Stillman Valley News

Private Second Class Cody Wickham, an engineer was only a few buildings away from the shooting.

Editor's note: Information in Police Briefs is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department and city police departments.

SYCAMORE – Wind energy has been a topic of debate in DeKalb County in recent months, but its impact goes back many decades.

Ellen L. Jackson, 58, of 901 Meadow Lane, Fond du Lac, and formerly of Rockford, Ill., died Wednesday, Sept.

OREGON – Original watercolors, hand-spun wool pillows and handcrafted jewelry were just some of the nearly 60 works of art auctioned at the Rock River Center's “Art on the Hill” event.

Two Rockford men are behind bars tonight after ramming a car into a local convenience store and trying to make off with merchandise.

It's one of those things everyone needs for their ride: a gas tank. Sometimes you can get away with a stock tank in a stock location, or even use another make and model's tank in something entirely different .

Heather and Derek Willey, of Stillman Valley, were united in marriage Oct. 18, 2008 at Midway Village, Rockford, by David Willey during a 3 p.m. ceremony.

A Clare woman was admitted to Kishwaukee Community Hospital after being ejected from the bed of a truck that crashed in the 28000 block of Brickville Road Saturday night.

The Confederates' front line fires on the Union Army Saturday afternoon at the Battle of Chaplin Creek in Franklin Grove.

Alisa Patterson, Stillman Valley, arranges items for sale at the annual Breast Yard Sale in Town.

OREGON – The third Rockford teen involved in a home invasion in which a 14-year-old accomplice was shot and killed was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison.

Whitmire and two accomplices entered the residence on N. Meridian Road in search of guns and money, on the mistaken belief that the residence would be unoccupied.

The Dixon Dukes took an early lead but couldn't hold on Thursday in a 7-5 loss at Moline.

Jake Blackburn struggled on the mound for the first time this season as the Dixon Dukes lost 8-5 to United Township on Monday at Veterans Memorial Field.

On Oct. 1, four Girl Scout councils will merge to form one “high-capacity” council, the Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois.

MALTA – They're just kids, really, but somewhere along the highway to adulthood, they made a wrong turn.