Ogle County News

The Dodge County Executive Committee has narrowed five county administrator finalists down to three.

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

Accountability. With it, local government can work like a well-oiled machine. Without it, the wheels might just fall off that machine.

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.

The Ogle County State's Attorney announced that 23 year-old Jonathan Martinez of Rochelle was sentenced to eight years in prison.

With all the negatives in the news, it is a real pleasure to write about a successful American company that makes quality products for its customers in a safe, supportive, and appreciative environment for its ...

A woman charged with two bank robberies in Lake in the Hills pleaded guilty in both cases Friday in U.S. district court in Rockford.

John Borling would seem the perfect Republican. The retired Air Force major general is a national convention delegate for John McCain.

Ed Bachner must wait another few days before learning whether he could post bond.

Edward Bachner IV, of Lake in the Hills, appeared briefly in federal court in Rockford for an 11 a.m. hearing Wednesday that was continued until next week.

Four companies presented bids for the replacement of light poles found to be defective on the RTHS campus and Jerry Guy, of Green & Associates, recommended the board accept Ballard company's bid of $70,520. ...

At its regular monthly meeting on Thursday night, the Rochelle Elementary School District #231 Board of Education voiced its issues with a resolution to the Ogle County Board to place a referendum on the ballot ...

Lenders must advance their own money to cover real estate taxes to "perfect" or secure their liens on the properties when debtors get behind.

Despite many appeals by several vocal citizens urging county board members to reverse their earlier decision and vote to restore the Ogle County Courthouse to its original historic design, officials appear to ...

BY CHASE CASTLE ccastle@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 521 Juvenile delinquents in Lee and Whiteside counties may get more creative options for rehabilitation, possibly as soon as this fall.

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

An Ogle County judge has set bond at $1 million for each of the two Mt. Morris residents arrested on drug related charges Wednesday.

Thanks to a new state law, school districts in Whiteside, Carroll, Ogle and elsewhere are considering asking voters, perhaps as soon as Nov.

One local community mourns the loss of a leader this Memorial Day weekend. Belvidere Police Officer, Don Morrison, was riding his motorcycle on IL-72 in Ogle County with his wife Janet Saturday evening.

Putting the old Ogle County courthouse issue on the November ballot was discussed at Tuesday night's Ogle County Board meeting.