Oregon wins again in the Big Northern. Dixon and Sterling girls bowling advance to the sectional. Plus more scores in Friday's Sauk Valley Media Sports roundup.

Newman's depth helped make the difference as the third-ranked Comets pulled away late in a 63-54 win over a scrappy, short-handed Erie-Prophetstown.

“Pallets in the Park” invites residents to explore creative reuse by transforming reclaimed wooden pallets into unique works of art. The Dixon Park District provides the pallets, and the community provides the imagination.

Wadsworth: I’ve never heard anyone talk about this fascinating Nachusa House story from 1904. But it captures a unique moment in Dixon history when state, religion and business collided in a raging controversy.

The Amboy Junior High School Pep Band will take its act on the road when its members travel to Kankakee on Saturday, Feb. 7, to play for each of the four games of the first round of the Illinois Elementary School Association 8th Grade Class 2A state basketball tournament.

Gary Mielke was elected president Jan. 15 at the annual meeting of the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs in Springfield. The group oversees, administers and lobbies for the state’s county fairs.

Heath A. Knipple, 46, was charged July 2 with six counts of Class X felony dissemination of images of child sex abuse, with each count listing the victim as younger than 13.

Dixon, Sterling and Oregon girls basketball had conference wins. Eastland boys basketball beat Morrison, Polo beat Milledgeville, Fulton beat Amboy on senior night and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley Roundup.

The Dixon wrestling team took care of business against Morrison to advance to team dual state for just the second time in program history.

A Lee County Sheriff’s Office squad car was involved in a two-vehicle collision Thursday afternoon on South Galena Avenue in Dixon.