Freeport News

Share + Jul 10, 2009 12:38 pm US/Central ROCKFORD, Ill. Environmental cleanup efforts in Rockford are continuing following last month's fiery train derailment that leaked ethanol into surrounding soil and water, and killed one woman.

It's news workers at Honeywell in Freeport prefer to switch off. About 150 of them will lose their jobs.

Elks' football coach retires

New charges of driving under the influence has prompted the state's attorney to ask a judge to either revoke or increase a Geneva man's bond today.

QUESTION: Who is doing the construction on U.S. 20 between Galena and East Dubuque, Ill? How much longer do they anticipate the road work to continue? Why is it taking so long to finish? ANSWER: Civil Constructors of Freeport, Ill., is working as the contractor for the project.

At their meeting on June 17, 2009, the Eastland Board of Education approved the minutes of the May 20, 2009 Regular meeting.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Freeport - In 2010, Freeport Historical Society is planning a year-long seriesof programs and exhibits ntitled, 'Freeport's Amusements, Entertainments and Oddities.' We invite Freeporter's to participate in shaping these programs and exhibits by sharing stories of events and people that relate to this broad topic.

"I woke up and looked out my front window and there's a tree laying in my front yard," Shawn Page said.

The Stephenson County city of Freeport, IL is known best for two things; first, it was the home of one of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858, debates that launched Abraham Lincoln thoroughly into the public eye, second, it was the birthplace of President James Garfield's assassin Charles Guiteau.

The link between agriculture and the environment has driven producers to be good stewards for centuries, said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

We thought we'd said our last goodbye of the Ski Train as it pulled out of Denver for the final time last month .

The police report does not include every crime in a community. In some cases, no police report is filed, and sometimes police withhold information on pending investigations.

FREEPORT – Stephenson County health officials announced Wednesday that they have confirmed the county's first positive human case of the H1N1 influenza virus, formerly known as swine flu, The Journal-Standard reported today.

FREEPORT Highland Community College wind turbine technician student Tanner Clenney, of Lanark IL, has been selected to participate in an overseas summer internship with B9 Energy Group, a leading provider of services in the renewable energy industry.

Out&about Through August 2 Exhibit: Revolution Paintings by John DeLong at The Crystal Cork Wine Shoppe, 219 W. First St., Dixon.

Earlier today Mark Henderson spent some time in another part of the stateline with a group of students who shared their enthusiasm about science! Dozens of third and fourth graders from Blackhawk Elementary School in Freeport took part in this year's science fair.

WINONA -- Rae Jean Bessert, 76, formerly of Freeport, Ill., died Sunday at St. Anne Extended Healthcare in Winona, after a long fight with Alzheimer's disease.

FREEPORT, Ill. - Area officials are pushing for state and federal funding to bring Amtrak rail service to northwest Illinois, and said there may be as much as $150 million available for this effort in the proposed Illinois capital construction plan.

Dillon Stoner's one-out infield single in the bottom of the seventh drove in Nate Asbury with the winning run Wednesday as Sterling topped Moline 8-7 at Gartner Park.

There is still no resolution to report yet between the city and its unions. But all parties say they're willing to work together, and in the process, look at some alternative ways and thinking to plug a roughly $585,000 budget hole.