The Dixon City Council has approved a special use status for one of the new businesses the city plans to add to its growing commercial development site near Interstate 88.

Rock Falls officials say they’re reviewing all options to pay the $31.5 million in damages that a Whiteside County jury on Friday awarded to the family of a Sterling firefighter killed in the line of duty four years ago

A Prophetstown man has pleaded not guilty to driving while high on drugs and causing a two-vehicle crash that left another man dead last May

With the mayor of Rock Falls voting no, an ordinance that would have limited his power to appoint department heads was thumbed down Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025.

Five Sauk Valley girls basketball players to watch this season are Sterling's Jossy James, Polo's Cam Jones, Newman's Gisselle Martin, Dixon's Ahmyrie McGowan and Oregon's Aniyah Sarver.