Stephenson County News

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.

Strong winds are causing severe problems throughout the Stateline. That includes more than one-thousand power outages in Stephenson County ROCKFORD --Strong winds are causing severe problems throughout the Stateline.

"We don't have in Stephenson County what it takes to be an industrial area," says board member Sol Detente.

A plan to turn US-20 from Freeport to Galena from two to four lanes has been in the works for decades, but at today's Tri-State Alliance summit in Dubuque we learned about a new idea on how to pay for it.

The state suspended AC Paving and Striping out of Elgin from doing any work that receives state funds last week.

Chicago's Channel 2 is reporting that the recent hazing incident at Joliet West High School involved the girls soccer team, and occured while on a road trip in Freeport.