Dakota News

With Rod Blagojevich gone, but not forgotten, Illinois legislators voted recently to give citizens a tool to remove future scandal-scarred governors -- the recall.

When: Today Where: Galena Golf Course Teams: Dakota, East Dubuque, Eastland, Forreston, Freeport Aquin, Galena, Lena-Winslow, Orangeville, Pearl City, Polo, River Ridge, Stockton, West Carroll, Warren Player to watch: Augie Forster, PoloSFlbAdvancement: Top two teams and eight players not on those teams advance to the Aledo Sectional on Monday.

Diona Cigrand and her son Mason Cigrand, 8, both of Dubuque, watch the construction of their tiny pumpkin planter Sunday at the Dubuque Arboretum & Botanical Gardens.

Sept. 14, 2009 -- Showerheads in your home may harbor potentially infectious bacteria and enrich their growth, according to a new study.

STERLING – A pair of benefits are planned this weekend to help a rural Sterling man with lung cancer.

The condition of a rural Dakota woman involved in a serious two-vehicle crash is unknown at this time.

A state resolution asking Congress to repeal the 1863 act that banished Dakota Indians from Minnesota can help heal wounds nearly 150 years after a bloody war between the tribe and white settlers, a representative of the state's Indian communities said Thursday.

Dillon Stoner's one-out infield single in the bottom of the seventh drove in Nate Asbury with the winning run Wednesday as Sterling topped Moline 8-7 at Gartner Park.