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House fire disrupts Rock Falls fire department training
ROCK FALLS, Ill. — The Rock Falls Fire Department started its day Wednesday preparing for search and rescue training exercises. The Whiteside County Health Department donated a house next door to its expanding clinic. The house will be torn down later this month and become extra parking spaces, but in the meantime, the old house is the fire department's training facility.
Salute to First Responders: Julie Pope
Julie Pope has served as a paramedic and teacher for the Prophetstown Ambulance Service for more than 20 years. She was honored for her service as this month’s winner of SERVPRO and Fox 18’s Salute to First Responders. Her family, friends and coworkers surprised Julie with the recognition....
Softball Recap: Nicolette Udell leads Rock Falls to victory over Dixon
Rock Falls came into Tuesday's match having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They had just enough and edged the Dixon Dukes & Duchesses out 8-7. That's more bragging rights for Rock Falls, who also won the pair's last head-to-head. Zoey Silva spent all seven...
Sunshine dominates our skies ahead of our next chance for storms
Improvements were slow to filter in, but it eventually helped bring some sunshine to the Stateline to round out our Monday. Furthermore, it was enough for a few of our locales to reach the 70° mark. Now, yesterday’s improvements will leave us with a much cooler start to our...
Fleetwood Mac tribute show on Dixon Historic Theatre stage Friday
DIXON — Hello Sauk Valley and beyond! What an April this has been. The weather has almost had as much variety as The Dixon: Historic Theatre! See what I did there?. We had three great movies that included Casablanca, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, and The Longest Yard with an introduction from one of the stunt men in the movie. (That was me.)
Construction work to begin on Illinois 78 in Morrison
MORRISON — The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that, weather permitting, work on Illinois 78 in Morrison begins Wednesday, May 1. The $5 million project will reconstruct the road from U.S. 30 to south of Academic Drive on the city’s south side and will require a full closure.
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