Attendees can raise funds for agriculture-related scholarships, discuss agricultural issues and celebrate Sauk Valley agriculture.

Two periodical cicada broods known for their exceptional size are beginning to emerge in Illinois, and experts said it’s the first time the two broods have emerged together since Thomas Jefferson was president. Northern Illinois could begin to see some by next week.

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Sunny skies greeted the crowd at the Hazelhurst Spring Consignment Auction on Saturday, April 6, 2024. A couple thousand potential buyers – and some onlookers – gathered at the 30-acre sale site between Polo and Milledgeville all day to bid on farm machinery and a lot of other “odds and ends”. Mother Nature provided the sunshine and hundreds of items for sale drew the crowd as area farmers came to sell and buy.

The driver of the pickup truck that investigators say failed to stop at an intersection, resulting in the death of his three passengers, was cited for failure to stop and for violating his graduated license restrictions.

One person was killed Wednesday morning when the tractor that he was driving was hit by a semitractor-trailer on Route 40 at the intersection of Route 172/Star Road south of Rock Falls, according to a news release from Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker.

An ordinance that would allow up to six chickens to be kept in unincorporated single-family residential areas of Lee County is going before the Planning Commission on April 1.

Over the objections of the city of Sterling, the Whiteside County Board approved issuing a special-use permit to build a 5-megawatt solar farm at Locust Street/state Route 40 and Science Ridge Road.

Serving commercial growers that sell to farmers markets, orchards, and other direct to consumer channels, this day-long University of Illinois Extension conference provides educational sessions for attendees to learn about best practices for the upcoming 2024 season.

Program begins at 7 p.m.