Deer Grove News

ROCK FALLS – An environmentalist testified Wednesday that proposed turbines in southeastern Whiteside County should be farther away from a natural prairie.

ROCK FALLS – Who is the Whiteside County Airport manager speaking for when he expresses his concerns about wind turbines in the area? At last month's airport board meeting, County Board Vice Chairman Bill McGinn, D-Sterling, asked airport manager Mike Dowell about who he was representing when he testified about the turbines.

DEER GROVE – The tiny village of Deer Grove may have a role in the approval of wind turbines after all.

ROCK FALLS – Deer Grove's village board believes it can regulate wind turbines within 1.5 miles of its boundaries.

Whiteside County residents file into the Rock Falls Community Center Wednesday night for a meeting on a proposed wind farm development.