News

The City of Rochelle Street Division has announced that the winter snow emergency parking ordinance is now in effect for downtown streets and parking lots. Beginning Thursday February 3, 2011 at 1:00 A.M., crews will begin removing snow from the downtown area and Municipal Parking lots. There is no parking…

Mayor Chet Olson has announced that offices at City Hall and RMU Customer Service will be closed on Wednesday February 2. These closures do not apply to Public Safety and Emergency Services such as Police, Fire, Streets, and Utilities.

Rochelle, IL – With significant snowfall in our forecast, the City of Rochelle would like to remind residents to use caution while traveling in winter weather. Please leave early and use extra caution to arrive safely at your destination.

The City of Rochelle is pleased to announce the selection of Meggon McKinley as Interim Rochelle City Manager effective Monday, February 7, 2011. Most recently Meggon served as Ogle County Administrator where she has been responsible for overseeing the day to day operations for the past two years. Her knowledge…

The City of Rochelle has announced that the winter storm parking ordinance is now in effect. The Odd/Even Parking ordinance is currently in effect for residential areas. On even dated days, parking is permitted on the even-numbered sides of the street and on odd dated days, parking is permitted on…

The City of Rochelle and Ogle County, announced today the completion of Rochelle's Industrial Gateway Project with the opening of the Steward Road Overpass. The $6.6 million project created a grade separation over four sets of railroad tracks and the intersection of Caron & Steward Road and opened 1,000's of…

Rochelle, Illinois – On October 20th 2010, Nippon Sharyo, USA Inc. announced its decision to expand operations in the US, including the establishment of its own passenger railcar production facility in the City of Rochelle, Illinois. The new strategy is focusing on two elements, one to increase competitiveness in the…