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Warrant Issued For Streator Man Who Missed Sentencing Hearing For Sex Abuse
Your help is needed in tracking down a wanted man from Streator. Forty-five-year-old Corey Hafer is being sought for skipping out on a sentencing hearing in Lee County. He had pleaded guilty a year ago to aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The Ogle-Lee Crime Stoppers are requesting the public's assistance in...
Lee County Man Dies From Injuries In Mendota Crash
A crash near Mendota claimed a life. Forty-seven-year-old David Gorman of Steward was pronounced dead Sunday at OSF St. Paul Medical Center in Mendota. The coroner's office says preliminary autopsy results show Gorman died of fatal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. First responders were called about a pickup...
Lee County experiencing shortage of election judges
DIXON - Election judges are getting harder and harder to come by and with Election Day quickly approaching, Lee County is in need of election judges to run its polling locations, Lee County Clerk and Recorder Nancy Petersen said. Election judges are responsible for ensuring proper and orderly voting at...
Lee County man dies after Route 251 crash north of Mendota
A Lee County man died after a single-vehicle crash Sunday north of Mendota. David T. Gorman, 47, of Steward died at OSF St. Paul Medical Center in Mendota from injuries after his southbound vehicle left Route 251 and struck a tree, according to a news release sent Tuesday from the La Salle County Coroner’s Office.
Continued rain, thunderstorms could raise Rock River to flooding level
DIXON – The severe thunderstorms and continued rain that hit the Sauk Valley over the weekend and through Monday mean the Rock River could flood this week, the National Weather Service office in Chicago warned. A significant risk of thunderstorms – including possible tornadoes, damaging wind and hail –...
Monday weather forecast in northern Illinois includes severe weather, heat, possible tornadoes
Weather in northern Illinois on Monday will include extreme heat, thunderstorms, high winds, and possibly large hail and tornadoes according to the National Weather Service. A heat advisory is in effect for Bureau, DeKalb, Grundy, Kendall, La Salle, Lee, Ogle, Whiteside and Will counties from 8 a.m. Monday through 7 p.m. Monday. Heat index values are expected to go as high as 105 to 110 degrees. The National Weather Service reminds residents to drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles.
Lee Co. deputies arrest 2, allegedly involved in rural Dixon burglary
LEE COUNTY, Ill. (WIFR) - Two Monmouth men face multiple charges for allegedly robbing a rural Dixon residence. Michael E. Miller, 42, faces residential burglary, theft, driving while license suspended, criminal trespass to real property and operating a motor vehicle with registration suspended. Julian J. Belmonte, 30, faces residential burglary,...
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