At its monthly meeting Monday, the Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the $34,174 purchase of a forestry mower from Bobcat of Janesville.
At its monthly meeting Monday, the Rochelle Township High School District Board of Education held a public hearing for and unanimously approved its 2024-2025 budget.
Over the weekend of Sept. 13-15, the Annual Creston Booster Days festival was held in Creston. Friday featured a steak fry in the park, a beer garden, Skinners’ Amusements and The Killer Bs on Stage.
Derek and Chad Horner, co-owners of Unger-Horner Funeral Home in Rochelle, recently closed on the purchase of Merritt Funeral Home in Mendota. The business will now be known as Horner-Merritt Funeral Home.
At its monthly meeting Wednesday, the Hillcrest Village Board of Trustees approved the purchase of a new Ford F-350 dump truck for $98,190 from Hackbarth Truck and Equipment by a vote of 4-0 with Trustee Dan Potter abstaining.
At its monthly meeting Tuesday, the Rochelle Elementary School District heard an update by District Business Manager Kevin Dale on recent work done by the district's facility committee.
Over 60,000 people attended an event in Rochelle at the Global III intermodal facility on Sunday that featured The Union Pacific Railroad’s Big Boy No. 4014 train engine, City Director of Community Engagement Jenny Thompson said.
Rochelle Police Department Officer Andrew Herring served in the United States Marine Corps from April 2011 to May 2019.
On Monday, the 24th Annual Rochelle Community Hospital Foundation golf outing was held at Fairways Golf Course in Rochelle. The day saw sunny weather after dealing with rain for the past two years on play days.
At its meeting Monday, the Rochelle City Council heard a presentation on the status of a potential bus route in Rochelle in the future provided by the Reagan Mass Transit District (formerly Lee-Ogle Transportation System).
Rochelle Community Hospital’s wellness committee works to improve the health of its employees. The committee has been revived this year post COVID-19 pandemic to implement regular initiatives to offer staff education, events, and ideas to improve their lifestyles.
Former Rochelle News-Leader Sports Editor and Reporter Marc Marin recently published a book on his experiences during his United States Army Reserve deployments to Iraq/Kuwait and Bosnia.
At its monthly meeting Tuesday, the Creston Village Board of Trustees discussed rust issues that have been seen in the village's water system.
Best of Ogle County 2024 voting is completed and winners of each category are currently being contacted. The winners section will come out in the Rochelle News-Leader on Sunday, Oct. 6 and in the Ogle County Life on Monday, Oct. 7.
The Rochelle City Council, the Rochelle Township High School District Board of Education and the Rochelle Elementary School District Board of Education recently approved agreements for the continuation of school resource officer programs through July 1, 2027.
Rochelle Community Hospital and Dr. Kendall Vogeler of its Family Healthcare Clinic started prenatal/postnatal shared-care obstetrics (OB) offerings in January 2021.
At its July 22 meeting, the Rochelle City Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with the Lee County Industrial Development Association (LCIDA) for economic development services for the city.
On Aug. 19, the City of Rochelle and the Rochelle Fire Department announced their receipt of a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant in the amount of $919,368 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that will allow for the addition of three full-time firefighter/EMTs.
At the end of July, Rochelle Police Department Detective Sgt. John Kaltenbach retired after 21 years with RPD. Kaltenbach was recognized by the city council at its Aug. 12 meeting.
On Tuesday morning, over 100 Chevrolet Corvettes stopped in Rochelle at the Petro Travel Plaza.
Joe Drought of Rochelle spent a total of eight years in the United States Army in active duty and 1.5 years in the U.S. Army Reserves. He went on tours of service in Korea and Germany.
On Thursday, Aug. 22, a ribbon cutting and grant opening event was held for Rock Valley Physical Therapy’s new location in Rochelle at 234 May Mart Drive.
A body found and pulled from the Rock River outside of Oregon on Tuesday morning has been identified as a missing 23-year-old Rockford man, Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said.
At its monthly meeting Tuesday, the Ogle County Board voted 18-4 with one member abstaining to approve a zoning map amendment that will see 524 acres of land owned by Constellation Energy Generation rezoned from agricultural to industrial. That land is around the Byron Nuclear Plant.
A body was found and pulled from the Rock River outside of Oregon on Tuesday morning, Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said.