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Amber Alert Cancelled; Kids Home and Safe

The State of Illinois canceled the Amber Alert Sunday afternoon after the children were found safe in Sterling Illinois.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Re-enactors weather the storm

The Confederates' front line fires on the Union Army Saturday afternoon at the Battle of Chaplin Creek in Franklin Grove.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Police and fire reports for Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Amboy Police Brett Elliott Austin, 32, of Amboy; 1:50 a.m. Sunday; Lee County warrants failure to appear – aggravated assault and failure to appear – battery; transported to Lee County Jail.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Wrong turn leads to drug bust: Two New York men face charges in Whiteside

STERLING – A wrong turn led two New York men to the Whiteside County jail Tuesday after police discovered a crop of marijuana plants and other drugs in their vehicle.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Police and fire reports for Monday, June 29, 2009

Dixon Police William L. Turner, 52, of Dixon; 12:03 a.m. Sunday, in the first block of South Peoria Avenue; three Lee County warrants – failure to appear, and one Whiteside County warrant – failure to appear; transported to Lee County Jail.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Sterling residents should object to water rate hike

Illinois American Water Company intends to raise Sterling water rates another 27.4 percent – in addition to the 46.94 percent raise the company received in 2004.

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The Daily Gazette

Toddler drowns in rural Sterling

STERLING – A 3-year-old Rockton boy died Saturday afternoon after an apparent drowning in rural Sterling.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Police and fire reports for Friday, June 26, 2009

Dixon Police Jennifer E. Roland, 24, of Dixon; 1:13 a.m. Thursday in the 700 block of North Dixon Avenue; operating a vehicle with a revoked registration, expired registration sticker.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Lessons learned in the wake of a killing spree

One year has passed since the horrible killings of a rural Sterling man and four Rock Falls residents.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Police and fire reports for Thursday, June 25, 2009

Lee County Sheriff Shawn J. Beran, 31, of Dixon; 11:37 p.m. Wednesday; Lee County warrant, contempt – nonpayment/failure to appear; given notice to appear in court.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Whata s going on

Out&about Through Aug. 2 Exhibit: Revolution Paintings by John DeLong at The Crystal Cork Wine Shoppe, 219 W. First St., Dixon.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Report: Driver was going over 100 mph; Head-on crash killed teen, Erie woman

STERLING – A teenage driver who died April 21 in a crash that also killed another motorist west of town was traveling more than 100 mph at the time of the head-on collision in the middle of an intersection, police say.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Fish kill a mystery: Thousands of fish wash up on banks of Rock River

Bobby Bushman of Sterling pulls a catfish out of the water Sunday at the Arduini boat ramp in Rock Falls.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

KWQC-TV Davenport

Sterling Police Searching for Murder Suspect

Sterling Police are looking for a murder suspect as friends and family gather to remember the victim.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

WIFR

Sterling Police Searching for Murder Suspect

A Sterling man is murdered and police are on the hunt for a suspect. The victim is 54-year old Juan M. Lopez of Sterling.

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The Daily Gazette

Police and fire reports for Friday, June 19, 2009

Dixon Police Stephen A. Hoople, 19, of Dixon; 7:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of South Hennepin Avenue; public indecency; released to Lee County Sheriff Department pending additional charges.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Sending out an S.O.S.: Hundreds rally in Sterling to save human services

Joanie Sims of Rochelle speaks about the services she receives from a state-funded agency.

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The Daily Gazette

Trial set for Joshua Sheley: Sterling man charged with covering up elderly mana s killing

MORRISON – The brother of spree-killing defendant Nicholas T. Sheley will be the first person to go to trial in connection with the death of a 93-year-old Sterling man, a Whiteside County judge decided Wednesday.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Trial continues today in robbery case: Rock Falls man charged with holdup at BP

MORRISON – A Rock Falls man told investigators that he robbed a Sterling gas station in February because he was in debt to a drug dealer who threatened to harm his girlfriend if he didn't come up with the money, a police officer testified.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Man pleads guilty in stabbing: Judge sentences Sterling resident to jail, probation

MORRISON – A Sterling man charged with stabbing a then-17-year-old Sterling youth in August pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to 30 months' probation and 180 days in jail.

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