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LEE COUNTY | ELECTION 2016
A run for state’s attorney? Petition papers being circulated that could put Sacco-Miller’s fill-in on the ballot in 2016 BY BRENDEN WEST bwest@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5529 @BWest_SVM
DIXON – Assistant State’s Attorney Matt Klahn is circulating petition papers seeking election for Lee County State’s Attorney. Lee County State’s Attorney Anna Sacco-Miller said in a
press conference on Wednesday that she will not seek reelection, following her Nov. 15 DUI arrest. She also announced she will take a 30-day leave of absence “to seek appropriate counseling and assistance,” but has not decided whether to resign. In the meantime, her duties are being handled by Klahn. Klahn did not respond to
requests for comment. His petition was being circulated by a family member Friday. The deadline to file for county office starts today and ends on Saturday, which means the public will soon know who officially plans to run for Sacco-Miller’s seat. Just because someone takes out the paperwork, County Clerk Cathy Myers said, doesn’t
mean they will file, however. Primary election packets have been available since Sept. 1. Candidates are required to gather a number of signatures equal to 0.5-percent of the highest vote-getter in the 2014 county elections. If Klahn and other candidates file with an established party, they will be able to participate
in the March primary election. After that, independent candidates and those wishing to file under a “new party” will be able to file from June 20-27. The general election, in which voters will select the new state’s attorney, is Nov. 1, 2016. The winner will be sworn in Dec. 1, 2016, the day Sacco-Miller’s term expires.
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Plan to reuse former school could bring as many as 1,500 students and 200 jobs to Mount Carroll BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5525 @JPigee84
A Dixon plow clears Galena Avenue Saturday morning. Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com
Nov. 21 was one for the books Storm dropped more than snow – it dropped the mercury, too BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5525 @JPigee84
STERLING – Some cities in the Sauk Valley broke a temperature record Saturday night as Mother Nature brought the coldest Novem-
ber air the area has seen in 86 years. Saturday night’s low temperature was 0 degrees in Sterling, breaking the record low of 1 degree set in 1929, according to Dave Samuhel, a meteorologist for Accuweather. com. WEATHER CONTINUED ON A2
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Vehicle stuck in the snow? Find some tips for breaking free on A4.
Maey Lorca, of Sterling, makes a snow angel Saturday afternoon at Sinnissippi Park in Sterling. This the first time her family, which moved from the Philippines to Sterling earlier this year, had experienced snow.
Among the things happening in the Sauk Valley this week: Pam Eggemeier, Sterling/ Rock Falls/Morrison Utility tax: City officials in Sterling are still studying the possibility of a utility tax on gas and electric bills. The tax is being considered as a way to replenish the general fund
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Looking Forward and give raises that were recommended in a wage study to nonunion city workers. We’ll check in to see what the pre-
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liminary numbers look like. Jermaine Pigee, education: Sauk Valley Community College: The Sauk Valley Community College Board of Trustees will get an update on the college’s strategic plan, which includes the college’s mission, vision, values and goals. The trustees will meet at 6 p.m.
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MOUNT CARROLL – A former public school in Mount Carroll could be home to a new private educational institution that organizers say will bring 1,500 students and nearly 200 jobs to town. Nathaniel Hsieh is a Chicago immigration attorney whose holding companies, Tritent International Agriculture Inc. and Tritent International Corp., bought the school in late August for $80,000. He plans to open a private school, the Reagan International Academy, that will offer a college prep curriculum, mostly to Chinese students, beginning in the fall of 2016. The plan is for 150 students initially, with enrollment growing to 1,500 by fall 2018. The academy could bring nearly 200 jobs to Mount Carroll, Hsieh said. Ronald The students would be housed in Reagan A new internarenovated dorms at the former Shimtional academy er College in Mount Carroll, said Russ bearing the name Simpson, director of operations for of former Presithe international academy. Simpsons dent –and Dixon is also chairman of the Campbell Cenhometown boy – Ronald Reagan ter Board, which owns the campus. could be coming The Campbell Center for Historic to Mount Carroll Preservation School is currently located on the campus. The 14 acre park-like campus was purchased in 1979, when Shimer College, which had occupied the location since 1854, relocated to Waukegan. While the school would be geared toward attracting Chinese students, anyone would be able to attend. Hsieh, who’s Chinese, “wants to be loyal to the Chinese students,” Simpson said, but “once this gets going, students can be from anywhere, as long as the visas are applied to the different countries.” ACADEMY CONTINUED ON A5
today in the third-floor board room at the college, 173 state Route 2, Dixon. Brenden West, Dixon: Stuck in Dixon: Thanks, in part, to construction on West Seventh Street, a higher-thanusual number of semitrailers have been getting stuck under the Third Street viaduct. City
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officials believe this is because traffic has had to be routed around Seventh Street, though Interim City Manager David Nord said truck drivers also aren’t obeying the warning signs. This week, we’ll have a report on the issue, as well as an update on work on Seventh Street.
Today’s weather High 35. Low 20. More on A3.
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