Sauk Valley news

The Valor Support Project, a local veteran-founded nonprofit serving veterans and their families in the Sauk Valley area, is holding its third annual Veterans Day dinner at 5 p.m. Nov. 7 at Mexicali Rose Banquet Hall in Rock Falls.

Nine combines. Half a dozen grain semis. Half a dozen tractors with grain carts. And more waiting if needed. That was the response to a call put out by Lee County farmer Don Meyer to help a neighboring farmer, Michael Mead, with his harvest.

The Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce will host Biz Boo! from 4-6 p.m. Friday in the municipal parking lot located on the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and West Second Street.

Throughout the city of Dixon, there are many reminders of its former resident, Ronald Reagan, who went on to become a Hollywood star and the president of the United States.

Dixon High School is expected to have a new outdoor track and field in fall 2027 after the District 170 Board approved a proposal that estimates it’ll cost less to construct it a year earlier.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Salvation Army’s work in Sterling and Rock Falls.

The Oregon football team upset 11th-seeded Westville 35-27, Eastland-Pearl City also advanced and Amboy finished the 8-man regular season 9-0. Dixon boys cross country won the Kaneland regional, Fulton volleyball won the Stillman Valley tournament and more on Saturday.

DEWALT: All women should understand their risk for breast cancer. It is the number-one cancer diagnosed in women, apart from skin cancer.

The event will be from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Twin Cities Farmer Market.

Neither the truck driver nor the trooper was injured.