Byron News

Rock Falls' Shawn Skinner rolls over Mercer County's Landon McIntosh in a first-round match at 195 pounds at the Class 1A Byron Sectional.

BYRON, Ill. - A northern Illinois nuclear plant is back up and running after a reactor lost power and shut down last week.

Chicago - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made a preliminary calculation of how much radioactive tritium was released in steam used to cool the reactor during the shutdown at the Byron, Ill.

Byron, Ill. - Nuclear plants throughout the Illinois, the central and eastern United States must be reassessed within four years to determine how well they might withstand earthquakes.

OREGON – The newly appointed Ogle County Board of Review will begin annual property tax appeal hearings next week – several weeks behind schedule.

Iowa recruiting coordinator Eric Johnson announced that the Hawkeyes got a letter of intent from Reid Sealby, a 6-foot-4, 230-pound offensive lineman from Byron, Ill.

In this March 16, 2011 photo, steam escapes from Exelon Corp.'s nuclear plant in Byron, Ill.

BYRON, Ill. -- Wisconsin Emergency Management and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are monitoring conditions at a northern Illinois nuclear plant after the plant lost power and went offline Monday morning.

Byron, Ill. - Loss of power to a northern Illinois nuclear plant led to a shutdown of one unit and the venting of steam containing trace levels of Tritium, but Exelon says there is no danger to employees or nearby residents.

Hard rockers E11th Hour are performing at 8 p.m. Saturday at Spurgeon's Bay, 215 W. First St.

UNION – Prairie Ridge High School graduate Kira Halvey recently was hired by the McHenry County Historical Society to replace longtime museum exhibit curator Grace Moline.

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