Sterling Main Street is proud to announce that it received two awards at the 2025 Illinois Main Street Conference held Nov. 12-14 in Dixon.

Dixon’s Brody Nicklaus scored 26 points in a road loss to Geneseo to open the season. Sterling and Rock Falls boys also fell on the road, Oregon won, Milledgeville and Eastland girls won, and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The owners of Lena's Social Club in Dixon say the business has been operating at a loss since opening in March and they have decided to close and sell it.

The Sauk Creative Writers Group will not meet during its regularly scheduled time at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, to allow members to prepare for Thanksgiving.

CGH Medical Center in Sterling has been named a recipient of the inaugural Illinois Birthing Hospital Quality Excellence Award.

Brandon Clark speaks with Sauk Valley Voices of Recovery Operations Manager Lauren Metzler about its new sober women's living facility in Rock Falls, Cledy's House of Hope.

Here's a list of upcoming activities at the Rock River Center.

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Lena's Social Club in Dixon ceased operations in November 2025 after the owners cited a lack of money.

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Dixon Habitat for Humanity dedicated its 33rd house during a ceremony Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025.