Whiteside County News

MORRISON – The Whiteside County Health Department is back to limiting its free H1N1 vaccines to those most at risk, now that supplies are getting low.

STERLING – A 21-year-old Sterling man was being held in the Whiteside County Jail Monday, in connection with several car break-ins believed to have occurred on Friday.

Morrison police say a railroad crossing in the city could remain closed until next week, following an accident early Thursday in which a train struck a semi truck.

A second woman was raped by an armed gunman in a string of home invasions in Fulton and nearby Clinton, Iowa, police reported Friday.

Fulton Police are looking for a rape suspect who assaulted a woman at gunpoint. The suspect is describe as a black male, early to mid 20's. He's between 5'8 and 6 feet tall, with a thin build.

Both the Lee and Whiteside County United Way campaigns have fallen short of their goals, but based on their histories, both are likely to hit all or most of their target by year's end.

STERLING – Whether rural residents will pay significantly more for their fire protection will be put to a vote.

Morrison, Ill., police and fire units as well as the Whiteside County sheriff's office responded to a train-versus-truck collision shortly before 6 a.m. today in Morrison.

MORRISON – By a 20-3 vote, Whiteside County Board on Tuesday passed a $1.1 million deficit budget, inflated by rapidly dwindling cash reserves and extra borrowing against the landfill's cleanup fund.

Fulton police are looking for a man who allegedly robbed and raped a female resident at gunpoint early Tuesday morning.

Sterling and Rock Falls firefighters doused two blazes Sunday. The first occurred around 12:30 a.m., when the exterior of a duplex at 606 1/2 W. 6th St., Sterling, caught fire, and the flames spread from the back porch to the kitchen, Lt.

FULTON, Ill. - Six delegates from the Whiteside Retired Teacher's Association recently attended the biennial convention of the Illinois Retired Teacher's Association in Springfield, Ill.

Quartermaster Second Class Ronald Johnson sits in the gunner's seat of a 40 mm cannon aboard a Navy LST at a Clinton, Iowa, reunion 4 years ago.

Sterling man cleared of attempted 
sex assault; Prosecutors: Woman uncooperative; witnesses would exonerate accused By Tara Becker 
tbecker@svnmail.com 
800-798-4085, ext.

When you compare the population of rural counties to the amount of doctors, the numbers are shocking.

Now this is the way to honor military veterans. We speak of today's Whiteside County Honor Flight, where 37 World War II veterans are being taken on a free whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C., for a visit to the World War II Memorial and other sites.

A QCA and county are getting some recognition from the State of Illinois. Geneseo and Whiteside County each won a Governor's Home Town Award.

Friday, November 6, was another pretrial hearing at the Knox County courthouse in the murder case of accused spree killer Nicholas Sheley.

Could you give Nicholas Sheley a fair trial? Maybe that's not a fair question. After all, you read this newspaper, which treats the eight-time murder defendant as the local celebrity he is – not the famous kind, the infamous.

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