Rock Falls

The annual Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce’s Manufacturing Dinner will make its return Oct. 7 at the McCormick Event Center in Rock Falls.

Softball tournament benefits young person with Type 1 spinal muscular atrophy.

Statue of Liberty and Twin Towers are centerpiece of a Rock Falls corn maze

In October, Rock Falls Police officers will be wearing and selling special pink RFPD shoulder patches in exchange for a donation to Pink Heals of the Sauk Valley, which benefits breast cancer survivors.

Registration deadline for the Rock Falls Community Garage Sale days will be Sept. 12

Unbeaten Rock Falls will take on winless Stillman Valley on Friday. It’s been since 2016 that a Rock Falls team won Week 1. The last time Stillman Valley lost Week 1 was in 2015. It’s an odd reversal in the standings considering Rockets coach Kevin Parker has, since his arrival in Rock Falls, pointed to Big Northern powerhouses like Stillman as one of the programs he would like his to emulate.

Raquel Sifuentes, immigrant outreach caseworker at the YWCA of the Sauk Valley, is this year’s Fiesta Day parade grand marshal.

Some of the sculptors are expected to attend the installation ceremony and share their perspectives on their works with festival attendees.