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Whiteside County’s Prairie Hill Landfill will soon be home to a solar farm. The County Board unanimously approved a land lease to IPS Energy for development of a solar farm on the cap of the landfill’s closed portion. The solar farm could develop into a 10 mega-watt facility. The County…

“Hunting God”, an indie film produced by Chicago based JJack Productions (http://jjackpro.com/), has recently finished principal photography in Savanna, IL, and is now in post-production.  The film, found footage/thriller, centers on a man, an Atheist, who after losing his wife to cancer, reunites with his three childhood church buddies to…

After sitting vacant for almost eight years, the former Stanley Black & Decker plant, located  just east of Rock Falls, has a new owner. Robinson Investments Ltd., headquartered in Bellefontaine, OH, has announced that it has bought the property, and it will now house the I-88 Distribution Center, LLC. The…

Last Friday, January 27th, marked the Chinese New Year, China’s most important holiday. Gary Camarano, Whiteside County’s Economic Development Director, participated in a celebratory luncheon in Chicago’s Chinatown where the People’s Republic of China’s Consul General Hong Lei was the guest of honor. The luncheon celebrated “the Year of the…