Here are Robin Rethwill's photos from Rochelle softball's game with Somonauk.

Here are Robin Rethwill's photos from Rochelle's baseball game with Sycamore on April 13.

The Grand Detour Arts Festival committee is accepting applications from artists to exhibit work at the 77th Grand Detour Arts Festival. The show will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at the John Deere Historic Site in Grand Detour.

A woman was hurt as she tried to cross over a train that was either stopped or traveling slowly in Rochelle on Saturday evening, according to a Rochelle Police Department news release.

The Rock River Center is a resource center in Oregon.

April 19 marks the anniversary of the clashes at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, between colonial militia and British regulars in 1775 that opened the Revolutionary War.

Mt. Morris Performing Arts Guild cast members were recently in costume as they rehearsed for “Paint Your Wagon”, which has its final showings from April 24-26.

The Leaf River Soaring Eagles 4-H Club tried out STEM activities March 21, when club members started with circuit cubes making different projects, from a flashlight to cars.

Awards were presented for the third annual Focus on Photography art exhibit at the opening reception at the Coliseum Museum on Friday, April 10.