Mount Morris News

From the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford: Robert W. Bales and his colleagues at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford are conducting a focus group study to examine the effects of measuring lung functions in individuals who smoke.

MOUNT MORRIS – Faulty wiring is the most likely cause of a fire that destroyed a Mount Morris Fire Department paramedic's home early Jan.

LANARK – Mary Evelyn Galor, 68, of Lanark, died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, at FHN Memorial Hospital, Freeport.

MOUNT MORRIS – State and local officials still are trying to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a Mount Morris home early Sunday morning.

Dear Abby: I am a 16-year-old girl and I fight with my mother almost daily. It makes me sad and upset all the time, and I don't know what to do.

The police report does not include every crime in a community. If you know of a crime that has occurred in your neighborhood that has not been reported here, call your local police department, then call Sauk Valley Newspapers at 800-798-4085. Dixon Police Nina M. Morton, 34, of Rochelle; 9:15 p.m. Thursday in the 200 block of South Hennepin Avenue; ...

Illinois Department of Natural Resources biologist Dan Sallee speaks Saturday at Kodiak Outdoor Sports in Dixon.

Riverside rivals square off - The Dixon Dukes and the Sterling Golden Warriors square off at 7:30 tonight in the Dixon High School gym.

Sculptor Daniel Ingebrightson of Franklin, Wis., puts the finishing touches on “Making Hay.” OREGON – The sixth statue of the nonprofit Community Art Legacy is at the foundry, ready to be cast in bronze and join the ranks of the other sculptures installed around this river town over the last few years.

A morning fire Tuesday destroys a barn at 3022 W. Camp Road, southeast of Mount Morris.

Dixon Police Abbey E. Whitney-Smith, 18, of Mount Morris; 6:23 p.m. Monday in the 1300 block of North Galena Avenue; retail theft – under $150. 16-year-old boy of Dixon; 7:29 p.m. Monday at DND Travel Plaza; possession of cannabis under 2.5 grams, possession of tobacco products as a minor, runaway; released to his mother.

Kelly Harp and Matt Olesen, both of Rockford, Ill., were married Oct. 11, 2009, at White Pines Wedding Canyon, Mount Morris, Ill.

Cong. Danny Davis, running in a contested 7th CD Dem. Primary, on Abortion, ACORN and Rev.

One of the nicer veterans memorials at the College of Lake County in Grayslake is still moving forward with its plans to add a bronze soldier, paying respect to a gray granite tombstone.

Santa with the owner of the Dogwood Inn in Polo, Bernice Ratledge and Mt. Morris resident AlexaLin Moses, 6, during Breakfast with Santa Saturday morning.

OREGON – The law license of former Ogle County State's Attorney Dennis Schumacher should be suspended for a year for sexual misconduct, a disciplinary commission says.

MOUNT MORRIS – A 24-year-old Mount Morris man has died from head injuries he suffered Dec.

OREGON – Fundraising efforts are under way to build an outdoor aquatic center to replace the downtown pool that recently was demolished.

It happened shortly after 12:30 this afternoon in rural Mt. Morris. Initial calls to police reported a child had fallen into a well and that her father went in after her.

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