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New Athens Chief of Police Chad Allen was sworn in at the Athens City Council meeting Monday.

BELOIT The Beloit Police and Fire Commission on Wednesday unanimously named Andre Sayles as the city’s new police chief—the first Black chief in the police department’s 119-year history. Sayles, who previously was captain of patrol, is the 19th police chief in the department’s long line of past leaders. The appointment will take effect Monday, according to the resolution approved at Wednesday’s meeting. The commission’s search for a new chief started in September after the departure of former Police Chief David Zibolski, who left Beloit for a similar job in Fargo...