Charlene Bielema

A new downtown business is a family affair for Paul and Jamie Harmon and their three children.

Fulton police were notified around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, about issues on the north and northeast corner exterior of a building at 1206 Fourth St., Fulton, according to a news release.

If you had told Jennifer Hintzsche 10 years ago what she would live through to get to today, she wouldn’t believe you. Developing an infertility kit, landing two patents and learning she had been granted FDA approval to sell the kit? She never saw it coming.

Access to a downtown Fulton building will continue to be restricted until the building is evaluated by a structural engineer Friday, Dec. 15.

Lyle Reap has amassed more than 15,000 fishing lures since he began collecting in earnest 10 years ago. In January he will attend a large show in Milwaukee to sell them off, piece by piece, display case by display case, as the result of a terminal cancer diagnosis.

Morrison’s recreational services director is preparing for several upcoming youth activities.

Sterling Legion members on Saturday eagerly accepted the print "Last Stop Before Home" to display. I covered the ceremony and an article about the ceremony was published in Tuesday’s Sterling Gazette and Dixon Telegraph. And that’s where the story ended. Or so I thought.

While serving in Vietnam, Robert McCombs was trying to get home on leave and to make it in as close to home as possible. The closest he could get was Iowa, on the condition he accompany the body of a fallen serviceman. What happened afterward affected him the rest of his life.

A downtown Morrison storefront, empty for many years, is getting new life as a bakery.

Twelve Bars of Christmas raises money for April House, 4-H art show for viewing at Woodlawn Arts Academy and more.

The Dixon Community Food Pantry is located at 2001 W. Fourth St., Dixon, and can be reached at 815-288-4848.

Ogle County residents will see a contested coroner's office race when they vote in the March 2024 primary election.

Lee County Circuit Clerk Amy Johnson, Coroner Jesse P. Partington and State’s Attorney Charley Boonstra will be unopposed in the March 19, 2024 primary election. No Democratic candidate filed to run in any of those three contests in Lee County.

Just days before the 82nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Sterling American Legion Post 296 on Sunday was the site of a ceremony remembering the events of that day.

Project Rock open house details planned pedestrian bridge’s next steps.