MORRISON – Culvert replacement work will close Penrose Road between Acker and Smaltz roads Thursday.

Whiteside County Highway Department staff posted on Facebook that the road will close to...

MORRISON — Two victims were transported for medical treatment after Morrison Police Department responded to shots fired calls at the 500 block of West Main Street, police officials...

DIXON – Business Employment Skills Team Inc. was awarded a grant up to $681,146 to help connect those impacted by opioids with jobs.

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic...

OREGON – The Great Barrier Reef on the coast of Australia was the locale of the latest board meeting for Oregon schools – or so it seemed.

Board members followed Gabe Williams deep inside...

STERLING – The City Council is having another go at an ordinance that prohibits feeding wild animals after making some compromises.

The council has yet to vote on the ordinance, but heard an...

DIXON – The Park District narrowed down features for the future community center and hired a design and construction management firm.

The Park District, School District, and Dixon Family...

SAVANNA – The body of a Park Forest man suffering from dementia was recovered early Monday north of Savanna after he apparently drove into the Mississippi River.

DIXON – The Illinois Department of Transportation and the governor released the list of projects in their 6-year capital plan Monday, including $61 million worth of work in Lee and Whiteside...

DIXON – The City Council voted to pass along to the Plan Commission a proposed zoning ordinance establishing rules for recreational marijuana businesses Monday, and a public hearing will take...

STERLING — Walmart is bringing its nation-wide renewable energy campaign to the city's outskirts.

The Whiteside County Board recently approved a special use permit to allow a 7 acre solar...

STERLING – The Salvation Army of Sterling and Rock Falls needs volunteers to ring bells at collection kettles from Nov. 29 to Dec. 24.

The season requires about 1,100 volunteer hours of...

ROCK FALLS – Police provided extra security at Rock Falls High School this morning after officials discovered "alarming" social media posts Sunday.

POLO – A Polo man's body was found in his home Sunday following a fire.

Daniel Marth, 63, was found after the Polo Fire Department and Polo Police Department responded to the fire at 508 N....

Families looking for some sweet and tart treats didn't have far to go Saturday to find what they were looking for. Apple Bash offered a fun-filled day to explore Berry View Orchard in Mount...

DIXON – The City Council plans to introduce a proposed zoning ordinance creating rules for recreational marijuana businesses Monday.

The regulations lay out different restrictions for...

DIXON – An 84-year-old Dixon man died Friday in a two-car crash on Lowell Park Road.

Jerle Barton, 84, of Dixon, was driving westbound at 2:03 p.m. on Timber Creek Road when 37-year-old...

Whiteside County property transfers recorded the week of Oct. 7-11

Warranty deeds

Shawmor LP to Sterling K LLC, 3200 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, $1.8 million.

Now here’s something you don’t see every day: pumpkins in the pool at the Sterling-Rock Falls YMCA. But, hey, Halloween is coming up, so ’tis the season. The pumpkins were bob, bob, bobbin’ along...

MORRISON – The Illinois Department of Public Health’s nine-county Northern Illinois Rockford Region is urging people to stop vaping, and one Whiteside County official is taking up the...

ASHTON – Reservations are due Friday for the Pegasus Special Riders "Mane" Event, a fundraiser being held at the Mills & Petrie Memorial Building, 704 N. First St..

DIXON – Nearly $27 million in renovations and additions to Dixon High School and Jefferson School will be featured in open houses being held Oct. 26.

There was plenty of pink at Self Help Enterprises in Sterling on Thursday: pink clothes, pink hair, pink firefighters – there was even a pink mohawk, and there were a lot of folks tickled pink to...

TAMPICO – Volunteers are needed to help clean up after vandals with spray-paint hit multiple spots throughout the village last weekend.

Three 13-year-old boys, one from Tampico and two from...

DIXON – The second of two brothers accused of participating in a murder more than 35 years ago pleaded guilty this morning to involuntary manslaughter.

MOUNT CARROLL – History has found a home, and it’s Miles away, but don’t worry, it won’t take you long to get there.

The Owen P. Miles Museum, operated by the Carroll County Historical...

