Rochelle Township High School dismissed for the day after a serious medical emergency involving a student Thursday morning, a letter sent to parents by Superintendent Jason Harper said.

The Rochelle Wrestling Club sent 23 athletes to the 2024 Ezra Hill Jr. Memorial Tournament on Sunday.

Defensive issues continued to mount for the Rochelle Hub varsity basketball team on Tuesday, when the purple and white found themselves behind early and unable to come back as the Sterling Golden Warriors nearly reached the century mark on the scoreboard.

Rochelle Community Hospital Fitness Center Assistant Katherine Slattengren has been working her way back from a recent triple bypass heart surgery at a familiar place: In the RCH Cardiac Rehab program in the hospital’s fitness center, where she works.

The Republicans seem to be okay with Former President Trump saying that if he were elected president again, he wouldn’t be a dictator “other than day one”.  Some believe that this was said in jest, a joke of some type, I guess. But if we believe he would do this, what would he be on day two through day whatever?  Explicitly, there is no answer in his comment.  Implicitly, if you are dictator on day one, then you are obviously a dictator.

Among the four different types of technology, production technology is the knowledge, tools, machines, and processes that we humans use to produce the artifacts we need and want to improve our lives.

The City of Rochelle Street Department combated two weeks of winter storms in January that yielded a number of school and business closures in the area.

On Tuesday at Rochelle VFW Post 3878, 102-year-old World War II veteran Bert Cote of Rochelle was presented a Quilt of Valor from the Illinois Valley Quilts of Valor Chapter. Cote was nominated by the Rochelle Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

On Saturday, Jan. 27, the Flagg-Rochelle Public Library hosted a kickoff event for its new seed library. 

Mark Allan Soles, age 65 of DeKalb, formerly of Rochelle passed away on Sunday, October 1, 2023 at OSF St. Anthony Hospital, Rockford, after suffering a severe head trauma from an accident on his motorized bicyle in DeKalb.

The Rochelle Lady Hub varsity basketball team capped off the Interstate 8 Conference schedule with a road game against Kaneland on Tuesday evening.

Three-point shots burned the Rochelle Hub varsity basketball team during Monday's nonconference matchup against Plano.

The Rochelle Hub varsity basketball team overcame its recent struggles on the defensive end during Saturday evening’s Interstate 8 Conference matchup against Ottawa.

Junior Dempsey Atkinson reversed her fortunes, literally, as she faced off against Bloomington’s Alicia Swank during the semifinal round of the 145-pound bracket at the IHSA Girls Wrestling Regional Championships at Minooka Community High School on Saturday.

Junior Cassidy Vincent secured All-Conference First Team honors for the third straight season Monday afternoon, when the Rochelle Lady Hub varsity bowling team competed in the six-team Interstate 8 Conference Championship tournament at Mardi Gras Lanes.

The Rochelle Lady Hub varsity basketball team traveled for its Interstate 8 Conference rematch with LaSalle-Peru on Friday evening.

It appears that the migrant crisis has hit the fan recently, even though it has been happening since 2020. The reason why there is currently such a discussion concerning migrants entering the U.S. is that virtually every state is now affected. In the past, it was the border state's problem, i.e. “not in my backyard.”

On Monday, members of the From the Heart organization’s board presented a $1,000 check to its Jan. 1, 2024 cash calendar winner, Kishwaukee College President Dr. Laurie Borowicz. 

Rise Up Dance Center in Rochelle recently had one of its competition routines named one of 500 winners out of over 40,000 routines performed at Star Dance Alliance events nationwide for the 2023 season, RUDC Director Christa McGrath said. 

Ogle County now has its own dedicated United Way branch, after a merger took place about a year and a half ago, United Way of Ogle County Executive Director Ashley Richter said. 

Kishwaukee College has announced the students named to the Fall 2023 Dean’s List.

Kishwaukee College is proud to announce the graduates for the fall 2023 semester.

Kishwaukee College has announced the students named to the Fall 2023 Part-Time Student Honors List.

On Jan. 27 at 12:38 a.m. Francisco Felipe, 42, of Rochelle was arrested for no valid driver’s license. He was released on a notice to appear with a March 1 Rochelle court date.

On Jan. 26 at 7:30 a.m. deputies were dispatched to the area of South Center Road and East Illinois Route 38 for the report of a school bus on fire.  The bus had only three occupants at the time of the fire. All occupants of the bus were evacuated prior to deputies’ arrival and there were no injuries. The school bus belonged to Illinois Central School Bus company that is contracted through the Rochelle School Districts. After a brief investigation, it was learned that a malfunction caused a small fire in the undercarriage of the bus where it was contained. Ogle County Sheriff's deputies were assisted by Rochelle and Flagg Center Fire.