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Oregon beat Rockford Lutheran 63-50 in a Big Northern Conference game on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026 at the Blackhawk Center in Oregon.

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Forreston hosted Dakota in a NUIC game at Forreston High School on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026.

Newman's depth helped make the difference as the third-ranked Comets pulled away late in a 63-54 win over a scrappy, short-handed Erie-Prophetstown.

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The Newman Comets host the Erie-Prophetstown Panthers in a Conference basketball game. The game was played at Newman High School on February 6, 2026.

The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday approved nearly $1 million for safety upgrades at three highway-rail crossings of the BNSF Railway Company’s track in Carroll and Ogle counties.

“Pallets in the Park” invites residents to explore creative reuse by transforming reclaimed wooden pallets into unique works of art. The Dixon Park District provides the pallets, and the community provides the imagination.

A single-family home in Ashton that sold for $309,000 is leading the list of the best real estate deals in Lee County in the past week.

Wadsworth: I’ve never heard anyone talk about this fascinating Nachusa House story from 1904. But it captures a unique moment in Dixon history when state, religion and business collided in a raging controversy.

Gary Mielke was elected president Jan. 15 at the annual meeting of the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs in Springfield. The group oversees, administers and lobbies for the state’s county fairs.