Picture perfect weather graced the 2024 German Valley Days July 19-20. The event included a parade, kids events, and a pork chop dinner for the German Valley Fire Department.


Byron residents and school district officials were busy Tuesday, July 16, 2024 picking up debris and surveying damage from Monday night's storm that felled trees and knocked out electrical service.




When the skies cleared Saturday, it was “shinetime” for 50 Nash cars at the Stronghold Camp & Retreat Center, north of Oregon, Illinois. The 2024 “Grand Nashional,” hosted by the Upper Mississippi River Region of the Nash Car Club of America, featured models spanning six decades of the iconic, independent car line. Known for the “Little Nash Rambler” Saturday’s event showed Nash-newbies that the vehicles were way, way more than that.




Brass from the Past, a tribute to the legends of rock and soul music, got an estimated crowd of 1,200 rockin’ to their tunes on the opening night of the Jamboree Concert Series. The Chicago-based band kicked off the 12th season of free concerts on the Campus in the village’s downtown. The free concerts are held each Friday night throughout the summer with the music starting at 7 p.m.