Tampico

The teen’s name has not yet been officially released.

Beginning May 12, donated pasta items can be delivered to New Life Church at 702 W. Lynn Blvd., Sterling, during office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

The Yorktown Fire Association will sponsor a grilled chicken dinner fundraiser from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on April 4 at the Fairfield Amish Mennonite School located at 29467 425 E. Street in Tampico.

Firefighter crews were on scene Friday at the Illinois Wildlife Game Preserve for 8 hours, with an estimated 600 acres burned and an estimation of more 40,000 gallons of water used before extinguishing a brush fire.

Before you head to the polls, here is a look at the candidates and the seats they are running for in Whiteside County's city, school and township elections.

An initial investigation indicates the motorcycle was traveling south on Buell Road at a high rate of speed when it failed to stop at the posted stop sign at the intersection of Buell and Gaulrapp roads, according to Sheriff John Booker.

The screening’s goal is to provide parents a measure of their child’s development in areas of learning importance. The Bi-County cooperative and schools will offer preschool programs for special needs children ages 3 to 5.

RNA Prophetstown Adult Chapter 516 will match up to $1,000 of the profits off the silent and live auction to be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 22, in the Reagan Community Center, 202 W. Second St., Tampico. 

The celebration begins at 2 p.m. at the Reagan Community Center, 202 W. Second St. Tampico Mayor Bruce Peltier, the Tampico Area Historical Society and Elevate Tampico will host the event.

The Tampico Area Historical Society and Ronald Reagan Birthplace will have an open house Thursday, Feb. 6, honoring the birth of President Reagan 114 years ago.

$600,000 has been raised to cover SVCC tuition costs, in perpetuity, for Polo students who earn tuition through volunteerism.

The Tampico First United Methodist Church Men will have their annual chili supper from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan 29. 

Several students from Dixon, Sterling, Rock Falls and Rochelle have been named to the dean's list.

A Walnut home was a total loss Monday from fire after the chimney collapsed through the roof into the home, taking out the first floor.

FFA students from several local high schools work Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, to make easy meals for the underserved.

Whiteside County voters on Tuesday, Nov. 5, will decide whether to OK a new 0.5% public safety tax that would bring in about $2M annually to fund 911 emergency dispatch call center services or leave their city’s administration to figure out how to foot their share of the bill.

Tampico Days wrapped up Sunday, July 21, 2024 with a full slate of fun activities.

Fire at 1501 First Ave. was contained in the attic.

Dalton Goss, 26, pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal and was sentenced June 7 in Whiteside County Court.

While at a physical therapy appointment, Dixon Rural Fire Chief Dustin Dahlstrom leapt into action to stem the bleeding of a Tampico man who'd accidentally shot himself in the parking lot.

Dixon Rural Fire Chief Dustin Dahlstrom was thanked and recognized Tuesday, June 11, 2024, for saving the life of a Tampico man on April 30.

Charges filed in each of two fatal Whiteside County crashes have been dismissed after the Whiteside County State's Attorney’s Office made motions saying more investigation is needed in each case.

Melissa Schultz, Haunted Haven’s owner, says she and her husband, Joseph Norton, discovered the fire. They had gone to the Haunted Haven barn Monday to pick up some tools and a lawn mower when they noticed smoke coming from the second floor.

The Rock Falls and Sterling fire departments and CGH EMS were dispatched at 1:14 p.m. Monday to a structure fire at the Haunted Haven Barn, 29038 Grennan Road.

The driver of a semitractor-trailer charged with improper passing in the death of a tractor driver in Rock Falls is scheduled to appear in Whiteside County traffic court in Sterling on May 13.

The traffic charges against the teen driver of a pickup truck that investigators said failed to stop at an intersection on March 28, resulting in the deaths of his three teen passengers, have been dismissed for now.

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The driver of the pickup truck that investigators say failed to stop at an intersection, resulting in the death of his three passengers, was cited for failure to stop and for violating his graduated license restrictions.

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.

Hundred of mourners packed the Tampico Community Center gymnasium Sunday night for a vigil for three teens who were killed Thursday in a collision just outside the village.

Participants are needed for a procession of vehicles from the church to the cemetery Thursday for one of the three Tampico teens killed last week in a traffic collision.

Funeral services are set for the three Tampico boys killed Thursday in a traffic collision outside the village.

Tampico held a vigil Sunday, March 31, 2024, in memory of Jayden Lee Hanson, 14, Channing Swertfeger, 14, and 16-year-old Douglas “DJ” Dorathy, who died in a collision Thursday afternoon.

Whiteside County Coroner Joseph McDonald released the names of the three teenagers killed Thursday in a collision with a semi at the intersection of Hahnaman and Luther Roads outside the village.

Three students are dead following a crash at the intersection of Hahnaman and Luther roads in rural Tampico; a fourth teen sustained serious, but nonlife-threatening, injuries, sheriff says.

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

Snowstorm brought 5 inches or more to the Sauk Valley, and it isn't over yet – super cold temperatures are on the way.

Farmers National Bank has selected Morrison Community Hospital as the recipient of its Funding New Beginnings grant for 2023.

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.