Tampico

Tampico got in on the Christmas spirit with their Christmas in the Country event Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 held at the Reagan Community Center.

Tampico got in on the Christmas spirit with their Christmas in the Country event Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 held the the Reagan Community Center.

Mayor Bruce Peltier and his daughter Katelynn took the prize of “Village Favorite” with their Green Pork Chili.

Here is a roundup of Veterans Day ceremonies set for this week throughout the Sauk Valley.

Pancake breakfast, book and bake sale, ‘open mic’ night also on slate of activities.

A building empty about a decade on the main thoroughfare into Rock Falls was demolished this week.

The Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois presented the Charles M. Cartwright Award to Greg Sandrock during the association’s annual convention in Peoria.

Community events also include Friendsgiving fundraiser for museum work.

Demolition of the downtown Sterling apartment building at 406/408 E. Third St., where a man died in a fire July 7, wrapped up Friday, but the fate of two of three other buildings involved still is up in the air.

Demolition began Tuesday morning on the shell of a downtown Sterling apartment building destroyed by a fire July 7 that also took the life of a tenant.

The owner of the Ronald Reagan Birthplace and Museum in Tampico last week transferred ownership to the conservative group that recently bought the Reagan Boyhood Home in Dixon.

The ruins of a downtown Sterling apartment building destroyed in a July 7 fire that also killed a tenant are scheduled for demolition.

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Sunday through at least Wednesday for most of northern Illinois, including Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside counties, although relief appears to be a least a week away.

The four day family friendly fun fest which is Tampico Days is in full swing Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Tour Reagan's home, have fun at the water fights, and watch the parade