Lee County News

Flanked by her attorneys, former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell arrives May 7 at the federal courthouse in Rockford.

Veterans salute a wreath that was laid in the Rock River in recognition of sailors who lost their lives while serving their country.

Other times, I'm wildly off. That was the case with the Lee County Board's recent 18-4 vote against a proposed wind energy ordinance.

Chad A. Jornlin, 36, was arrested at 4:11 a.m. Saturday in the 600 block of Carroll Avenue for burglary and on a Lee County body attachment warrant, and taken to Lee County Jail.

Timothy Stratton faces up to life in prison after a Lee County jury convicted him of the sexual battery of his wife's granddaughter.

The approval will allow Clean Line Energy Partners, a Houston-based company with several high-voltage transmission projects in the works across the country, to begin negotiations with potential customers.

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.

DIXON – Some Lee County Board members are pushing for a county administrator.

Other times, I'm wildly off. That was the case with the Lee County Board's recent 18-4 vote against a proposed wind energy ordinance.

DIXON – Three men accused of breaking into a Cash for Gold store last month and stealing its safe are behind bars, police said Tuesday.

DIXON – The Dixon City Council is set to vote tonight on whether to hire a legal firm, but despite calls for transparency, the mayor isn't saying which firm the proposed agreement is with.

DIXON – Two Lee County Board committees will meet in special sessions at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the old Lee County Courthouse, 112 E. Second St.

DIXON – A Lee County judge presiding over Byron E. Adams' murder case told attorneys Thursday that he intends to start the trial Aug.

DIXON – A Dixon woman picked up Thursday was the last of eight people arrested and charged with selling heroin and oxycodone in a monthslong investigation that began after a fatal overdose in January, police said in a news release late Thursday.

Most Dixon residents probably would not want to be compared to the city's fired comptroller in any way, shape or form.

Jered Blake, who competed in the first season of NBC's "The Voice," will perform Saturday at Champs, 216 Locust St.

We are trying to get all of the information we can on Rita Crundwell, the former Dixon city comptroller accused of misappropriating millions in city funds.

DIXON – The Dixon school board will vote tonight on whether to ask voters for a 1 percent sales tax hike to pay for capital projects – such as, perhaps, a new sports complex.

Proportionately, lower-income employees will get larger increases. For an employee making $10 an hour, the increase will amount to 6 percent.

DIXON – The lack of manpower in the Lee County Sheriff's Department is impeding investigations, State's Attorney Henry Dixon says.