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The event will help attendees spot unnecessary charges on their natural gas, electric and phone bills, learn about energy efficiency programs, and discover options to access solar.

An overnight global Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage affected computer systems around the world, including the FHN computer system, but no protected health information was compromised.

Morrison, Erie students honored at Bradley University.

Seventeen Bulldogs athletes will compete in track and field, referred to as athletics by Summer Games organizers, and in soccer skills.

A tornado warning is in effect for Whiteside, Carroll, Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties until 9:30 a.m. Friday.

Signing day, more traditionally reserved for student athletes, was reimagined as a way to recognize the graduates who are going straight to work rather than pursuing higher education.

Senior Airman Travis J. Spong, 23, was honored for quick lifesaving actions he carried out at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

Carroll County town will receive a $959,752 investment to repair mains.

Ann Young, former Freeport Journal Standard columnist, will be the featured speaker at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Lanark Public Library.

Nine area students also named to Marquette University’s fall 2023 dean’s list

One of the most enduring flames in the local restaurant scene will be sputtering out over the next few weeks.

Looking for something to do this Thanksgiving holiday and into the weekend? Here is a list of events happening in the Sauk Valley.

The Lanark Public Library is encouraging children to visit the Twice-Sold Tales Used Bookstore to pick up a free book.

Chief Troy Randall’s final day with the Polo Police Department is Saturday, Oct. 21. He resigned to take a position as the Lanark chief of police.

Yearbooks prior to 2000 are $5 per book. Those from 2000 to now are $3 per book. All proceeds go to the Friends of the Lanark Public Library.

Madison Wescott of Rock Falls has found a way to pay for college with a twist – a twist of lemon, that is.

A Milledgeville sex offender was sentenced in Lee County Court to four years on meth and child pornography charges, a term that was bumped up to 14 years because of recent Carroll County convictions.

A 19-year-old Lanark woman was killed and two children were injured in a single-vehicle rollover Friday in Stephenson County.

Two longtime local law officers are duking it out Tuesday for sheriff of Whiteside County: incumbent Democrat John F. Booker, 55, of Sterling, and Tampico Chief of Police Mike Lewis, 51, of Rock Falls, a Republican.

The project is expected to be completed by the end of November.

State statute prohibits him for serving in both governmental positions, though, so after the Nov. 8 election, he’ll resign and the Whiteside County Board will have to appoint another Republican to fill that seat.

Substance in question was non-toxic, not hazardous

Carroll County Republican Women will hold a meet-and-greet for 17th District Congressional candidate Esther Joy King from Aug. 31 in Lanark.

The cause of a fire that burned the Carroll Service Co. building in the 300 block of Carroll Street in Lanark on Aug. 4 still is under investigation, Fire Chief Cory Barnes said.

Sixteen Sauk Valley-area school districts and the Whiteside Area Career Center are recipients of some of the $30 million in Illinois State Board of Education school maintenance grants.

A 22-year-old Lanark man injured a nearly week ago when his pickup overturned remained in critical condition Friday at Javon Bea Hospital in Rockford.

The Kids’ Summer Fun Fair will feature projects, games, bubbles, a scavenger hunt, and other activities.

Katlyn Spong's brother flew in from Japan to present her diploma

The park chop dinner drive-thru, sponsored by by Custom Catering and BBQ and the bank, begins at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Eastland High School, 500 S. School Drive, and will last until the food runs out.

A drive-thru pork chop dinner fundraiser and a bank account have been established to raise money the family of Jared Dickman, 22, of Lanark, who was critically injured in a crash Saturday.

A GoFundMe fundraiser is set up for the family of a 22-year-old Lanark man critically injured in a one-vehicle crash Saturday.

A Lanark man was in critical condition today after being thrown from his vehicle Sunday.

Jared Dickman, 22, was westbound on U.S. Route 52 east of Center Drive around 10:14 p.m. when his car left the road, went into the south ditch and overturned, Illinois State Police said in a news release.

The nearly 50-year-old Lanark Building Center, which houses Carroll Service Co., a lumberyard, hardware store and ag coop at 505 W. state Route 64, was destroyed by a fire Sunday.

Firefighters from five counties, many of them volunteers, responded to the blaze, which was called in to 911 around 7:30 p.m. by a passerby who saw smoke in the area, Lanark Fire Chief Cory Barnes said.

When most people are trying to grab a few more hours sleep, Chastity Welch is looking forward to starting her day – and part of that day is spent helping put people in the driver’s seat of their own healthier lifestyle through her business, Body by Drive, which offers meal prep, boot camp-style workout sessions, one-on-one personal training and nutrition coaching.

Presentation made during Old Settlers' Day parade

Police reports for Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Those who give blood, platelets or plasma Friday through June 13 will get a T-shirt, while supplies last.

Dixon, Sterling and Lee County police reports for May 10, 2021

A telepharmacy is coming to Mt. Morris later this year.

Frank “Carl” Zahn, 86, of Lanark, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at Good Samaritan Society in Mount Carroll.