Dixon Police Department

Through Jan. 2, law enforcement agencies across Illinois are adopting a zero-tolerance policy for impaired driving to keep motorists safe.

Dixon police and Lee County sheriff's deputies treated 37 kids to a shopping spree Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, during the annual Shop with a Cop event at Dixon Walmart.

Harrison Webb, charged with attempted murder, is accused of walking from his Rock Falls home to Sterling, going into the restaurant’s kitchen, and with less than two feet separating them, shooting a 17-year-old worker in the back of the neck.

According to a Dixon Police Department news release, John D. Mowery, 41, was taken into custody Tuesday, Nov. 12.

The 17-year-old boy, whose name was not released by authorities because he is a juvenile, also is charged with aggravated battery with a firearm, felony burglary and unlawful possession of a stolen firearm.

Sept. 14 crash among 58 investigations aided by license plate reader cameras installed in August in Lee County.

The one-lane closure will be on South Galena Avenue between Third and Sixth streets.

No weapons were found on the students or at the school, police say.

Sewer work being done on Fargo Avenue was the source of the smell, city officials said.

Several Dixon Police Department marked squad vehicles and officers will be at Madison Elementary, Reagan Middle School and Dixon High School in response to potentially threatening Snapchat messages that surfaced last week, according to a police department Facebook post.

The Dixon City Council approved an ordinance this week that modifies city code and allows local enforcement of an ordinance prohibiting yard waste from being blown into city streets.

Preregistration forms are available at the Dixon Police Department. Registration is allowed on the day of the event as well.

The Sauk Valley College Foundation will begin fundraising for the Ulferts Impact Scholar Fund to provide area high school students interested in majoring in criminal justice the opportunity to earn 100% of their tuition and fees to attend SVCC.

Two women were injured in a two-vehicle, head-on crash shortly before 6:30 p.m. Friday at Illinois Route 2 and Sink Hollow Road, just outside of Dixon.

Sterling man accused of possessing 50 grams of suspected cocaine, 21 grams of suspected psilocybin mushrooms, 47 grams of suspected cannabis, 7.5 grams of suspected oxycodone pills and a scale with white residue that field tested positive for the presumptive presence of cocaine.

City Council honors two firefighters and long-time Dixon police sergeant.

The incident occurred around 4 p.m. Thursday.

Dixon city firefighters were dispatched at 9 a.m. Monday to 325 Countryside Lane for an activated fire alarm.

The Dixon and Rock Falls police departments held a National Night Out event Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. National Night Out is meant to promote police and community partnerships.

The Dixon Police Department is inviting the community to Wooden Wonderland, 1312 Washington Ave.

Two Monmouth men have been charged in Lee County with felony burglary and theft in connection with a break-in at a rural Dixon residence.

Crews arrived on scene to find numerous bales of cardboard burning on the loading dock, according to a news release.

The Dixon Police Department is taking a creative approach to connect with community members through its podcast, led by Officer Matt Coffey and Sgt. Ryan West as they give listeners a glimpse inside the station.

Sgt. Christopher Scott was promoted on March 4 after seven years of service with the Dixon Police Department and 15 years of service overall. Sgt. Ryan West was promoted on May 18 after eight years of service with the department.

The Lee County State’s Attorney’s Office, Shining Star Children’s Advocacy Center and Department of Children and Family Services are assisting with the investigation.

Indy and her handler, School Resource Officer Ryan McWethy, are pioneers of the new therapy dog program at Reagan Middle School.

Small fire broke out at Alley Loop Saloon & Deli in Dixon shortly after 10:30 p.m.

The event gives community members the opportunity to meet first responders and see the equipment. No flashing lights or sirens will be activated.

A Rock Falls man accused of injuring five others in a four-vehicle drunken crash while running from Dixon police on Dec. 5 pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated DUI, three or more convictions, and was sentenced to six years in prison, with no credit for time served.

The driver of a Midwest Disposal garbage truck could be cited after the dumpster box on his truck became lodged under a train bridge over U.S. Route 52/Galena Avenue in rural Dixon, near Anchor Road, police said.

A Cedar Rapids, Iowa man is charged in Lee County with setting his pickup on fire in an attempt to defraud his insurance company.

A Dixon man is charged with aggravated battery and aggravated cruelty to animals, both felonies, after police say he cut a woman’s finger with a serrated knife that he also used to cut and stab her dog in the head and neck.

Dixon police officers Garrett Morhardt and Evan Grady were each sworn in Monday night during the regular Dixon City Council meeting.

After looking at the evidence, the Lee County state’s attorney opted to charge an Earlville parolee accused of stealing a vehicle in rural Dixon with three felonies, not the four the sheriff’s office thought he would be charged with.

An Earlville man wanted for absconding while on parole on a three-year DUI sentence out of DeKalb County – and who also has a pending felony DUI case in Lee County – was arrested Sunday in Dixon in a stolen vehicle, the Lee County Sheriff's Office said Monday.

An 18-year-old Dixon man accused of robbing Casey’s early Wednesday while masked and displaying a handgun was arrested about an hour later carrying “a very realistic looking Glock BB gun,” police said in a news release.

A Dixon man accused of trying to sexually assault a woman is fit to assist in his own defense, and to stand trial if it comes to that, an evaluation has determined.

The 33-year-old woman whose body was found Sunday in the 1600 block of South Galena Avenue was from Rochelle, and formerly of Ashton, police and SVM archives show.

An autopsy will be conducted Tuesday to determine the cause of death of a woman whose body was found Sunday morning on the ground in the 1600 block of South Galena Avenue.

An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death of a woman in her mid-thirties whose body was found outside, on the ground, in the 1600 block of South Galena Avenue, near Walmart, Sgt. Ryan Bivins said Sunday.

Should you find yourself in the middle of a heat emergency, there are several locations around the Sauk Valley – libraries, senior centers, government offices, even cop shops and hospitals – that serve as warming centers.

A Dixon man accused of trying to sexually assault a woman was ordered to undergo a mental fitness evaluation before his case proceeds.

A 57-year-old Dixon man who recorded his rape of a 13-year-old girl was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison.

Ken Nelson Auto Group makes donation at Monday night’s council meeting.

Dixon Police Sgt. Matt Coppotelli will begin as Polo's chief of police on Jan. 2, 2024.

Dixon, Lee County and Polo officers treat kids to a day of Christmas shopping Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Dixon.

A Rock Falls man accused of speeding through Dixon Tuesday evening while fleeing police, crashing into three other vehicles and injuring six people, including himself, is facing multiple DUI and other felonies in Lee County Court.

Police said the deceased man has been identified as Raymond Reidl, 68, of Dixon.

The body of a man was found Tuesday on the south side of the Rock River, several yards southwest of the Peoria Avenue bridge in Dixon.

A 37-year-old Dixon man is charged with attempted rape after investigators say he threatened to assault a woman and grabbed her genitals.