Scales Mound News

Diana Runde and Jamie Jones are the new owners of the Council Hill Station, in Council Hill, Ill.

* Luke R. Stoffel, 22, 445 Tannin Court, reported a motor vehicle valued at $4,000 was stolen between 2:15 and 2:45 a.m. Saturday at 755 W. Third St.

The Scales Mound School District recently received two honors. First, U.S. News & World Report awarded the school a Bronze Medal Award for its standardized test scores and student proficiency rate.

A hot air balloon floats above rural Elizabeth, Ill, at last year's "Great Galena Balloon Race" event.

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

Deb McDowell and her husband, Mike, peek into legendary mobster Al Capone's former vault Monday at the Hotel Julien as part of a Diamond Jo Casino prize giveaway.

Alcohol contributed to a Scales Mound woman's injuries in a one-vehicle crash Friday, authorities said.