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ELECTION 2016 | ILLINOIS
The hunt for red November Republicans who’ve been aiming to turn the state away from being reliably blue got some hope Tuesday CHICAGO (AP) – The state where both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton used to live is still reliably Democratic when it comes to picking a president. But drill a little deeper and it’s clear the political map changed, with more counties flipping from Democrat to Republican just as they did in states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, helping Donald Trump become president. While Trump won a smaller percentage of the state’s overall vote than Mitt Romney did in 2012 due to dismal support in Chicago and
its suburbs, he won a dozen more counties than Romney. Those included large portions of northwest Illinois and one southern county that hadn’t backed the GOP presidential candidate since Richard Nixon’s landslide 1972 victory over George McGovern. On Trump’s coattails, Gov. Bruce Rauner and the GOP eroded a Democratic supermajority in the Illinois House. But with Clinton atop the ticket, fellow Democratic women won statewide offices for U.S. Senate and comptroller. Here’s a look at Tuesday’s results: ELECTION continued on A54
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• Before a judge is even appointed, President-elect Trump could head off court cases. • Facebook’s CEO says his social media site’s links to fake news didn’t cause voters to do an about-face. • Trump says he might take the edge off his Tweets • Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani says an independent trust for Trump’s business isn’t realistic • Trump says the battle over same-sex marriage is done, but not the battle over abortion.
ROCK FALLS
EDUCATION Margaret Tyne (right) helps Polo High School freshman Ty Newcomer with his homework during an after-school program Tuesday at the high school. Tyne graduated from Polo in 1973 and remembers her student body being more successful than current classes. Declines in the workforce and education funding might have led to students’ struggles, but “government can’t improve everything; individuals need to put time into private programs,” Tyne said.
Mentors enrich students When a former Polo student saw kids’ grades slipping, she knew the district couldn’t afford to wait any longer for help
BY ZACH ARBOGAST Shaw Media zarbogast@oglecountynews.com
POLO – When Polo High School students struggle with their studies, the community can, and must, help them. So says Margaret Tyne, a 1973 Polo High graduate and a member of the Sauk Valley Community College Board of Trustees, who is spearheading an after-school
mentoring program. The idea began with the Rev. Anthony DiMarco, then-pastor of the Polo Church of the Brethren, who saw poverty hit families and, in turn, students’ grades, hard. When he retired and moved away, Tyne took the idea and ran with it. More than 40 percent of students in Polo’s three schools are considered low-income. MENTORS continued on A54
Newcomer works with Tyne on Tuesday during the afterschool mentoring program. The program helps students with homework or class concepts.
Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com
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Some light at the end of the pipe City satisfied for now with apartment complex owners’ efforts to address ongoing sewer issue BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier
ROCK FALLS – The city, at this time anyway, is satisfied the management company for Civic Plaza II is making progress on requested sewer upgrades. Tom Sanders, the city’s attorney, said an Oct. 31 hearing was continued to 9 a.m. Dec. 5. Sanders said the next court action will be the equivalent of a status hearing. The city has received documentation of a processing request from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Civic Plaza II could be eligible for assistance through HUD for What’s next the sewer grinder A hearing, origthe city wants Pratt inally scheduled Plaza to install at for Oct. 31, was an estimated cost continued to of $40,000. 9 a.m. Dec. 5. Civic Plaza I, The purpose of managed by Whithe hearing will teside County be to check on Housing Authority, the progress had agreed to put made by Pratt in a grinder when Plaza LLC on the requests were the sewer grindinitially made. The er installation at Housing Authority the heart of the will receive fundcivil suit. ing from HUD. The city said Pratt Plaza LLC, the Chicago-based management company, had missed several deadlines for submitting a plan for complying with the sewer request. The city filed a civil suit Sept. 7, in Whiteside County Court, seeking an injunction in the dispute. The initial court date also resulted in the delay until Oct. 31, after Sanders learned that the summons never reached the registered agent. Most buildings housing large numbers of people have grinders that pulverize high volumes of bulky waste, such as disposable diapers and paper towels, before it can enter the city’s sewer system. CIVIC PLAZA continued on A54
Today’s weather High 60. Low 37. More on A3.
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