May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration would like everyone to know that it is “OK to not be OK.” 

Over 3,000 Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) customers are without power across Whiteside County.

The new interactive online space helps families and caregivers find local early childhood resources, programs, events, developmental screenings and childcare information in Lee, Whiteside and Ogle counties.

The traveling museum, which will not be open to the public, will be stationed at RFHS, 101 12th Ave., from Monday, May 5, through Thursday, May 8. The museum will also visit the Rock Falls Middle School, 1701 12th Ave., on Friday, May 9.

Here is a list of the graduation dates and times for high schools throughout the Sauk Valley.

State Rep. Brad Fritts, R-Dixon, will partner with the Lee County Health Department and Dixon Family YMCA to host a sharps drop-off drive from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 8, in the Dixon Family YMCA parking lot.

Chris Thiel will be the coach of the high school’s new bass fishing team in 2026. The Forrestville Valley School Board hired Thiel April 16 to head the new program.

Robert DeVries, a former Forreston High School multisport standout athlete, has been hired as the Cardinals’ new boys basketball coach.

The fair runs from Tuesday, Aug. 12, through Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Whiteside County Fairgrounds, 201 W. Winfield St. in Morrison.