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Here's a list of Lee, Whiteside and Ogle counties’ property transfers for March 9-13, 2026.

A single-family home in Dixon that sold for $355,000 nears the top of the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Lee County / Whiteside during the past week

The Lee County Board approved an ordinance Thursday that aims to address the statewide housing crisis impacting its residents.

Marshall Doane, a founding member of Dogwood Acres dog park in Sterling, has helped to secure every dog’s favorite “watering hole,” a fire hydrant. CIMCO donated a pair of the destined-for-the-scrapheap hydrants to the park, one for the small dog area and one for the larger pups.

State Rep. Brad Fritts, the Lee County Health Department, Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Dixon Police Department and Dixon Township are hosting a free sharps and prescription drug drop-off drive May 14.

Author Thom Reese will be featured at a book-signing event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 18 in Dixon.

PASCHAL: Anyone who has watched cartoons as much as Gen X did as kids has been preparing their whole life for the inevitable sinking into quicksand.

On this episode of Talk Line, host Brandon Clark is joined by Shaw Local reporter Payton Felix to discuss Dixon High School’s new athletic field, The Dixon: Historic Theatre’s request for city funding, a proposed Lee County solar project, and other local headlines.