Rock Falls Rockets and their fans turned out Thursday among cooler temperatures for Rock Falls High School's homecoming parade. Swimmers and other athletes turned out along with the marching band...

OREGON – The Village of Progress awards banquet may come once a year, but its winners spend every day giving their best.

This is the Village's 50th year of serving adults with developmental...

DIXON – The fate of Washington Park will be determined next month.

The Dixon school board will vote Nov. 20 whether to sell the property via sealed bid.

DIXON – Lee County plans to balance a projected $1 million budget deficit with wind farm revenue and capital funds.

The county is bringing in about $500,000 in one-time money from wind farm...

SAVANNA – Classrooms at West Carroll Primary School tested positive for high mold counts after recent wet and warm weather.

Staff at the school, 2215 Wacker Road, brought in All-American...

OREGON – Focus House director Brenda Mason told Ogle County Board members on Tuesday that the county-owned youth shelter-care facility is in the middle of changes.

OREGON – The Rosko family and friends will hold a candlelight vigil from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday to mark the third anniversary of the deaths of Maggie Rosko Meyer and her 3-year-old son,...

A group of about 30 residents gather in downtown Mount Morris this afternoon to watch the demolition of a deteriorating building at 23 S. Wesley Ave. owned by a land trust created by Susan Penner....

OREGON – The Byron man charged with killing his 3-year-old son and ex-wife will remain in Ogle County Jail on $10 million bond, a judge decided this afternoon.

DIXON – The Dixon Sister Cities Association will be celebrating a 2-decade partnership with Herzberg, Germany, next week by hosting a delegation of a dozen people.

Farmers hit the field Tuesday in a cloud of dust, picking soybeans in a field west of Sterling. Things should stay dry and windy through Thursday before temperatures warm up to the low 60s. A wet...

STERLING – Applications are due now through Nov. 28 for families to receive gifts through Whiteside County Toys for Tots.

A structure fire in Indiana has claimed nearly 2,000 racing pigeons gathered for the 2019 Hoosier Classic Million Dollar One Loft Race, including birds from the Rock River Valley Pigeon Racing...

STERLING – Drivers can expect intermittent road closures and slight traffic delays along 16th Avenue as the city replaces slightly more than 1,600 feet of wastewater pipe on the north side of Lynn...

DIXON – The new interim Lee County state's attorney appointed Tuesday is excited to get to work.

Charlie Boonstra, 33, will take over Oct. 21 for Lee County State's Attorney Matt Klahn, who...

Sauk Valley Media's main phone number, 815-625-3600, is down.

Until it can be restored, we can be reached at 815-284-2224, at news@saukvalley.com, subscribe@saukvalley.com or at...

STERLING – Northland Mall will be up for auction in 2 weeks.

An online auction will run Oct. 28-30 through Ten-X Commercial Real Estate with the starting bid set at $600,000 for the mall at...

DIXON – The Lee County Board plans to appoint an interim state's attorney Tuesday.

Charlie Boonstra, first assistant state's attorney, will be tapped to fill the term remainder for Lee...

DIXON – The dust has settled at Dixon High School and Jefferson Elementary, and now that construction is over, the public is invited to see what’s new and exciting during open houses...

STERLING – Lyle Lidholm likes long walks and stepping outside his comfort zone.

The 87-year-old Korean War veteran left his Watertown, Wisconsin, home on Sept. 1 to be the first person to...

MORRISON – Residents with something to say about recreational marijuana will have the opportunity to voice their opinions to City Council during its Q&A session.

ROCK FALLS – The Sauk Valley could see its share of flannel, chainsaws and flying axes next fall thanks to an event the Rock Falls tourism department wants to host.

STERLING – The Circuit Judges of the 14th Judicial Circuit have decided who will serve as chief judge after Chief Judge Walter Braud stepped down from his position.

ROCK FALLS – As city officials continue to flesh out details of recreational marijuana zoning and regulations, those tasked with deciding the fate of potential marijuana businesses remain firm on...

Visitors to the John Deere Historic Site in Grand Detour were greeted Saturday with cool and windy weather that struggled to reach 50. No rain was on tap for the site’s Fall Festival, which gave...