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One Stop to go to school
Unlucky Seventh Street Flash flood causes washout, unsafe roads BY BRENDEN WEST bwest@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529 @BWest_SVM
Photos by Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com
Dr. Jon Mandrell (right), dean of academics and students services at Sauk Valley Community College, and President George Mihel discuss the drawings of the new One Stop student services center Monday at the school. Ground was broken on the $1.9 million project last week in the school’s west mall.
$1.9M project to streamline students’ experience
DIXON – The amount of rain dumped on Dixon during Monday evening’s flash flood was so severe that it forced city officials to close off a street for fear that it might collapse. That passage – West Seventh Street between Depot and Monroe avenues – has been closed off to nonlocal traffic. City officials are asking the public to avoid traveling Seventh Street, if at all possible. The most severe flooding occurred along Monroe Avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets. Residents were seen trudging through water up to their knees, and nearby vehicles’ tires were submerged entirely as more water continued to pour down. SEVENTH CONTINUED ON A4
BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5525 @JPigee84
DIXON – Students at Sauk Valley Community College will no longer have to visit different offices to enroll in classes. Beginning in the fall, Sauk will have one universal place for admission, registration, financial aid and academic advising, among other services. There will also be a new, centralized entrance to the college. The new offices will include advising, financial aid, admissions, records, recruitment, student activities and community education. “We will have all the services that a student would use when they come to the college,” said Jon Mandrell, dean of academics and student services. “It will be a convenient, centralized location and all the staff will be working together.” Sauk broke ground on the $1.9 million support center last week. The project is scheduled to be completed by September. Anyone who visits the One Stop center will be assisted by a trained
Brenden West/bwest@saukvalley.com
Construction crews from Stenstrom clear debris from the former west mall entrance at Sauk Valley Community College. The college is building a centralized main entrance and adding a student service center with a lounge. student services professional. They will assist students with enrollment, paying their school bills and financial aid, among other things. The project is designed to be more helpful and efficient than requiring a student to go to multiple offices to complete the
enrollment process. “This has been a high priority for us for a long time,” said George Mihel, president at Sauk. “Students will get very quick, fast answers to their questions in one spot in a simple manner.”
Flood waters fully submerge the tires of a truck on the 700 block of Monroe Avenue on Monday evening in Dixon.
Look around the corner Around the bend from that pickup truck, a section of Seventh Street collapsed. See a photo of it, as well as many other submitted photos from the storm’s aftermath, on Page A8.
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Officials flush with concern Royer Home savior eyes next project Urge residents to limit sewage ONE STOP CONTINUED ON A3
STERLING
Restoration request sent to Plan Commission BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier
STERLING – Scott Hibbard, the local contractor who restored the historic Moses Royer home, has his eye on another distressed property. Hibbard and architect Al McCloud, who has an office at the Royer building, are planning to
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Next meeting The Sterling City Council next meets at 6:30 p.m. July 6 at City Hall, 212 Third Ave., on the first floor in the Council Chambers. Go to sterling-il.gov or call City Hall at 815-632-6621 for an agenda or more information. convert 201 Fifth Ave. into additional rental property units. Hibbard has bought several dilapidated properties in the downtown area, and like the others, wants his latest project to be
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done with architectural flair. “We want to do a modern farmhouse design, inside and out,” Hibbard said. “The plans are all Al’s.” Hibbard said the farmhouse would be his “project of the year.” Hibbard and McCloud have worked together on several projects, including the Sterling Standard building. Plans for that historic structure fell through when a key investor left the project.
use while storms tax system BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier
ROCK FALLS – Heavy rains throughout the area inundated city sewer systems Monday. About 7:15 p.m. in Rock Falls, Mayor Bill Wescott requested that residents reduce use of toilets, sinks, and appliances that flow into the sewer system. As of 8 p.m., about 3 inches of rain had fallen Monday in Sterling and Rock Falls, and forecasts called for more later in the evening.
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Today’s weather High 82. Low 59. More on A3.
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