At its meeting Monday, Aug. 25, the Rochelle City Council unanimously accepted a strategic communications plan that will see it adopt purple as the city’s official color and change branding in coming months.

Sauk Valley Community College is seeking volunteer tutors for a free program in Dixon helping non-native English speakers improve their language skills and prepare for the U.S. naturalization process.

What began as a small online shop has since blossomed into a brick-and-mortar boutique: Homemade Hippie at 1009 Fourth St. in Fulton.

For a free-will donation, the all-you-can-eat breakfast includes eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, biscuits and gravy, and pancakes.

Here is a list of property transfers for Lee, Whiteside and Ogle counties for Aug. 18-22, 2025.

Sauk Valley Voices of Recovery will host an overdose awareness event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, at the Grandon Civic Center, 304 Brinks Circle in Sterling.

Here is a list of Lee County property transfers for Aug. 18-22, 2025.

The boutique carries mostly women’s clothing as well as shoes, soaps, lotions, Capri Blue volcano candles, Copper Pearl baby accessories, Warmies stuffed animals, jewelry and purses.

Lee County officials have decided that the public drop-off recycling station in Dixon will be removed Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, after repeated illegal garbage dumping at the site.