Payton Felix

The Rock River Valley International Fellowship, a partner of the program, welcomed 15 students who have been staying with eight different host families in Dixon, Sterling and Morrison over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Nine incumbents and three newcomers are in the running in Rock Falls' 2025 election.

In December 2022, the board was presented with a long-term financial plan to improve the district's financial position. The first step, approving $650,000 in taxable general obligation refunding school bonds, was completed in February 2023. The board last week took the next step.

OSF will take over KSB, which will become OSF HealthCare Saint Katharine Medical Center, on Jan. 1, 2025.

On the ballot for the April 1, 2025, election will be two incumbents running for two open seats on the Dixon City Council along with two incumbents and two newcomers running for two open seats on the Sterling City Council.

When it came time to vote on the levy, District 1 board member Angie Shippert made a motion to suspend normal board rules to discuss potential changes to the levy and the budget.

A rural Dixon man charged with attempting to murder three police officers in June was presented Thursday with 770 pages of police reports, medical records and other evidence that will be presented as his case proceeds through the courts.

Dixon’s City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to ban sleeping and camping in public spaces on Monday in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that now allows cities to do so.

The Dixon City Council approved an ordinance Monday to instate a 1% grocery tax following Gov. JB Pritzker’s August legislation that will repeal the state’s grocery tax on Jan. 1, 2026.

Events in Sterling, Rock Falls, Dixon and Morrison listed.

As church attendance declines across the United States, St. Paul and Immanuel Lutheran churches in Dixon are taking an experimental approach by joining together in a partnership led by a married couple as co-pastors who started Nov. 1 in their new roles.

The Festival Of Trees can be viewed at Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, from Nov. 18 through Nov. 24.

Goodfellows of Lee County was presented a $3,000 donation Thursday morning to aid the charity in providing assistance to families during the holiday season.

According to the Illinois Report Card, 42.2% of students were chronically absent during the 2023-24 school year.

Being recognized as a 50-year continuous member of Dixon American Legion Post 12 was something that Charlie “Chuck” Willett said surprised him and he was honored to receive.