Open for Business: The Silicon Wrench
Friday May 25 | via The Daily Gazette
Rock Falls native Eric Arduini, 39, owns The Silicon Wrench. He repairs computers, phones and gadgets, and sells laptop and desktop computers and software. Comment?
Money taken from Dixon Rural Fire's pension account ...
Thursday May 24 | via The Daily Gazette
DIXON – More than $30,000 disappeared last week from a Dixon Rural Fire Protection District account used to pay pensions, fire and police officials said. Comment?
Money taken from Dixon Rural account in Dixon IL, St...
Thursday May 24 | via The Daily Gazette
DIXON – More than $30,000 disappeared last week from a Dixon Rural Fire Protection District account used to pay pensions, fire and police officials said. Comment?
A safe bet for local cities? in Dixon IL, Sterling, ...
Wednesday May 23 | via The Daily Gazette
The state Video Gaming Act gives municipalities the opportunity to pass an ordinance that allows video gambling machines, and to collect tax revenue from them. Comment?
Three accused of store break-in
Tuesday May 22 | via The Daily Gazette
DIXON – Three men accused of breaking into a Cash for Gold store last month and stealing its safe are behind bars, police said Tuesday. Comment?
House approves 'modernizing' eavesdropping law in Di...
Tuesday May 22 | via The Daily Gazette
The 71-45 vote to alter Illinois' eavesdropping law, one of the nation's strictest, came after Rep. Comment?
Sunday May 20 | via The Daily Gazette
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. Comment?
Wednesday May 16 | via The Daily Gazette
University of Wisconsin-Platteville junior and Rock Falls graduate Ashlen Folkers is an honorable mention pick on the all-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team. Comment?
Sterling,IL trying to shed 'Sheley shadow'
Wednesday May 16 | via WHBF-TV Rock Island
Accused spree killer Nicholas Sheley's trial has been pushed back. Already convicted of killing a Knox County man, Sheley was supposed to go on trial for murder in Whiteside County next month. Comment?
Sheley trial delayed until September
Wednesday May 16 | via The Daily Gazette
MORRISON – Nicholas T. Sheley's first Whiteside County trial, slated to begin June 11, now will start Sept. Comment?
Mangy 'monster' gives Rock Falls woman scare
Thursday May 10 | via The Daily Gazette
Hairless kangaroo, wizened wallaby or cryptozoological chupacabra? None of the above, an Illinois Department of Natural Resources officer says of this creepy critter, caught on a cellphone camera Tuesday evening loping through Riverside Cemetery near Sinnissippi Park in Sterling. Comment?
Judge denies motion to acquit Mock of murder
Wednesday May 9 | via The Daily Gazette
The murder trial of 64-year-old Patti J. Mock of Rock Falls continues today, now that a Whiteside County judge Wednesday denied her request for an acquittal. Comment?
Jury acquits businessman in Election Day clash
Wednesday May 9 | via The Daily Gazette
MORRISON – A Whiteside County jury acquitted a Rock Falls man Wednesday on charges stemming from a squabble at a local polling place last year. Comment?