The Watoto Children’s Choir will perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the Dixon High School Auditorium. All the way from Uganda, East Africa, the Watoto Children’s Choir is performing songs from their brand-new album, Better Days – There is Hope.

The parade will begin and end at Haymarket Square, 317 W. Third St., and Treat Street will continue with a trunk-and-treat event at KSB Town Square Centre, 102 S. Hennepin Ave., and treats at participating downtown businesses.

Caleb Drew and Zaina Rumbolz-Zeigler of Sterling recently received their white coats during the Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences White Coat Ceremony.

In part 1 of this series about George Page, published on Sept. 5, we learned about the meteoric rise of George Page, Dixon’s homegrown mega-successful entrepreneur. In this installment, we learn of his return from Switzerland to Dixon to build his largest condensed milk factory.

Student responsible for making alleged threat had no plan to carry out any violence and did not have access to firearms, officials say.

A stone marker for the Broadway Methodist Church in Sterling was placed on the building when it was erected in 1856. In 1902, fire damaged the spire and the stone plaque went into storage as repairs were made to the building.

Sewer work being done on Fargo Avenue was the source of the smell, city officials said.

Russell Crull to fill vacancy due to judge's upcoming retirement.

After almost 28 years as the Ogle County Animal Control administrator, Dr. Tom Champley has retired. Ogle County Board members at their Sept. 17 meeting recognized Champley for his work since his hiring on Nov. 19, 1996.