Mellisa McMillan’s classroom supply list is not your everyday school supply list. “We need welding gloves and welding tongs. I know we need another new saw out in the woodshop,” McMillan said. She is the agriculture teacher and FFA adviser at Ashton-Franklin Center High School.

The Education Committee at the Windmill Cultural Center on Jan. 28 will feature Pat Pessman introducing the audience to the book she has written, “The Saga of the Lilac Bush - an American Pioneer Narrative”.

The Men of the Tampico First United Methodist Church will have the annual chili supper on Wednesday, Jan. 28, in the church basement.

A missing Dixon man was found alive early Sunday, Jan. 18, after a resident in the area of Countryside Lane reported to police that they could hear a person yelling for help, according to Dixon police.

Rock Falls Tourism presents Flock to the Rock ’26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Rock Falls American Legion.

Catch up on the week’s top Sauk Valley news for Jan. 11-17 in minutes. Hear the week’s 5 most popular stories, read aloud for you

A residence in Dixon that sold for $400,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Lee County reported in the past week

As Shaw Media celebrates its 175th anniversary of community journalism, we looked back at four front pages from January 18

Sterling's Jack Saathoff had 18 points and 15 rebounds in a win over Princeton. Newman boys basketball won, Sterling girls advanced to the Byron tournament title game and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.