Lee County

St. Mary school in Dixon receives state field trip grant to Lincoln's New Salem

Dixon enters into nine annexation agreements to tie the city more closely to the I-88 corridor

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.

Lee County would be a good site for solar project because of energy transmission lines, cost and flat land, according to the project engineer.

The $450 million project would generate enough energy to power 100,000 homes.

Committee members are still working out the specifics to allow UTVs on county roads.

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