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Made in the Sauk Valley: Astec Mobile Screens

Astec makes high-frequency screens able to separate much finer products than conventional screening technologies. Those screens are used for making asphalt and concrete materials...

Know Your Neighbor: Amy Brose

Know Your Neighbor: Amy Brose, 25, of Rock Falls, is a volunteer with AmeriCorps and a school counselor intern at Sterling High School.

Good for kids, bad for school budgets?

ROCK FALLS – Foods children eat at public schools will be healthier in the next school year due to new federal guidelines. Local school districts are unsure how the new...

Casey’s General Store in Sterling delivers

STERLING – Casey’s General Store, 2806 W. Fourth St., is now delivering food.

Driven toward a new vision for downtown Rock Falls

ROCK FALLS – Is the city doing enough to keep downtown looking beautiful and encouraging business owners to take care of their properties? That's a topic raised this...

Candidates lining up their support

STERLING – Endorsement season is in full swing.

Candidates talk politics over pizza

STERLING – Sue and Bill Wolff want to see a change in leadership in the state's 17th Congressional District.

Amboy teen charged with arson at laundromat

AMBOY – A fire that destroyed a local laundromat Wednesday night was apparently started when a 14-year-old boy dropped a lit piece of paper onto a couch that was in the...

LOTS dispatchers making a temporary move

DIXON — The dispatchers for the Lee-Ogle Transportation System are moving to a new place. But they'll only be there a few months.

Sterling goes 2-2 at chess tourney

PEORIA – Sterling High School’s chess team ended the first day of competition Friday at the state tournament with two wins and two losses.

Arduini hopes new site drives traffic downtown

ROCK FALLS – Eric Arduini, owner of The Silicon Wrench, is developing a new web page for the city of Rock Falls' new riverfront development.

Aguilar receives endorsements from former Bustos peers

STERLING – Greg Aguilar announced endorsements Friday from two men who used to work alongside one of his Democratic Party primary opponents in the 17th Congressional...

Help for struggling pet owners

STERLING – Deb Proctor never knew how expensive health care was until her “fella” got sick. Her fella was a good-natured cockapoo named Amos, who bravely faced...

AG: City broke meetings law

MORRISON – The city of Morrison broke state law by kicking out a resident from a public meeting in July, the state attorney general’s office says.

Laundromat in Amboy destroyed by fire

AMBOY – A laundromat was destroyed and a two-story apartment was heavily damaged by fire Wednesday night, officials said Thursday.

Two teens charged with car break-ins

PAW PAW – Two La Salle County teens are facing many charges stemming from a rash of car burglaries last month.

Absentee voting cast into spotlight

DIXON – If you’re not going to be close to your polling place for the March 20 primary, you have more than a month to cast your ballot. Absentee voting began Thursday...

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Alderwoman still not satisfied with access to city documents

MORRISON – Morrison Alderwoman Marti Wood says she’s having a hard time getting information from the city government.

Arts in the afternoon

Emma Johnson, 9, of Dixon, works on her painting Thursday afternoon at The Next Picture Show in Dixon. The VIVA! Young Artist Studio is a 10-week art experience for students in...

Former congressman gives backing to Bustos

EAST MOLINE – The first and only Democrat to represent the 16th Congressional District on Thursday endorsed Cheri Bustos in her bid for the party’s nomination in the...

Sauk hosting commemorative events

DIXON – Sauk Valley Community College has two free events planned to commemorate Black History Month.

'Lost in time' in the library

DIXON – No one really knew how or when it got there.

Smithsonian exhibit coming to Savanna

SAVANNA – A Smithsonian exhibit, “The Way We Worked,” is coming to the Savanna Museum and Cultural Center from Feb. 25 through April 7.

Back by popular demand

DIXON – The original works of 40 area artists will be on display and up for sale at “Regional Survey of Art 8,” the annual fine arts exhibit that opens next...

