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Three members of the Dixon Police Department were sworn in to their new positions at the Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, city council meeting. Sergeant Timothy Pratt was promoted from detective and two new officers were hired.

The annual Fiesta Parade will be Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, with the parade beginning at 1 p.m. in Rock Falls and ending in Sterling.

Event is a free community wellness open house Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, focused on connection and local businesses.

The TALK-LINE interview for Sept. 17 featured OSF St. Katharine Hospital Health Care Foundation Gift Officer Abby Weber discussing October fundraisers benefitting the hospital’s Women’s Imaging Center.

Sterling’s $6.2 million reconstruction of Second Street is facing delays after utility company ComEd informed city officials it cannot move power poles this year.

A Lee County judge ordered Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, that a Dixon man charged with aggravated battery and several other offenses submit to a mental health evaluation.

Sauk Valley volleyball swept Carl Sandburg on Wednesday as Denali Stonitsch had 17 assists and Carli Kobbeman had 15 digs for the Skyhawks (12-4, 4-0).

Erie-Prophetstown won the Three Rivers golf title as Isabella Johnston and Michelle Naftzger took first and second. Oregon boys soccer beat Rockford Lutheran, Dixon fell to Byron in a shootout and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The TALK-LINE interview for Sept. 17 featured Shaw Local News representatives Charlene Bielema and Brandon Clark discussing local news stories being covered, including infrastructure work in Sterling, a new Sterling police chief announced, and Dixon City Council recognition.