Today, I visited Dixon Correctional and Kewanee Life Skills Center. The Department of Corrections in Illinois does an amazing job with their aging facilities and is is continually looking at…

The Illinois Business Immigration Coalition, the Sauk Valley Chamber of Commerce and State Representative Tony McCombie presented an Employer Compliance Training to update local businesses on immigration policy.  Munoz-Ripley says…

Friday afternoon Rep Halpin and I stopped in to local 4 WHBF to have had a chat with Jim Niedelman.  Jim hosts a weekly show called 4 The Record that airs…

ComEd is proud to announce a new competitive-grants program called ComEd Powering the Arts to support nonprofit arts & culture organizations in their service territory. The program will award grants…

Able to stay close to home on Friday and visit businesses inside the old Savanna Army Depot property! We stopped and chatted with INSERV, Eastland Feed & Grain and RESCAR!

My office attended the Annual Women in Agriculture conference took place on March 16th in Rock Island sponsored by the Farm Bureau. Over 200 women from the industry participated in…

Submit Your Design to Commemorate Illinois’ 200th Birthday! The Illinois State Treasurer today announced the Bicentennial Coin Contest, encouraging individuals to submit a design for the coin that will be…

The Sauk Valley CEO class held their annual class event March 8th at the Holloway Center in Dixon. The theme was, “A Taste of Sauk Valley”, at which 12 local…