DIXON – Lee County's got strip clubs covered. After about 2 years without an ordinance, county board members last week adopted one that regulates adult entertainment establishments.

Robert J. Aubrey, 33, of Dixon; 7:45 p.m. Thursday; warrant – failure to appear – misdemeanor marijuana possession; bond set at $5,000. Dixon Police Krystal Cobb, 18, of Dixon; 9:45 p.m. Saturday in the 300 block of West Third Street; city ordinance violation of loud noises; given notice to appear in court.

Police investigating Friday shooting: Sterling man remains hospitalized; expected to recover completely By SVN STAFF news@svnmail.com 
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STERLING – A 20-year-old Rock Falls man was arrested Friday night and charged with a number of criminal and traffic offenses for allegedly leading police on a car chase through Sterling and Rock Falls while driving drunk.

Singing for
 their supper - MORRISON – The city's church choirs are presenting “We Sing for Their Supper,” a concert to benefit Morrison Food Pantry and the Christmas Helping Hands program, at 6 p.m. Sunday at Ebenezer Reformed Church of Morrison.

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 
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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.