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Dixon grad Harvest Day, along with Morrison grads Shelby and Camryn Veltrop were named to the All-Arrowhead Conference women's basketball team for Sauk Valley. Camryn was also named first-team all-region after leading it with 20.6 points per game.

Author Thom Reese will be featured at a book-signing event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 18 in Dixon.

PASCHAL: Anyone who has watched cartoons as much as Gen X did as kids has been preparing their whole life for the inevitable sinking into quicksand.

Before launching into its 65th anniversary season this summer, Timber Lake Playhouse will welcome audiences back to the Theatre in the Woods this spring with three special one-night events featuring music, comedy, and magic.

Wyatt Cassens was 4 for 4 in Sterling's 13-3 win over E-P. Newman, Fulton and Eastland baseball won, Dixon and Rock Falls softball won and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

A small, private plane crashed about 3:10 p.m. Friday in the area of Thome and McNeil roads near Rock Falls, according to the Illinois State Police.

Voter turnout for the March 2026 primary election was down from 2024 in both Whiteside and Lee counties.

Dixon Public Schools' administrators received board approval Wednesday for their $3.2 million, multi-year plan to upgrade the high school’s outdoor athletic facilities.

The CGH Sleep Center in Sterling was recognized by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Board of Directors for 25 consecutive years of accreditation, the organization announced Wednesday.

Here are five of the top returning baseball players to watch in the Sauk Valley area as the 2026 season gets underway. Newman, Sterling, Fulton and Forreston are among the teams with key seniors back.

Matt Prescott has opened a new restaurant in Sterling that is now serving up wood-fired pizzas and Chicken George.

A job fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, in the West Mall of Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon.

The Dixon School Board on Wednesday night approved several personnel action items.

Dixon’s St. Anne Catholic School principal is one of seven school administrators across Illinois to be selected a finalist for the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership that will be awarded in the coming months.

The city of Rock Falls' department head roster will change up due to future retirements announced by city officials during the past few weeks.

Morrison softball edged Sterling 2-1 as Ava Duncan pitched a complete game with 13 strikeouts. Sterling baseball beat Princeton 9-7, while Fulton softball and baseball beat Polo in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Sterling Police Department is hosting its fourth annual Run For the Badge 5K on May 9.

COLUMN: The story of B. F. Shaw reveals his remarkable role in Illinois’ opposition to slavery, the history of the Republican party, and Dixon’s relationship with Abraham Lincoln.

Woodlawn Arts Academy is proud to exhibit artwork from talented students and staff from all over the Sauk Valley area and is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 student-teacher art exhibit.

Local author, clinical psychologist and relationship coach Kelly Flanagan will host a book signing for his USA Today bestselling book “The Road Less Triggered: Turning Conflict into Connection with a Single Choice” on Saturday at Books on First in Dixon.

Meals will be served from 5-7 p.m.

Registration is from now through May 15 and can be completed in person, by mail or online at villageoflyndon.org at a cost of $10 per vehicle.

With a surplus of $529,665, Sterling’s 2026-27 general fund budget is in the black. What to do with that surplus was a topic of discussion during Monday’s Sterling City Council meeting.

Drew is running for Illinois comptroller. He is a small business owner in downstate Illinois and an attorney.

Four people were injured – including a 16-year-old driver who was flown to a Rockford hospital – as the result of a two-vehicle collision late Wednesday morning in Lee County.