Sterling News

Nicholas T. Sheley is escorted into the courtroom for a pretrial hearing Friday at the Whiteside County Courthouse.

Blackhawk Hills RC&D partnered with the University of Illinois Extension to create a Community Garden at Heritage Woods on Oak Grove Avenue in Sterling.

Jun 01, 2012 -- MILLEDGEVILLE -- An FHN sports physical clinic scheduled for today has been postponed, due to the timing of the Milledgeville Missiles' noon game in the Class 1A state softball tournament in East Peoria.

GALT – Sauk Valley Christian Academy, 5505 Anne St. in Galt west of Sterling, will present a kids carnival and fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, rain or shine.

STERLING – A free nondenominational religious revival will be presented by Higher Ground Ministries from 5 p.m. to dusk Friday, and from 10 a.m. to dusk Saturday and Sunday, at Propheter Park at Sixth Street and Sixth Avenue.

Now, there are two monthly bills – one from Illinois American Water for water service, the other from the city of Sterling for trash hauling and sewer services.

The regular meeting of the Chadwick-Milledgeville School Board was held May 21, 2012 at the Milledgeville High School Library.

Ron Spearmon of JEM Morris installs a blade to use to remove the grass at Sterling High School.

STERLING – A rural Sterling family lost their home and two family pets in an afternoon fire Tuesday at 24570 Empire Ave.

Firefighters move from one part of the fire to another as they battle a blaze Tuesday at 21410 Penrose Road in rural Sterling.

STERLING – Council members agreed Tuesday night to support the city's application for state grants that would help pay for recreational path projects.

Dave Peugh has waited a long time for a special coaching opportunity to come along, and that time finally arrived last week.

ARMED ROBBERY CASE: Jacob N. Cecil, 33, of Dixon; charged with armed robbery, carrying/possessing a concealed gun, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a stolen firearm, and unlawful use of weapons.

Hadley Skeffington-Vos, the city's management intern, partnered with Sterling Main Street to create the program.

Sterling High School Student Council President Ashley Heffelfinger walks to the podium to speak during Sunday's commencement ceremony at Roscoe Eades Stadium.

GOODLETSVILLE, Tenn. – The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded a $12,000 grant to the Whiteside County Regional Office of Education in Sterling.

ROCK FALLS – Jessica Friis has joined U.S. Bank Home Mortgage as a mortgage loan originator for the Rock Falls and Sterling areas.

MILLEDGEVILLE – June Grace Diehl, 91, of Milledgeville, died Thursday, May 24, 2012, at Good Samaritan Society in Mount Carroll.

DIXON – Critical comments made by several parents about the coaching style of former Dixon High School basketball coach Steve Sandholm is “opinion speech” protected under the First Amendment.

The school was recognized May 18 by the Washington Post's High School Challenge, which ranks high schools based on the ratio of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given each year to the number of seniors who graduate.