YARD OF THE MONTH—The home of Dr. John Mike and Mrs. Jenie Weed at 2105 Sager is the Yard of the Month for August presented by Rockdale Earth Day. Shown here in a secret, sunken garden, the Weed family will receive a $25 gift certificate from Bloomers Garden Center in Elgin. Nominations for yard of the month need to be received by the 20th of each month. Reporter/Kyle Cooke
(A typographical error was made in the headline of last week’s Milano News, listing an incorrect date for the start of school. The date—Aug. 20—was correct in the story. The Reporter regrets the error and the confusion it caused.)
TRAFFIC STOPPER—Literally. This giant transformer slowed, and at times shut down, traffic along US 79 through Rockdale as it zig-zagged its way through the heart of downtown one morning early last week. The transformer, property of Luminant, was making its way to the Victoria area, using mostly non-primary roads as it wound its way south. Reporter/Kyle Cooke
Rockdale police had their first encounter with a new type of illegal substance during the past week.
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