Cherry Valley News

It's a rare treat to get Christmas carolers at your door these days. And for one Cherry Valley couple facing though times, this surprise meant more than we could imagine.

A tractor-trailer drove off Route 33 north at Sorrenti's Cherry Valley Vineyards and crashed onto Lower Cherry Valley Road on Thursday morning.

It happened around 6p.m. in the Beacon Hill apartment complex near Cherry Valley.

An eyewitness involved in the crash tells us two people were taken to the hospital, but the extent of those injuries is unknown at this time.

Illinois State Police were busy than every in the month of October, arresting a dozen on DUI charges.

ROCK FALLS – Cherry Valley-based builder Ringland-Johnson Construction has been awarded the contract for a mental health clinic that is being added to the Whiteside County health clinic.

Rockford Register Star CHERRY VALLEY, Ill. -- A demonic dog lurks across the lonely stretch of asphalt known as Bloods Point Road.

The Little Sisters of Hoboken are staging a variety show at the Mount Saint Helens School Auditorium.

They're terrifying images from a summer train derailment in Rockford, hitting close to home for some local members of the American Society of Safety Engineers.

In a written statement released Thursday, State Rep. Ron Wait, R-Belvidere, announced his community office hours schedule for the remainder of 2009.

The reported tornado that ripped through a section of Cherry Valley on Wednesday afternoon uprooted trees, split power lines and transformed farm structures into thousands of pieces of rubble.

Megan Kohlhaas captured this video on her cell phone of a tornado that ripped through the Cherry Valley area on Wednesday afternoon, July 29, 2009.

Jackie VanGordon recalls the incident " As I was sitting in our living room, I heard the VERY LOUD "train-sound" and jumped to my feet only to see a huge tornado straight ahead.

Storms move through Poconos; tornado causes damage in Cherry Valley July 29, 2009 Thunderstorms are moving through the Poconos this afternoon, and there's been heavy damage in the Cherry Valley area from a storm that passed through about 1:40 p.m. Corporal Kenneth Nevil of Stroud Area Regional Police said the unconfirmed tornado touched down south ...

MARENGO – A Rockford man remains in Winnebago County Jail in connection with stealing a semi-tractor from a popular carnival company and then leading police on a chase, officials said.

Jack and Helen Farley of DeKalb will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary July 18.

As residents of Reddington Village we were obviously inconvenienced by the Cherry Valley Bridge accident and the closing of Cherry Valley Road.

The National Transportation Safety Board says the tracks went through a routine inspection Friday before the accident and no problems were reported.

Emergency workers spray water on a fire caused by a train derailment Saturday, June 20, 2009, on Mulford Road in Cherry Valley, Ill.

Emergency workers spray water on a fire Saturday caused by a train derailment on Mulford Road in Cherry Valley.