ROCK FALLS – John Stauter of Sterling was honored as the Republican of the Year by the Whiteside County Republicans Friday, at the party’s “An Evening With Lincoln” bicentennial celebration of the president’s birth.
About 180 guests, including Republicans from Whiteside, Lee, Ogle, and Stephenson counties, attended...
The Whiteside County Republican Central Committee presented a check to the Sterling/Rock Falls Historical Society to go towards the restoration of the Manahan Home in Sterling. Abraham Lincoln slept in the home when he visited Sterling in 1856. Pictured: Robbin Blackert, Whiteside County Republican Chairman (left-right),...
By PHILLIP HARTMAN - phartman@svnmail.com ROCK FALLS – The Whiteside County Republicans had a birthday party Friday – and the man they were honoring was able to make it, in spirit. "An Evening with Lincoln" was presented at the Rock Falls Holiday Inn, where about 180 people celebrated the life of Abraham Lincoln. Arriving guests were greeted by a Lincoln lookalike,...
MORRISON - State and federal prosecutors are discussing which jurisdiction will try what Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi has called the largest cocaine case in Whiteside County history.
Sheriff's deputies arrested Jose Carrizoza, 39, of Wenden, Ariz., on Oct. 30, after he allegedly failed to signal while getting off Interstate 88 near Erie.