Lee County News

The group wants to create a trail along the 300-mile route, and a separate Rock River Route on roads within the river corridor to help people access “all to the natural resources, recreational opportunities, scenic beauty and historic and cultural assets of the Rock River Valley,” it says on its website.

DIXON – Dixon resident Doug Farster is not a baker, so he outsourced the job of making a blueberry pie last week.

DIXON – A Dixon man charged with shaking his infant daughter to death in September 2010 will go to trial this spring in a separate case in which he is accused of hitting his young son a month earlier with a wand from a set of mini-blinds. Charles T. George, 34, will be tried May 23 on felony and misdemeanor domestic battery charges.

Chuck Nelson of Amboy has abused drugs and alcohol for most of his life. Now 40 years old, Nelson has been clean for nearly 480 days and was one of six graduates Wednesday from the Lee County drug court program.

Congressman Aaron Schock, R-Peoria, then a candidate, addresses the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St.

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Manteno, speaks during a town hall meeting Saturday morning at the Amboy Family Restaurant.

John Ferrone has lived in the area since 2005 and currently serves on the Lee County Board.

Happ succeeds Doug Ellsworth, who left Schaumburg to go into private practice last April.

DIXON – A Dixon man charged with shaking his infant daughter to death in September 2010 will go to trial this spring in a separate case in which he is accused of hitting his young son a month earlier with a wand from a set of mini-blinds. George also is charged with two counts of aggravated battery of a child, aggravated domestic battery, ... (more)

Goldwind, a leading Chinese wind turbine maker, has acquired two 10 megawatt wind farms from Volkswind USA, Goldwind said Friday in Beijing.

DIXON – A Lee County committee is recommending the county keep the current required distance between homes and wind turbines.

A defamation lawsuit filed by former Dixon varsity boys basketball coach and athletic director Steve Sandholm was reinstated Friday morning by the Illinois Supreme Court.

DIXON – Lee County's animal control houses dogs at River Ridge Animal Hospital, and it will continue to do so.