Carroll County

State Rep. Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, is sponsoring a supply drive for April House in Morrison and other children’s advocacy centers.

As of Oct. 3, only one of 16 nursing homes in the Sauk Valley had 90% of its medical staff fully vaccinated against COVID-19; nine others also were above the state average, while six were below.

Whiteside County had 522 cases in September compared to 302 in August and 53 in July.

Livengood’s Barn Backroads Barn Sale is Saturday at Carroll County Fairgrounds in Milledgeville.

Three elderly people have died from COVID-19.

Availability is growing throughout the area to receive vaccine booster shots.

Cases in Whiteside County more than doubled.

The first 4-H activity is a series of workshops that will be held at York Township Public Library in Thomson. The second is a youth cooking club that will be held at the University of Illinois Extension Office in Mt. Carroll.