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Zach Hill is changing the way locals search for Pokemon.

A few days ago on Twitter, this announcement was posted: "Parents: if you live in town and your kids want a quick water gun fight, do the following: Draft a new private tweet, tag @DixonPolice, include a picture of your gladiators (er, kids we mean), and where we can find you."

We all know the saying, "when life hands you lemons, make lemonade", right? Well, 2-year-old Greer Bond of Dixon and her family have been inspired by that saying to help raise money for sweet Greer's cancer treatments, all while raising awareness for childhood leukemia.

You might want to think twice before riding your hoverboard on this Northern Illinois town's sidewalks.

DIXON, Ill. (AP) — Police in Dixon are helping heroin addicts get treatment in an effort to fight the growing problem of drug addiction. Heroin users are fast-tracked into treatment if they ask Dixon police for help. Police will dispose of drugs and paraphernalia without pressing charges for possession...

Portion of I-90 Shut Down Tuesday Night After Semi Truck Rolls Over, Bursts into Flames Sprinkler system stops Rockford apartment fire Two Arrested on Gun Charges in Dixon  Freeport man accused of sexual assault in Rockford arrested Friday  Military dog monument has local ties NIU Student Athletes Gets Shots After Mumps Outbreak  Former Ron Santo Pizzeria once a hotspot on Rockford's southeast

DIXON, Ill. (AP) — A decades-old fire truck that the Dixon Rural Fire Department last owned in the 1960s is on its way home. According to Sauk Valley Media, the Dodge Brothers truck was built in 1928 and used by the Dixon Rural Fire Department and department in nearby Grand Detour until its sale in the '60s...

DIXON, Ill. (AP) — Federal authorities say they're not giving up the hunt for assets to seize as restitution for the theft of more than $53 million by the former comptroller of a small Illinois town. Rita Crundwell is serving a nearly 20-year sentence in federal prison for stealing from the city of Dixon over two decades while she was its sole bookkeeper...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network Who’s to blame for allowing the city of Dixon to be fleeced for $54 million? The city’s lawyer, Devon C. Bruce, places the blame mostly at the feet of the city’s accounting firm, which ultimately paid a $40 million settlement for failing to notice the embezzlement by the city treasurer...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Department of Corrections officials say there's no need to review rules about prison administrators' contact with ex-convicts after a sex offender was found living with a prison warden. Twenty-nine-year Corrections veteran Nedra Chandler resigned Tuesday from her Dixon Correctional Center post...