Sterling News

STERLING – Whether rural residents will pay significantly more for their fire protection will be put to a vote.

Jacqueline M. Rosenbalm, 26, of Mount Morris; 12:15 p.m. Sunday in Beanblossom parking lot; consumption of alcohol in public.

Alan J. Davison, 24, of Rockford; 11:38 p.m. Friday at Jones Avenue and Bacon Street; driving with a suspended license, possession of cannabis under 2.5 grams.

STERLING – Big-city billboards on which businesses advertise goods and services could be a thing of the past.

Jim Schiltz of Sterling looks over the items at the newly expanded and renovated Goodwill in Sterling.

Sterling man cleared of attempted 
sex assault; Prosecutors: Woman uncooperative; witnesses would exonerate accused By Tara Becker 
tbecker@svnmail.com 
800-798-4085, ext.

Quartermaster Second Class Ronald Johnson sits in the gunner's seat of a 40 mm cannon aboard a Navy LST at a Clinton, Iowa, reunion 4 years ago.

STERLING – A 71-year-old Rock Falls man spent 30 minutes clinging to a log near the Upper Dam Saturday morning before being rescued from the cold Rock River.

Brian M. Dees, 29, of Dixon; 11:24 a.m. Friday in the 300 block of South Galena Avenue; burglary, unlawful use of credit card; taken to Lee County Jail.

Byron Adams , 51, of Chicago; charged with three counts of first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle and criminal trespass to a vehicle, a misdemeanor.

Nicholas Sheley, 30, of Sterling, IL is accused of a two-state killing spree in June 2008 that left 8 people dead.

Friday, November 6, was another pretrial hearing at the Knox County courthouse in the murder case of accused spree killer Nicholas Sheley.

Work continues on Happy Tails Animal Shelter's new facility. STERLING – After 5 years of fundraisers and a bitter court battle with neighbors in its pricey subdivision, Happy Tails Animal Shelter has a new building on a new site.

MORRISON – A Sterling woman charged with stealing money from the Greater Sterling Development Corp.

Ballroom dance students Annika Martin and Ed Marquez finish their foxtrot in an instructional DVD produced by Rock Valley College dance teacher Julie Dale.

The death of a 22-year-old Sterling man found in his home Tuesday night appears to be a suicide, Whiteside County Coroner Joe McDonald said.

Elvira Muraira, 39, of Dixon; 7:38 a.m. Saturday; speeding, expired registration, DeKalb County warrant – failure to appear – theft; given notice to appear in court.

Note to readers: This is the third in a series of Sauk Valley Newspapers articles on some of the World War II veterans who are going to Washington, D.C., Nov.

DIXON – A 65-year-old Sterling man was killed early Monday when his motorcycle hit a deer on I-88 between Sterling and Dixon.

Note to readers: This is the second in a series of Sauk Valley Newspapers articles on some of the World War II veterans who are going to Washington, D.C., Nov.