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  • Crime

    Charges dropped against Rita Crundwell

    At a brief hearing in Lee County, the state dropped charges previously filed there against former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell.

  • Crime / News

    Crundwell receives extension in state case

    Former Comptroller Rita Crundwell’s public defender Bob Thompson received an extension Wednesday at her pre-trial conference at the Lee County Courthouse.

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    Police say 15-year-old drove car in 110 mph chase

    A 15-year-old Iowa boy is accused of leading police on a chase that reached speeds of 110 miles per hour through Des Moines and Lee counties.

  • Crime Rita Crundwell

    Crundwell faces 60 additional counts

    Former Dixon, Illinois comptroller Rita Crundwell faces 60 counts of felony theft after a grand jury indictment was delivered Thursday, September 20, 2012.

  • Crime Tiffany Fassler

    Dixon woman charged with first-degree murder of stepson

    A Dixon, Illinois woman previously charged with battery of her stepson is now charged with the child’s murder.

  • Agriculture / News / Politics

    Fertilizer Plant Chooses Lee County; Some Wonder If ‘NIMBY’ Is To Blame

    After months of debating zoning issues, the biggest single capital investment in state history, plans for a massive 1.3 billion…

  • News

    Orascom backs away from Scott County, plans to build in Lee

    After months of discussions about building a 1.4 billion dollar fertilizer plant in Scott County, Orascom has decided to build…

  • Crime Brian King and Terrance Wyre

    Pair busted after deal to sell phony crack cocaine

    Police say an undercover drug buy led to the arrest of two men in Sterling, Illinois.

  • Crime Levi Swanson

    Iowa man charged for crash that killed passenger

    A Burlington, Iowa man is charged with homicide by vehicle in connection with a police pursuit that ended in a crash that killed his passenger.

  • Crime Matthew W Welling

    Arrest and charges in Amboy murder

    A 32-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection with the death of a 79-year-old Amboy, Illinois man.

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    Amboy death investigated as homicide

    The death of a 79-year-old Amboy, Illinois man is being investigated as a homicide.

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    Woman reports being grabbed on bike path

    A woman out for a jog was reportedly grabbed as she ran on a bike path in Dixon, Illinois.