Payton Felix

In an effort to make Dixon High School’s curriculum more hands-on, major changes have been made to the science department and its line up of classes.

Dixon High School's choir and life skills classes joined forces early in the 2025 spring semester to create a new singing ensemble, Voices United, that includes students with disabilities who want to sing and perform.

Open Sesame celebrates 50 years of providing child care in Dixon.

Combining her passion for teaching and basketball, a third grade teacher at Jefferson Elementary in Dixon started her own March Madness tradition centered around picture books.

Dixon Public Schools’ newest addition, Thomas J. Dempsey Therapeutic Day School, is nearing what is sure to be a historic moment for the district - the end of its first school year. The school provides special-education services to students in kindergarten to 12th grade.

The Dixon Sister Cities Association has retired its 36-year-old charter with its first established sister city – Dikson, Russia, which is one of the world's most northern settlements.

In anticipation of Dixon Police Chief Steve Howell’s retirement, Dixon Deputy Chief Doug Lehman was sworn in as interim chief Monday, May 5. The new police chief will be selected in the first week of June by a committee of 10 community members.

Dixon city officials are moving forward with a $21 million project to update and repair the aging infrastructure at the wastewater treatment plant, which will be funded through a state-run loan program.

The Dixon City Council has approved two contracts that allocate funds to Discover Dixon and the Lee County Industrial Development Association. Both contracts provide a specific amount of annual funding – $325,000 for Discover Dixon and $50,000 for LCIDA.

A rural Dixon man charged with the attempted murder of three police officers at his residence in June will now be represented by a private attorney, a move that comes after two Ogle County public defenders who both defended him left the office.

About 100 people gathered outside the Old Lee County Courthouse in Dixon on Friday, April 25, at Shining Star Children’s Advocacy Center’s third annual Hands Around the Courthouse.

The Dixon: Historic Theatre received a $100,000 anonymous donation, according to a theater board announcement Thursday, April 24.

Dixon Police Chief Steve Howell will retire May 9, 2025, after serving about 26 years on the force. Until a new police chief is selected, Deputy Chief Doug Lehman will become the city’s interim police chief.

After a fundraiser was started to pay off unpaid student lunch fees at Dixon Public Schools, administrators found it would be too costly to enroll in a federally assisted program that provides free meals to all students.

The Dixon School Board on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, approved three bids for new flooring and ceiling tiles in the gym and a playground.