'Cr�me de la cr�me of talent' on display

DIXON – Dixon High School senior Michael Rivera will perform one last time as part of the Sauk Valley Youth Talent show later this month.

Woodlawn seeks entries for student-teacher art show

STERLING – Artistic area schoolchildren and their teachers – public, private and home-schooled – are invited to submit their works for the upcoming...

‘Sense of the Eye’ opens

DIXON – “Sinn des Auges” an exhibit by Sauk Valley Media chief photographer Alex Paschal, opens Saturday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Crystal Cork...

Sterling PD warns of jail bond scam

STERLING – Police are warning the public about a new phone scam that may be circulating in the area.

Boland meeting voters in Sterling

STERLING – A candidate hoping to represent the Sterling-Rock Falls area in the Illinois Senate will be back in town Friday to meet with voters.

Meeting the Sauk Valley Predators

Jamyson Trancoso (left) and Maura Scanlan, both eighth-graders at Challand Middle School, laugh as they watch their friend get autographs on her face Wednesday afternoon. The Sauk...

Board makes land offer

DIXON – A proposal to take ownership of the eastern corner of Page Park where it meets Dixon High School is a “starting point,” school district board members...

Sacco-Miller plans campaign events

DIXON – Anna Sacco-Miller, a Republican candidate for state's attorney in Lee County, has two meet-and-greet events scheduled.

Rock Falls District OKs project bonds

ROCK FALLS – The Rock Falls Elementary School Board approved the issuance of $200,000 in general obligation school bonds for building projects Wednesday.

Chess team looks to improve at state tourney

STERLING – Sterling’s fledgling chess team is hoping to make its next big play as a program this weekend. The team, in just its second season, is one of about 138...

Dixon Main Street, Riverfront groups plan brainstorming session

DIXON – Dixon has a number of groups doing a lot of different things. Dixon Main Street and the Riverfront are hoping to better coordinate some of those things and plan new...

Heart condition apparent cause of Morrison man's death

MORRISON – A heart condition apparently caused the death of a 21-year-old Morrison man who was found dead in his car on the morning of Oct. 30, Whiteside County Coroner Joe...

Plea hearing moved to next month

DIXON – A plea hearing was moved from Tuesday to March 1 for an Amboy woman facing multiple drug charges.

Rock Falls alderman: City economy improving

ROCK FALLS – The economic climate in Rock Falls is improving, one Rock Falls alderman noted at Tuesday’s council meeting.

Education in the limelight

DIXON – I drive a lot for my job, and so because I really, really dislike driving, I listen to a lot of podcasts to make the time go by faster.

Gearing up for Valentine's Day

Flowers can easily brighten one’s day, suggests Hollie Oprian, owner of Weeds in Dixon, as she arranges a vase of flowers on an otherwise cold, gray Tuesday afternoon. With...

Dixon School Board to vote on park land

DIXON – Dixon High School students and visitors park there. Some of the school’s band equipment is stored in its band shell.

Report says Whiteside County Jail improves

MORRISON – The Whiteside County Jail has improved in a number of areas over the last year, according to a state report.

Full steam ahead at Byron Nuclear Generating Station

BYRON – A reactor at the Byron Nuclear Generating Station began producing electricity Tuesday for the first time since a loss of offsite power last week led to an emergency...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Ariana Hargis is a Real Livesaver

Ariana Hargis is the kind of lifeguard you want on duty when your loved ones are in the pool. She's a quick-thinking, focused professional with eyes in the back of her head. When...

City supports Rock River Trail Initiative

STERLING – City Council members voiced their support of the Rock River Trail Initiative Monday night.

Woodlawn Arts Academy recognized

STERLING – Two dance teams from Woodlawn Arts Academy will perform at Walt Disney World in July.

Thieves strip farm irrigation systems

Whiteside County farmer Scott Weber was in the middle of breakfast Thursday when he got the call: Sometime in the middle of the night, someone crept onto his land and cut...