The Sterling Fire Department was dispatched Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, to a structure fire at C&K Undercar Specialists.

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The Veterans Day ceremony is at 11:11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, at Dixon's Veteran’s Memorial Park.

Keynote speaker for this event will be Lt. Commander Andrew Heil, Commanding Officer of the Rock Island Arsenal Naval Reserve Center.

Sauk Valley Community College hosted a Rotary Plaza Commemoration on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, bringing together over 75 Rotarians from the seven clubs in Rotary District 6420.

The story of “Solomon Seeley and the Presidential Election” will be given by Mary Beth Dombroski at the Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society’s meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025.

After serving as an Army sergeant, Floyd Dunn of Sterling is now serving again – this time by helping veterans face the hardships of life back home.

“He was always so proud to serve,” said Dixon resident Carla Hill of her son, a veteran of the United States Army, who died in August 2024 after a long battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

West Carroll football coach Abelardo Sustaita spent four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. He tries to each his players the values and lessons he learned in the military. It has led to success for the Thunder.