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dailyGAZETTE Tuesday, June 24, 2014
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STERLING | FIREFIGHTERS’ CONTRACT
DIXON | STREETSCAPE PROJECT
More closures in Week 6
City OKs 3-year deal Raise will be 6 percent over life of contract BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570
STERLING – The city approved a new 3-year labor contract with its firefighters union at a special city council meeting Monday. The union, IAFF Local 2301, had ratified the contract June 14, but there wasn’t enough time to get it on the agenda for the June 16 council meeting. Requests to add agenda items must be received at least 48 hours before the meeting. So the city decided to call a special council meeting to speed up the process. “They bargained in good faith, so a special meeting was called because it would have been awhile until the next meeting, City Manager Scott Shumard said. The next regular council meeting is July 7. The firefighters will get a 1.75 percent raise in the first and second years of the deal, and a 2.5 percent raise in the final year, for a total of 6 percent over the life of the contract.
Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com
A worker lays brick near the corner of West First Street and South Hennepin Avenue in Dixon. This marks the sixth week of the downtown streetscape project.
Portion of Peoria Avenue closes; part of First Street still torn up BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529
Crews work on Peoria Avenue in Dixon. There also is work being done on First Street.
Roadwork map Go to http://shawurl.com/dixonmap for a map of the streetscape work and closed roads.
DIXON – Work on the downtown streetscape project has entered its sixth week. Peoria Avenue, between First and Third streets, will be closed as construction crews work on finishing curb and gutter work, sidewalks, driveways, light pole bases and water service installations, among other elements, according to the engineering firms. According to the firms, Wendler Engineering Services Inc. and Willett Hofmann & Associates: First Street, from Hennepin to Galena avenues, will remain closed. Crews are expected to do sidewalk and brick work, with pavement installation beginning mid-week. The south side – eastbound lanes – of First Street, between Ottawa and Crawford avenues, will be closed for water main installation. The construction company will work with KSB Hospital to have access to the Commerce Towers parking lot at all times. Ottawa Avenue, from Second to First streets, will be closed for continued work on a retaining wall. Additional temporary road closure may be needed, according to the engineering firms.
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Two injured in home invasion Release: 26-year-old, juvenile treated, released after group forced entry STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5501
STERLING – Police are looking for information in a home invasion that occurred shortly after midnight Sunday and involved five to seven people, two of whom were injured. According to a news release, a group of people knocked on the door of a
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home in the 300 block of Seventh Avenue around 12:05 a.m., and when it was opened it, members of the group forced their way inside, and a fight ensued. It doesn’t appear any weapons were used, police said, declining to say exactly how many people were involved, or how many entered the home.
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Two residents, a 26-year-old man and a juvenile, were taken to CGH Medical Center, treated and released, they said. No arrests had been made as of Monday afternoon. Anyone with information is asked to call Sterling police, 815-632-6640, or Whiteside County Crime Stoppers, 815625-7867.
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Michael Krabbenhoeft/ mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com
Evan Knack, an employee with the Dixon Public Property Department, waters a hanging basket of petunias Monday afternoon on the Peoria Avenue Bridge. While a rash of storms has graciously taken care of the petunias planted in the ground, the hanging baskets need regular watering.
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