The TALK-LINE interview for Aug. 29 featured Reagan Mass Transit District Assistant Director of Operations Steve Davis

Through this initiative, in partnership with the Dixon Rural Fire Department, the organization was able to purchase 13 kits to be distributed to schools in Dixon, Sterling and Rock Falls.

At its meeting Monday, Aug. 25, the Rochelle City Council unanimously accepted a strategic communications plan that will see it adopt purple as the city’s official color and change branding in coming months.

Sauk Valley Community College is seeking volunteer tutors for a free program in Dixon helping non-native English speakers improve their language skills and prepare for the U.S. naturalization process.

What began as a small online shop has since blossomed into a brick-and-mortar boutique: Homemade Hippie at 1009 Fourth St. in Fulton.

Read historian Tom Wadsworth's third installment about Dixon’s cement plant, which opened in 1907 but is set to close completely in the next few months. This installment focuses on key historic events in the plant's rise and fall.

For a free-will donation, the all-you-can-eat breakfast includes eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, biscuits and gravy, and pancakes.

Here is a list of property transfers for Lee, Whiteside and Ogle counties for Aug. 18-22, 2025.

Sterling fell at Metamora, Oregon's Cooper Johnson had 192 yards rushing and three TDs in a win, Draven Zier had five touchdowns and more in Friday's Sauk Valley football roundup.