Periodic update on students from the region who've achieved academic recognition at the college level.

4-H shows are scheduled for Whiteside, Lee and Carroll counties.

NIU also released its dean's list of area students

Sunday marked Grobe’s 58th performance in the annual Dixon festival.

Students who received between a 3.5 and a 3.749 grade point average made the list

“Every day we get new people that come forward and say, ‘Hey, I didn’t think maybe this piece of the story that I knew was important,’" Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday. “There will be way more information and stay tuned.”

Full- and part-time students who achieved a 3.75 grade point average received the honor

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Fireworks and the popular hip-hop group "Too Hype Crew" capped off the fun for the most part in Dixon. There's still time to get that last minute corndog and carnival ride Monday as the carnival will run until 11 pm.

The annual Petunia parade stepped off at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 3, 2022.