An Amboy grocery store owner hopes to create a place for people to have fun in the community by opening two new businesses along Route 52 between Amboy and Sublette.

The Dixon City Council approved three ordinances Monday to expand the Lee-Ogle County Enterprise Zone’s boundaries in anticipation of three projects planned in rural Lee and Ogle counties.

Whether it’s the anticipation of baseball season, your child’s countdown until spring break or summer, the planting of your garden, or getting back on the golf course, there is so much to look forward to. 

Senior forward Darius Harrington became Dixon's new all-time leading scorer after passing Beau Bailey with a 25-point performance in a 62-40 win over Oregon on Tuesday at the Blackhawk Center.

Eddie Jones eclipsed 1,000 career points in an Amboy win, Sterling and Eastland won, Fulton boys beat Morrison, Newman girls fell, Eastland beat Rock Falls and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Rock Falls finished strong in a 63-56 BNC win over Winnebago on senior night as Ryken Howard and Kuitim Heald each scored 21 points and Cole Mulnix added 14 off the bench. The Rockets have won six straight games.

Listen to the TALK-LINE interview for February 4 featuring the Executive Director of the Dixon Park District Duane Long discussing park projects, park annexation into the city of Dixon and a position open at the Edwards Nature Center.

An Illinois state senator has formally requested the Illinois State’s Attorney Appellate Prosecutor’s Office step up its case review into the death of a Carroll County teen whose body was found on a highway near Mount Carroll last summer.

Artists were Harry Nurmet and Carrie Vaughn