Singer and songwriter Marques Morel will ignite the Savanna Cultural Center with his music at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Savanna.

The Feb. 4 Wild Winter Wednesday program in Fulton will feature Linda Cook, who will present “Still Vanished and Missing in QC Area - featuring the Trudy Appleby case".

The Lee County Board voted Thursday to approve new rules related to the amount of farm animals allowed on residentially zoned properties in the county's unincorporated areas.

Here's a list of Lee, Whiteside and Ogle county property transfers for Jan. 12-16, 2026.

Rock Falls boys wrestling won the Bob Mitton Invitational as eight wrestlers placed. Sterling's Cael Lyons won his weight at the Big 6 meet, Newman wrestled in Clinton, basketball, sectional boys bowling and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon erased a five-point deficit in the final minute of regulation, but Byron pulled out a 46-43 victory in overtime to knock Dixon from the ranks of undefeated in the Big Northern Conference on Saturday afternoon.

Text for a new farm bill could be released by February and Congress will likely consider ag labor reform during the first quarter of this year, congressional ag leaders told attendees of American Farm Bureau Federation’s Annual Convention.

United Way of Lee County is inviting the community to start the new year with creativity and self-care at its upcoming Color Me Happy Workshop on Feb. 5 at the Post House Ballroom in Dixon.

The 2026 season is designed to support local businesses, encourage city-wide engagement and celebrate all that Dixon has to offer, according to a news release.

Darren Bailey and running mate Aaron Del Mar stopped in Sterling this week as part of their “Take Back Illinois” bus tour through suburban Chicago and northern Illinois.