Former City of Albany Mayor and current councillor Alison Goode has received an award recognising her long and loyal service to local government.

City of Mount Caroll issued the following announcement on Aug. 9.Completion of the new $2.2 million Galena Street Bridge spanning the Waukarusa River in Mount Carroll may be completed by the end of August, an engineer involved with the project told The Mirror-Democrat.

The full text of the new ordinance is available HERE.

The 24th Annual Min’s Mississippi Memorial Walk/Run will be held Saturday, Sept. 1, in Thomson.

The U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled that approximately 5 million government workers nationwide should not be forced to pay dues to public employee unions.

The Rock Falls Fire Department was among two firefighting agencies in Northwest Illinois to receive state grants this week for safety equipment.

Leaf River Fire Protection District responded to 14 calls in 2017 - 22.2 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

Sen. Chuck Weaver (R-Peoria) is working on more funding for career development now and down the road.

After projecting its investments would grow by 5.00 percent, the Stillman FPD Pension Fund netted 0.09 percent on its investments in 2016, according to data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The Stillman FPD Pension Fund had 1 active participants receiving an average salary of $84,800 in 2016, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

After projecting its investments would grow by 6.75 percent, the Sterling Police Pension Fund lost 1.86 percent on its investments in 2016, according to data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

Taxpayers contributed 76.1 percent of the $38,969 the Stillman Fpd Pension Fund brought in last year, or $3.19 for every $1 from pension members.

After projecting its investments would grow by 6.75 percent, the Sterling Firefighters Pension Fund lost 1.19 percent on its investments in 2016, according to data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The Sterling Police Pension Fund had 22 active participants receiving an average salary of $62,462 in 2016, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The Sterling Firefighters Pension Fund had 19 active participants receiving an average salary of $59,220 in 2016, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

After projecting its investments would grow by 5.00 percent, the Savanna Police Pension Fund netted 1.44 percent on its investments in 2016, according to data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

Taxpayers contributed 80.2 percent of the $876,976 the Sterling Police Pension Fund brought in last year, or $4.05 for every $1 from pension members.

After projecting its investments would grow by 5.00 percent, the Savanna Firefighters Pension Fund netted 1.43 percent on its investments in 2016, according to data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

Taxpayers contributed 86.8 percent of the $794,514 the Sterling Firefighters Pension Fund brought in last year, or $6.58 for every $1 from pension members.

The Savanna Police Pension Fund had 7 active participants receiving an average salary of $46,211 in 2016, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.