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SANDWICH — Regardless of the state requirement for annual registration of convicted sex offenders, Sandwich is requiring registration every 90 days.

SANDWICH — Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church announced that the Rev. Wayne L. Derber has accepted a pastoral call from the congregation. Derber began his ministry at Salem on March 1.

PLANO — Plano Boy Scout Troop 71 saw a record crowd at their first all-you-can-eat fish fry on Friday, Feb. 26 at Plano American Legion Post 395.

SOMONAUK — U.S. Sens. Richard Durbin and Roland Burris took time out of their busy schedules recently to meet with children from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Advocacy Network. Among them was Ava Twist, 6, a first grader at James R. Wood Elementary School in Somonauk.

Sandwich woman's book a story of her life spent antiquing

PLANO – The Feb. 22 meeting of the Plano City Council welcomed a special guest – Joselyn Gonzalez. It’s a familiar name to anyone taking U.S. Route 34 through Plano for the past two years.

SOMONAUK — As part of a symposium on the abolition movement, the Illinois State Historical Society is recognizing 92 churches – including two in DeKalb County – and one synagogue that were founded during times of slavery.

SOMONAUK — Somonauk school administrators hope to get a variety of stakeholders at the district’s first-ever state of the district meeting, from 6 to 9 p.m., Thursday, March 4, at Somonauk Middle School.

PLANO — The topic of property – zoning it, renting it, fixing it and demolishing it – dominated the Feb. 16 Plano City Council committee-of-the-whole meeting, and resulted in crowded council chambers.

Leland sophomore accepted into ambassador program

SANDWICH — With most people staying closer to home these days, the organizers of the 2010 home show at Timber Creek Inn & Suites wanted to do their part to help.

SYCAMORE — Everyone knows the name Wild Bill Hickok, lawman, gunfighter, gambler. But before his name became legend in the pages of Wild West history, James Butler Hickok was a young man born in Troy Grove, where he and his family helped move slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

PLANO — The Feb. 8 meeting of the city council was called to order in front of an abnormally large audience. Not to discount local citizen interest in the governmental process, but as it turns out, most of the 30 or so guests attended the meeting to witness the swearing in of two new officers for the Plano Police Department: Ronald McNeff and Justin Humpich.

SANDWICH — People always assemble around food, which means that at the Fox Valley Older Adult Services lunch program they assemble around Ivy Franzen, the program’s director and cook.

LELAND — Helping Boy Scout Darren Riskedal with his Eagle project is as simple as clicking a computer mouse.

PLANO — While writing their business plan to open a dance studio, Amanda Summers and Jeffrey Mosher got a generous surprise.