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christopher HEIMERMAN Heimerman is the Night News Editor at Sauk Valley Media. He can be reached at cheimerman@ saukvalley. com or 800-798-4085, ext. 5523.
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The roof over Dunham’s Sports at Northland Mall in Sterling rests in pieces Monday evening after a nasty storm ripped through Whiteside County. No one was injured, but among other precautions, officers had to secure the store’s firearms. Information on whether the entire mall would be closed today was unavailable.
Wind rips roof off Northland Mall BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5535 @KathleenSchul10
STERLING – All hell broke loose again Monday, exactly 1 week after the last big storm swept through the Sauk Valley. A trained weather spotter sighted a tornado touching down at 8:07 p.m. at Woodhaven Lakes in Sublette, in Lee
County, the National Weather Service said. At 10 p.m., Lee County Sheriff’s deputies, Sheriff John Simonton, area firefighters, and other emergency workers from 10 agencies were at Woodhaven Lakes, a private camping resort at 507 La Moille Road, searching for any injured. There was lots of flooding, and many trees down, some that fell on association homes. At the time, no injured had been found, but there were reports of injuries coming in, Simonton said. Around 10:45 p.m., the Woodhaven Association posted on the resort’s Facebook page that the Weather Service had
not determined the strength of the twister. It asked people to refrain from calling or coming out to the campground to help, “to allow emergency workers full access to phones and roads.” “Thanks for your understanding and patience. We will try to keep you as informed as possible as we continue to assess damages.” Workers were scrambling to remove the downed trees, to find the injured and make way for ambulances, and also were going door to door, checking on residents. WEEK CONTINUED ON A2
spent Sunday gathering warm fuzzies. Phone calls, text messages, emails, Facebook posts – you name the method. So many folks wanted to tell me I’m a good dad. For about 5 minutes Monday evening, I did my best to disprove the warm sentiments. Moments after sending a text alert for the tornado warning for Whiteside County, I sprinted to my car and zipped home. We’ve got a lovely home, but no basement. Just a crawl space. So I called my neighbor, Andy Terveer, to see if he had room in his basement. Sure, it’s decked out in Chicago Bears and Cubs and Fighting Illini decor, but I was able to look past that minor inconvenience. SMARTER CONTINUED ON A9
LEFT TO RIGHT: Sterling police and firefighters work the scene of the roof collapse Monday night at Dunham’s Sports at Northland Mall in Sterling. Vehicles travel through heavy downpours Monday evening in Rock Falls. Whiteside County endured a tornado warning from about 6:45 to 7:30 p.m. Storm clouds move over Rock Falls on Monday evening. See more photos on pages A2 and A9, and at saukvalley.com.
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Crundwell cash planned for Seventh St. fix Up to $1 million sought for storm-related damage from last Monday BY BRENDEN WEST bwest@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529 @BWest_SVM
DIXON – The City Council will consider unlocking $1 million of Rita Crundwell settlement funds to fix West Seventh Street, which collapsed last week during a rainstorm. Finance Director Paula Meyer said Monday that the city was weighing whether to use capital funds or Crundwell funds
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When it rains, it pours in Rock Falls Even before Monday’s storm tore through the Sauk Valley, a new headache was revealed in Rock Falls. More on A5. for the repair. Council members will vote on the matter at a special meeting Wednesday night. Meyer said the city would have the authority to spend up to $1 million. City officials don’t yet know the true cost of the emergency repair,
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and Meyer doesn’t expect the city will need all seven figures. “This is a major street that benefits a lot of individuals, and therefore using recovery funds would be an appropriate use here,” Meyer said. “The engineers haven’t had enough
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time to come up with an estimate. It’s probably an inflated number.” Severe flooding June 15 caused the creek next to Seventh Street and South Monroe Avenue to overflow. When the stormwater entered the metal culvert under Seventh, the corroded culvert failed Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com under the flood’s pressure, causing the street to Funds from the Rita Crundwell settlement will be used to fix the West Seventh Street collapse. collapse, according to Finance Director SEVENTH CONTINUED ON A4 Paula Meyer.
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Today’s weather High 83. Low 59. More on A3.
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