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Sterling students graduate May 24; Dixon and Rock Falls seniors graduate May 26.

The trade show was held Wednesday and Thursday nights, with 31 student-run businesses selling everything from jewelry and video promotions to made-to-order grilled cheese sandwiches.

The Erie-Prophetstown Panthers won the Ed Schmidt Invitational Track Meet at Erie High School on Friday, April 19, 2024. The boys team scored 89 points to win the meet with Morrison finishing second with 78 points followed with Milledgeville with 50. Kewanee (Wethersfield) won the girls meet with 106 points followed by Erie-Prophetstown with 77, Milledgeville with 41, Morrison with 23 and Savanna (West Carroll) with 16.

The musical, adapted for high school performances, was based on the 2004 American teen comedy film.

Mourners with vehicles of all kinds paid tribute Thursday, April 4, 2024, to Jayden Hanson, who was killed in a March 28 crash near Tampico. Jayden, 14, was one of three boys killed when the pickup truck they were riding in was hit by a semi at the intersection of Hahnaman and Luther roads. Also killed in the collision were Channing Swertfeger, 14, and Douglas “DJ” Dorathy, 16. All three were Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico High School/Middle School students.

An Erie man who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl is facing more child sex assault charges in Whiteside County.

The Whiteside County Board is looking for another Republican to join its ranks in the wake of the Jan. 1 resignation of Larry Russell of Fulton.

Each school district within the Bi-County Special Education Cooperative area will conduct screenings of preschoolers on various dates from February to May 2024.

Several Sauk Valley-area students have been named to Northern Illinois University's 2023 dean’s list.

Nine area students also named to Marquette University’s fall 2023 dean’s list

Here's a collection of images showing the Christmas spirit in the Sauk Valley.

Ron Eckberg, who has visited the beaches of Normandy and written and spoken on World War II history, will speak at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14.

Local historian Ron Eckberg will be sharing Christmas on the Frontlines, the story of Christmas 1944 on the World War II battlefield, in Walnut and Erie.

Evening event also included visits with Santa, shopping, and activities for kids

Those hoping for snow on Saturday for Erie’s Hometown Holidays Lighted Parade were not disappointed – thanks to one local business. Hanford Insurance’s entry in the popular parade included a snow machine mounted in the back of a pickup truck that blew the fluffy white stuff up into the air and onto the float it was pulling which included an igloo with the inscription “Protecting the Magic”. The snow was the perfect touch for the evening with temperatures in the mid 40s. Before the parade, kids could write letters to Santa and enjoy other seasonal activities at the Erie Fire Station.