East Dubuque News

Nicholas Kaiser, 9, of rural Hazel Green, Wis., looks for the perfect Christmas tree Saturday, December 6, 2009, at Country Christmas Tree Farm in East Dubuque, Ill.

EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. -- The East Dubuque Fire Department has a simple goal this holiday season: Keep the string of lights on their two holiday wreaths red.

GALENA, Ill. - The mayor of Elizabeth was treated for injuries at Midwest Medical Center in Galena following a two-vehicle collision Wednesday west of Galena.

EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. - Santa Claus decided to let his reindeer take a break for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Tharsella "T" Pins arrives at her 100th birthday party Saturday at Timmerman's Supper Club in East Dubuque, Ill., in a 1949 International R 185 Series fire engine.

Harold Lange is re-creating East Dubuque, Ill., during the early 1900s through scale models.

Phillip Robinson of Deerfield, Wisc., was arrested after he led Dubuque police on a chase early Sunday that ended on the Illinois side of the Julien Dubuque Bridge.

EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. -- The East Dubuque City Council unanimously approved an updated ordinance that bans "adult" entertainment in the city's downtown bars.

EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. -- Zach Edmund unofficially rushed for 173 yards and two touchdowns, Clayton Stouffer ran for a score and threw for another and Lena-Winslow ended East Dubuque's special football season with a 32-6 Illinois Class 1A state quarterfinal victory this afternoon.

East Dubuque Ordinance Committee Meeting -- 9:15 a.m., 303 Sinsinawa Ave., East Dubuque, Ill.

EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. -- The city of East Dubuque and Carter Newt, president of Sunflower Enterprises Inc., have come to an agreement.

A man was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery after authorities say he backed over a man with his car early Sunday near East Dubuque.

EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. - A man was seriously hurt after he was backed over by a car this weekend near East Dubuque, authorities confirmed Monday.

Sunflower Enterprises, Inc., could face hefty fines for what the City of East Dubuque contends is a business/commercial zoning violation.

EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. -- She stood before the school board on the verge of tears. "I used to be proud of being from East Dubuque," said Sara Feyen, tears in her eyes.

EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. -- A Cuba City, Wis., woman was injured after she swerved to avoid an animal in the road and crashed her car, according to the Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Department.

Incorrect information for a birth was listed on Page 20A Saturday. The correct information is: Saturday, Oct.

Editor's note: This column first appeared in August 1995 and will be included in a collection of Robert Byrne columns titled "Behold My Shorts." Watch for it in early November.

Rentech Energy Midwest Corp., located near East Dubuque, Ill., faces an $80,000 penalty from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Authorities are searching for the culprits behind spray-paint damage to road signs and buildings near Galena and East Dubuque.