OREGON — On June 29 at 4:14 p.m., Deputies responded to the 3000 block of West Illinois Route 64 for the report of a disturbance. After an investigation, Jeremy W Miller, age 40 of Mount Morris, was ...

FRANKLIN GROVE — Chester “Pete” Smith Jr, 74, of Franklin Grove, IL passed away on July 2, 2025. Pete was born on March 26, 1951 in Dekalb, the son of Chester Smith Sr and Lois Eckhardt. He grew up in ...

ROCHELLE — Janice Marie Cich, 81, passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at Manor Court in Rochelle, Illinois. Jan was born on December 22, 1943, the daughter of John and Harriett (Slezarczyk) Ziemba in ...

OREGON — On June 23 at 7:39 a.m., Deputies responded to the intersection of N. Freeport Rd. and W. U.S. Rte. 52 in reference to a two-vehicle accident. Upon arrival, Deputies determined that a 2024 ...

Last winter, former Rochelle student-athlete Alivia Henkel found herself fighting to survive. What started as an ordinary morning at school turned into a life-altering experience for Henkel, who ...

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ROCHELLE — Victor Manuel Mascorro, 67, passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. Victor was born on April 21, 1958, the son of Migel ...

ROCHELLE — Rochelle Little League’s Major League Baseball City Championship Series concluded with the winner-take-all third game at Joe Doner Field on Wednesday evening. No. 1 seed VFW held off No. 6 ...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Ventura (Benny) Reyes passed away peacefully in his home on May 26, 2025 in Lubbock, Texas at the age of 64. Benny was born in Natalia, Texas. Former resident of Rochelle. He was ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced June 25 that weather permitting, a multi-year project to reconstruct the ...

ROCHELLE — While its customers shouldn’t expect any rate increases, high power purchase prices in the current market have changed the way City of Rochelle-owned Rochelle Municipal Utilities is ...