Rock Falls News

Work continues on Happy Tails Animal Shelter's new facility. STERLING – After 5 years of fundraisers and a bitter court battle with neighbors in its pricey subdivision, Happy Tails Animal Shelter has a new building on a new site.

MORRISON – A Sterling woman charged with stealing money from the Greater Sterling Development Corp.

Donald Card of Rock Falls talks about his time spent serving in World War II. Card will be taking the Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Douglas R. Mossholder, 46, of Dixon; 7:05 am. Thursday in the 300 block of East Second Street; stalking – two counts; taken to Lee County Jail.

ROCK FALLS – A husband and wife were in Whiteside County Jail Monday after a search of their Rock Falls home Friday turned up cocaine, crack pipes and cash, according to the Blackhawk Area Task Force.

Burglaries and robberies are on the rise in Illinois, according to the recently released 2008 Illinois State Police crime report.

ROCK FALLS – Cherry Valley-based builder Ringland-Johnson Construction has been awarded the contract for a mental health clinic that is being added to the Whiteside County health clinic.

Lee County Health Department Thursday received its first large shipment of H1N1 injectable vaccine – 3,000 doses – and will offer a walk-in clinic Saturday for those most at risk.

A 41-year-old man from Sterling is back behind bars on a $500,000 bond on charges of armed violence a little more than a year after he was paroled from prison for a similar offense.

Aaron D. Sandrock, 22, of Rock Falls has been sentenced to 80 days in the Bureau County Jail after pleading guilty to Class 4 felony of disorderly conduct on Oct.

Zach Kilday, 18, of Rock Falls, works at the Sterling-Rock Falls YMCA as a basketball referee and after-school counselor.

Sterling officer Sarah Schmidt uses radar to gauge the speed of drivers along Third Street in Sterling.

ROCK FALLS – A 41-year-old Sterling man is charged with armed violence and aggravated battery with a weapon after he allegedly stabbed two men in an alcohol-related fight this morning at 1404 Bennett Drive.

A Rock Falls, Ill., man was injured in a motorcycle crash Sunday. Jay A. Middleton, 50, was transported to Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque, where he was treated and released.

Whiteside County Heath Department Administrator Beth Fiorini is encouraging people to come to Sauk Valley Community College Thursday to view “jumping off bridges,” a critically acclaimed film that deals with the topic of suicide.

Dixon Police Brittany M. Rice, 20, of Dixon; Friday in the 400 block of Everett Street; warrant – forgery; taken to Lee County Jail.

Sterling woman launches business: Environmentally friendly skin care products, candles have local flavor By SARAH OWEN 
sowen@svnmail.com 
815-284-2224, ext.

ROCK FALLS – The Whiteside County Health Department is holding an H1N1 flu vaccination clinic Saturday for most high-priority groups.

Three will be held at local high schools and are meant to encourage parents to have their children receive the H1N1 vaccine, which the department will be offering free of charge at schools next week.

Get those 
tails a waggin' - ROCK FALLS – A poker run and dinner for Happy Tails Humane Society will be Sunday.