Leaf River News

MOUNT MORRIS – A free community Christmas concert, sponsored by three Mount Morris churches, is planned for 3 p.m. Dec.

This week I have to get a short little vent in. I have many pet peeves, but my most perturbing one is being ignored! And I know I am not the only one who is having issues with this as many others have commented on it as well.

MOUNT MORRIS – Donald B. Barnhart, 71, a lifelong Mount Morris area resident, died Sunday, Nov.

Construction workers Tuesday digging along state Route 64 about 2 miles east of Oregon cut a Verizon fiber optic line, which led to land line phone service and possibly Internet problems in Ogle, Lee and Whiteside counties, according to the Ogle County Sheriff's Department.

On Sept. 22 and 23, 93 fourth- through sixth-graders from Lee, Ogle, and Stephenson counties attended University of Illinois Extension's 4-H Health Jam, at Camp White Eagle, Leaf River and KSB Hospital, Dixon.

Rockford has the highest unemployment rate in Illinois.. .topping 14 percent. But a local company is hoping to put hundreds back to work during the holiday season.

Brianna “Bri” Grau, 23, of Sterling, works for CosmoProf, which supplies beauty products to salons, and does hair part time at Statik Hair Studio and Day Spa in Sterling.

Brian and Kerry Lindquist, of Leaf River, are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Charlie Allen Lindquist, born July 9 at St.