Taking advantage of aggressive at-bats and defensive miscues, Sterling rolled to a 15-0, four-inning win over Sauk Valley rival Dixon on Tuesday afternoon.

Rock Falls Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Kyle Sommers said the departments are losing $825,000 in federal Community Project Funding appropriations they had planned to use to build a burn tower where firefighters from both communities could train in live-fire conditions.

Brandon Rogers from the Dixon School Board spoke with Shaw Local reporter Payton Felix about the main issues facing Dixon schools ahead of the April 1 election.

Linda Leblanc-Parks, a member of the Dixon School Board, answered questions from Shaw Local reporter Payton Felix and shared her vision for Dixon schools ahead of the April 1 election.

Jon Wadsworth, a member of the Dixon School Board, answered questions about the issues facing Dixon education from Shaw Local reporter Payton Felix ahead of the April 1 election.

Linda Wegner, incumbent President of the Dixon School Board, talks about the issues facing Dixon Public Schools with Shaw Local reporter Payton Felix ahead of the April 1 election.

Event includes lunch stand and Touch-a-Truck display

A former Carroll County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with reckless homicide and destroying evidence in connection with the July death of 18-year-old Jackson Kradle of Mount Carroll.

A Whiteside County judge has ruled that enough evidence exists to move forward with a criminal case that accuses a Sterling man of setting an October fire that destroyed a Galt home.