900 N. Galena Ave.
Man killed in morning motorcycle collisionThe Daily Gazette - Mon Nov 02
DIXON – A 65-year-old Sterling man was killed early Monday when his motorcycle hit a deer on I-88 between Sterling and Dixon.
Counties get H1N1 shipments: Free clinics Saturday in Dixon, Rock FallsThe Daily Gazette - Fri Oct 30
Lee County Health Department Thursday received its first large shipment of H1N1 injectable vaccine – 3,000 doses – and will offer a walk-in clinic Saturday for those most at risk.
H1N1 clinic postponedThe Daily Gazette - Thu Oct 29
The H1N1 clinic scheduled for today at the Ashton-Franklin Center school district was postponed because the Lee County Health Department has not yet received more vaccine, Health Administrator Cathy Ferguson said Wednesday.
Lee County United Way past halfway markThe Daily Gazette - Thu Oct 29
With several divisions reporting more than half of their goal, the United Way of Lee County closed its fourth report session with more than $290,000 of its $465,000 goal raised in this year's fundraising drive.
Work begins on wind farm: Midwest Energy planning to erect turbines by springThe Daily Gazette - Tue Oct 27
OHIO – Four years after making its initial pass at farmers in southern Lee County, wind farm giant Midwest Wind Energy has started to build its 20-square-mile wind farm along the Lee-Bureau county border.
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