Whiteside County News

MORRISON – Surrounded by family and friends, Whiteside County Patrol Sgt.

Employees from the JCPenney store at Northland Mall are shown helping prepare items for the Let's Feed Our Children free summer lunch program sponsored by the United Way of Whiteside County.

" Today, Rep. Bill Foster announced a health center serving in Rock Falls would receive more than $600,000 from the Recovery Act Capital Improvement Program .

Dixon Police Tory C. Dexter, 18, of Dixon; Thursday in the 300 block of Monroe Avenue; violation of probation warrant; taken to Lee County Jail.

Attorneys for accused spree killer Nicholas Sheley don't want to have his first murder trial in Knox County.

STERLING – A wrong turn led two New York men to the Whiteside County jail Tuesday after police discovered a crop of marijuana plants and other drugs in their vehicle.

Centers in Aurora and Elgin, and a third in Rock Falls, will share $2.6 million in federal stimulus money.

Dixon Police William L. Turner, 52, of Dixon; 12:03 a.m. Sunday, in the first block of South Peoria Avenue; three Lee County warrants – failure to appear, and one Whiteside County warrant – failure to appear; transported to Lee County Jail.

STERLING – A 3-year-old Rockton boy died Saturday afternoon after an apparent drowning in rural Sterling.

MORRISON – A 19-year-old Morrison resident was killed early Sunday in a one-car crash west of the city.

Private well owners along the Rock River do not need to worry about the ethanol contamination in the wake of last week's spill in Rockford, according to the Whiteside County Health Department.

Lee County Sheriff Shawn J. Beran, 31, of Dixon; 11:37 p.m. Wednesday; Lee County warrant, contempt – nonpayment/failure to appear; given notice to appear in court.

Whiteside County deputies are investigating a two-vehicle accident that occurred Wednesday afternoon in rural Prophetstown.

Joanie Sims of Rochelle speaks about the services she receives from a state-funded agency.

Investigators are trying to determine whether the train derailment and ethanol explosion had anything to do with the thousands of dead fish washed up along the rock river today.

Candles stand in vigil Sunday next to a photo of Juan Lopez. Lopez was fatally beaten early Saturday in Sterling.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has issued an advisory warning the public not to eat fish caught on the Rock River between Grand Detour, north of Dixon in Ogle County, and the lower dam in Sterling, in Whiteside County.

Whiteside County authorities have issued a first-degree murder warrant for a 33-year-old Sterling man reportedly involved in a fatal beating.

Dixon Police Stephen A. Hoople, 19, of Dixon; 7:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of South Hennepin Avenue; public indecency; released to Lee County Sheriff Department pending additional charges.

ROCK FALLS – A group of Whiteside County and area residents is looking for volunteers to help honor World War II veterans with a trip to memorials in Washington, D.C. The Whiteside County Veterans Honor Flight program came together after several local vets were treated to Honor Flights though the organization's hub in the Quad Cities.