Payton Felix

Judges are paid a stipend of $180 for their work on election day.

Based on the need for another men’s sober living house in Lee County, Sinnissippi Centers is targeting the county’s opioid settlement dollars as one of its main sources of funding for the new venture.

Defense attorney to argue for mental health evaluation.

A Dixon woman is opening a self-serve bakery stand at the corner of East Chamberlain Street and Jefferson Avenue.

The city of Dixon and the Dixon Park District signed its first intergovernmental agreement in nearly 30 years as progress continues in Dixon’s riverfront revitalization project that began in 1998.

The developer of a new $4.9 million car wash under construction in the Interstate 88 corridor in Dixon will get half of its property taxes rebated for six years under an economic incentive agreement approved Monday by the Dixon City Council.

Located at the far east end of Woodlawn Avenue, Hvarre Holdings LLC aims to bring life back to “a section of town that most people forgot about,” owner Ted Hvarre said.

Election judges are getting harder and harder to come by and with Election Day quickly approaching, Lee County is in need of election judges to run its polling locations, Lee County Clerk and Recorder Nancy Petersen said.

Four Dixon homeowners were selected as the June honorees in the Beautify Dixon recognition program while 15 volunteers participated in a town cleanup at Dixon High School and Presidents Park on Wednesday morning.

Four homes have been recognized by Beautify Dixon.

Klean Laundry will offer coinless automatic vending system, laundry delivery service through DoorDash.

Dixon Rural Fire Chief Dustin Dahlstrom presented the department’s Lifesaving Award on Tuesday to Amy Kutz. She is the first civilian to receive the award.

Gounaris is charged with shooting three members of the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Response Team after a three-hour standoff.

CGH Medical Center in Dixon is expanding its services to include a Ready Care walk-in clinic that will open in early August.

The money comes from American Express and Main Street America's Backing Small Businesses grant program, which supports small businesses that positively impact the communities they serve.