Oregon News

ROCKFORD – A Dixon man still was in critical condition Monday afternoon after a motorcycle accident Thursday afternoon in Ogle County.

OREGON – Two Dixon men were injured, one seriously, in a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon in the 3500 block of South Lowden Road.

Veronica Blue of Utica received two academic awards during Honors Day May 15 at North Central College.

CONSUMERS WHO BOUGHT CERTAIN BRANDS OF SKECHERS "ROCKER-BOTTOM" SHOES ELIGIBLE FOR PARTIAL REFUNDS AS PART OF $45 MILLION RESOLUTION OF DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING ALLEGATIONS Attorney General John Kroger today announced a $45 million global resolution of allegations that Skechers made unsubstantiated health claims about certain brands of athletic shoes.

Oregon firefighters work to quell a fire that broke out around 10 p.m. Tuesday in a garage at 605 Monroe St.

An Oregon firefighter tries to put down a fire in Don Wisch's 2003 Chevy, which went up in flames Tuesday on Lowden Road, about a half mile southwest of its intersection with Daysville Road.

The grand opening of the 245-acre Bowes Creek Woods forest preserve along Crawford Road drew a large crowd on Saturday that included members of both the Arians and Muirhead families, descendants of the site's original settlers.

Hairless kangaroo, wizened wallaby or cryptozoological chupacabra? None of the above, an Illinois Department of Natural Resources officer says of this creepy critter, caught on a cellphone camera Tuesday evening loping through Riverside Cemetery near Sinnissippi Park in Sterling.