Nippon Sharyo plans to begin prodcution in May 2012 here at their new manufacturing plant in Rochelle. They've recently posted new job openings.  

For more information about their open positions please visit their website , or search for them on monster.com.

To apply for one of these specific positions please email your resumes to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or fax it to (847) 228-5530 with specific job title included.

Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

Mark you calendars for the Annual Kishwaukee College Employment Fair!

April 18th 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.

April 19th 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Employer Benefits

Kishwaukee College Invite Letter

Employer Registration 

For more information, please contact the Employment Resources Center @ Kishwaukee College

815-825-2086  ext 4080

The construction of the Chicagoland Skydiving Center's (CSC) new facility here in Rochelle has been helped immensely by the unusually warm and dry winter weather.  This photo shows the steel framework for the administrative support building being erected.  The new 20,000 sf facility will include a full-service restaurant & bar, retail space, grocery store, training rooms, rigging loft, offices, and an RV park.  All facilities should be completed this spring.

In season, the CSC is open seven days a week, weather permitting, from 7:30am to 9pm. As many as 500 jumpers a day can be accommodated on the weekends. CSC offers competitive pricing for tandem, solo, and licensed skydivers.

Follow the construction progress via their Facebook page

Click the link below to view the Hickory Grove Existing Facilities Assesment Study provided by Willett Hoffman & Associates.

  Hickory Grove Report

Washington, DC – Chet Olson, Mayor of Rochelle, Illinois has been appointed to the National League of Cities' (NLC) 2012 Information Technology and Communications Steering Committee. The Information Technology and Communications committee is responsible for developing policy positions on issues involving telecommunications and information systems, cable TV, phone services, spectrum issues, communications tower siting, universal service, broadcasting, and defense of city rights-of-way from degradation caused by installation of communications facilities.

"The National League of Cities is a very professional organization and I am very proud to serve on their ITC Steering Committee to represent the Cities, Counties in the Region and the State of Illinois."

As a member of the committee, Chet Olson will play a key role in shaping NLC's policy positions, while advocating on behalf of America's cities and towns on Capitol Hill, with the Administration, and at home.

The chair of this year's Information Technology and Communications Steering Committee is M. Christopher Whitley, Mayor Pro Tem, High Point, NC. Serving as this year's vice chairs are Larry Kitchens, Council Member, Hurst, TX., and Pat Miner, Mayor Pro Tem, Plano, TX.

For more information on NLC's other committees and councils, visit http://www.nlc.org/influence-federal-policy/policy-committees.

The National League of Cities is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance. NLC is a resource and advocate for 19,000 cities, towns and villages, representing more than 218 million Americans.

The Public Safety Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 5:15 p.m. to discuss:

 Storm Sirens

 Emergency Planning

 Budget

 Police Chief report how the new liquor license changes effect the department.

The Public Safety Committee will meet in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 420 N. 6th Street, Rochelle, IL.

This meeting is open to the public.

Rochelle City Clerk Bruce McKinney announced that the Rochelle City Council will meet in a Special Meeting on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. with the Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District and the Ogle County Civic Center Authority boards to review the assessment report on Hickory Grove. The meeting will be held in the Paddock Hall (1st floor), Hickory Grove, 1133 N 7th Street, Rochelle, Illinois.

Coated Sand Solutions Facility to Locate in Rochelle Illinois

Rochelle, IL – Officials from Coated Sand Solutions and the City of Rochelle announced today they will be locating a new resin coating facility in Rochelle, IL. While officials conducted their site search over the past year they referred to the operation as “Project True Grit.”

“We’re excited to join the Rochelle community. We are an industry that depends on rail access and Rochelle offers excellent rail service through the City Rail System to both the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific Railroads” said Joe Ebens, Plant Manager for Coated Sands Solutions.

The resin coating facility will be located south of I-88 on Steward Road. The facility will be built in phases with start up targeted for September 2012. The capital investment in the project will be in excess of $40 million and will create more than 70 new high-paying jobs.    

“Coated Sand Solutions has come to Rochelle because of the City of Rochelle’s pro-business approach and great access to transportation infrastructure. This is exactly the type of facility that drives economic development in our community,” said Jason Anderson, Rochelle’s Economic Development Director. “Not only will they hire locally, but contractors, materials and construction labor will primarily be from the local community.”

The Rochelle facility is the first for Coated Sand Solutions and will use a-quartz mined from existing U. S. Silica Company deposits in areas in close proximity to Rochelle.

Joe Ebens, Coated Sand Solutions Plant Manager

Jason Anderson, Economic Development Director-City of Rochelle

Americold has seen tremendous growth in 2010-2011 and has added almost 25 new jobs here at their two plants in Rochelle. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, they are the world leader in temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution to the food industry. Americold possesses the largest cold-storage distribution network, having 182 warehouses world-wide with a combined 1.1 billion cubic feet of storage.