Jeff Helfrich

The Rochelle City Council on Monday unanimously approved an employment agreement with Zeke Jackson, Rochelle’s next city manager.

The Hillcrest Village Board held a discussion April 8 regarding the currently closed Hemstock Road bridge, which is owned by the village.

The Creston Village Board on April 7 unanimously approved intent to do two sidewalk replacement projects this year for an estimated total of $156,500.

We Care Pregnancy Clinic offers free services including pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, parenting education classes, where people can earn material goods like diapers, and more.

The Ogle County Health Department will be closing its Rochelle office and consolidating all staff and services at its 907 Pines Road office in Oregon effective June 1, OCHD Public Health Administrator Melissa Spangler said April 9.

The city of Rochelle on Wednesday announced the hiring of Zeke Jackson as its new city manager.

Tony Wyatt of Rochelle served 10 years in the United States National Guard, including a deployment to Kuwait.

The Rochelle Township High School Theater Company will present its spring play, “My Son is Crazy – But Promising” by Tim Kelly, from Thursday-Saturday, April 16-18, with all shows at 7:30 p.m. in the RTHS Auditorium.

Shining Star Children’s Advocacy Center will be opening an expanded office in Oregon, Executive Director Jessica Cash said.

Shining Star Children’s Advocacy Center serves about 300 potential victims of child abuse in Ogle and Lee counties each year. The nonprofit organization has been in operation since 2002 and has worked with over 3,500 children.

A local plastic bottle cap recycling program has reached milestones of 6,584 pounds of caps collected and 31 items installed locally after being made from the recycled plastic, Dennis Swinton of the Rochelle Kiwanis Golden K Club said March 26.

The city of Rochelle and Rochelle Municipal Utilities are moving toward three large-scale water projects that will take place in the coming years.

RMU Superintendent of Water/Water Reclamation Adam Lanning hopes to see the chemical phosphorus removal addition completed by summer 2027, which would give RMU two years to perfect the process before the 2030 deadline.

After no rain in February, Ogle County farmers saw a steady rain and heavy snow fall onto thawed ground in recent weeks as they approach planting season, Ogle County Farm Bureau Manager Ron Kern said.

The Rochelle city council voted 4-3 on Monday to table a vote on a development agreement with a developer who aims to bring a potential data center to the city.