The Scotts Miracle-Gro office in Morrison is sporting a fresh new look thanks to a unique collaboration with the Digital Media Arts students at the Whiteside Area Career Center.

Most of Julie LeFevre’s seventh-grade agriculture students have had a taste of agriculture education when they get to her classroom. She sees her job as giving students a bigger bite to keep them at the table.

Here's a list of property transfers for Lee, Whiteside and Ogle counties for Feb. 16-20, 2026.

It has been proven time and time again that most crime is committed by natural-born citizens.

A pancake breakfast to raise funds for the Honor Flight will be from 7:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday, March 1, at the Dixon VFW.

The Dixon Municipal Band’s annual spring concert will feature guest saxophone soloist Tom Scott at 7 p.m. March 28 at The Dixon Historic Theatre. A free clinic with Scott will be earlier that day.

Morrison Lions Club members are taking orders for roses to be delivered on Good Friday, April 3.

"Agriculture education is big." That was not the theme but it was the message Friday at the fourth Cultivating Connections in Agriculture, which celebrates agriculture education and FFA in the Sauk Valley and the larger northern Illinois region.

Dixon advanced to the Dual Team State semifinals to guarantee the Dukes a state trophy. Blair Grennan, Kendra Ege and Michelle Naftzger are still alive at state wrestling, and Eastland basketball held on to beat Orion 46-45 in Friday's Sauk Valley Roundup.

Oregon never trailed in a 65-52 win over Mendota in the Class 2A Rock Falls Regional final Friday at Tabor Gym to win its first regional title since 2006.