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A Rock Falls woman drowned Thursday when her car plunged into the Rock River north of Oregon, an autopsy confirmed Friday.

A 72 year old woman has pronounced dead at a Rockford hospital after being rescued from the Rock River.

An Oregon teen gave new meaning to the term barnstorming Friday after she plowed a car through three separate farm buildings at the intersection of Pines and Ridge roads.

Workers work on pouring concrete to use for the dry cask storage pads outside the Byron Exelon Nuclear power plant.

Christmas came early for drug investigators sniffing around a family-owned tree farm in southern Ogle County, where they found more marijuana plants than blue spruce saplings.

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As the housing market suffers, prefab homes are gaining in popularity. The houses, built in factories and shipped in sections, are supposed to be regulated by state government.

The high cost of fuel isn't keeping RVs off the road, but it does seem to be shortening the distance their owners are willing to travel.

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Issue #10, June 24, 2008 The Power to the People Committee Cynthia McKinney for President Weekly Update ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello Powerful People: Welcome to the tenth ...

In India, the sun is worshiped as a god. It seems incredible then that the U.S. Senate has again failed to pass a bill that would extend solar tax credits to build new power plants and potentially create ...

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The Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department has awarded six Waste Reduction/Recycling grants so far this year.

Seniors told to pause, reflect BY CHASE CASTLE gazette REPORTER ccastle@svnmail.com When signs of peace were exchanged at Newman Central Catholic High School's baccalaureate Mass on Wednesday, it quickly became ...

German parents post baby on eBay for 1 euro BERLIN -- Authorities in southern Germany have taken custody of a 7-month-old boy after his parents posted an ad on eBay offering to sell him for one euro, or about ...

Diedra E. Case and Jeff Zimmerman have selected Aug. 16 as the date of their wedding.

HELEN 'SUZIE' WHALEN, 73, formerly of SOUTH BURNSWICK, died Tuesday, May 20, in OSF St.

Temperatures returned to the 70s Tuesday for the first time in a week. Readings of 74 degrees at Rockford, Wheeling and Chicago's Midway Airport topped the day's high temperature list. via Chicago Tribune

Mildred Sallee Brook, 93, of Sycamore, passed away Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb. via Rochelle News Leader