Tampico

FFA students from several local high schools work Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, to make easy meals for the underserved.

Whiteside County voters on Tuesday, Nov. 5, will decide whether to OK a new 0.5% public safety tax that would bring in about $2M annually to fund 911 emergency dispatch call center services or leave their city’s administration to figure out how to foot their share of the bill.

Tampico Days wrapped up Sunday, July 21, 2024 with a full slate of fun activities.

Fire at 1501 First Ave. was contained in the attic.

Dalton Goss, 26, pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal and was sentenced June 7 in Whiteside County Court.

While at a physical therapy appointment, Dixon Rural Fire Chief Dustin Dahlstrom leapt into action to stem the bleeding of a Tampico man who'd accidentally shot himself in the parking lot.

Dixon Rural Fire Chief Dustin Dahlstrom was thanked and recognized Tuesday, June 11, 2024, for saving the life of a Tampico man on April 30.

Charges filed in each of two fatal Whiteside County crashes have been dismissed after the Whiteside County State's Attorney’s Office made motions saying more investigation is needed in each case.

Melissa Schultz, Haunted Haven’s owner, says she and her husband, Joseph Norton, discovered the fire. They had gone to the Haunted Haven barn Monday to pick up some tools and a lawn mower when they noticed smoke coming from the second floor.

The Rock Falls and Sterling fire departments and CGH EMS were dispatched at 1:14 p.m. Monday to a structure fire at the Haunted Haven Barn, 29038 Grennan Road.

The driver of a semitractor-trailer charged with improper passing in the death of a tractor driver in Rock Falls is scheduled to appear in Whiteside County traffic court in Sterling on May 13.

The traffic charges against the teen driver of a pickup truck that investigators said failed to stop at an intersection on March 28, resulting in the deaths of his three teen passengers, have been dismissed for now.

Get caught up on news and sports from the week of March 30 to April 6, 2024 in the Sauk Valley

The driver of the pickup truck that investigators say failed to stop at an intersection, resulting in the death of his three passengers, was cited for failure to stop and for violating his graduated license restrictions.

Mourners with vehicles of all kinds paid tribute Thursday, April 4, 2024, to Jayden Hanson, who was killed in a March 28 crash near Tampico. Jayden, 14, was one of three boys killed when the pickup truck they were riding in was hit by a semi at the intersection of Hahnaman and Luther roads. Also killed in the collision were Channing Swertfeger, 14, and Douglas “DJ” Dorathy, 16. All three were Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico High School/Middle School students.

Hundred of mourners packed the Tampico Community Center gymnasium Sunday night for a vigil for three teens who were killed Thursday in a collision just outside the village.

Participants are needed for a procession of vehicles from the church to the cemetery Thursday for one of the three Tampico teens killed last week in a traffic collision.

Funeral services are set for the three Tampico boys killed Thursday in a traffic collision outside the village.

Tampico held a vigil Sunday, March 31, 2024, in memory of Jayden Lee Hanson, 14, Channing Swertfeger, 14, and 16-year-old Douglas “DJ” Dorathy, who died in a collision Thursday afternoon.

Whiteside County Coroner Joseph McDonald released the names of the three teenagers killed Thursday in a collision with a semi at the intersection of Hahnaman and Luther Roads outside the village.

Three students are dead following a crash at the intersection of Hahnaman and Luther roads in rural Tampico; a fourth teen sustained serious, but nonlife-threatening, injuries, sheriff says.

Each school district within the Bi-County Special Education Cooperative area will conduct screenings of preschoolers on various dates from February to May 2024.

Snowstorm brought 5 inches or more to the Sauk Valley, and it isn't over yet – super cold temperatures are on the way.

Farmers National Bank has selected Morrison Community Hospital as the recipient of its Funding New Beginnings grant for 2023.

Tampico got in on the Christmas spirit with their Christmas in the Country event Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 held at the Reagan Community Center.

Tampico got in on the Christmas spirit with their Christmas in the Country event Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 held the the Reagan Community Center.

Mayor Bruce Peltier and his daughter Katelynn took the prize of “Village Favorite” with their Green Pork Chili.

Here is a roundup of Veterans Day ceremonies set for this week throughout the Sauk Valley.

Pancake breakfast, book and bake sale, ‘open mic’ night also on slate of activities.

A building empty about a decade on the main thoroughfare into Rock Falls was demolished this week.

The Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois presented the Charles M. Cartwright Award to Greg Sandrock during the association’s annual convention in Peoria.

Community events also include Friendsgiving fundraiser for museum work.

Demolition of the downtown Sterling apartment building at 406/408 E. Third St., where a man died in a fire July 7, wrapped up Friday, but the fate of two of three other buildings involved still is up in the air.

Demolition began Tuesday morning on the shell of a downtown Sterling apartment building destroyed by a fire July 7 that also took the life of a tenant.

The owner of the Ronald Reagan Birthplace and Museum in Tampico last week transferred ownership to the conservative group that recently bought the Reagan Boyhood Home in Dixon.

The ruins of a downtown Sterling apartment building destroyed in a July 7 fire that also killed a tenant are scheduled for demolition.

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Sunday through at least Wednesday for most of northern Illinois, including Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside counties, although relief appears to be a least a week away.

The four day family friendly fun fest which is Tampico Days is in full swing Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Tour Reagan's home, have fun at the water fights, and watch the parade

Event includes tours of Reagan's home, water fights, and a parade

Demolition to start at 7 a.m.

Juan Antonio “Tony” Anaya is presumed to have died, City Manager Scott Shumard said in an update sent about 3 p.m.

It’s not yet known if the building destroyed by fire early Friday had smoke alarms, and there is no indication that an explosion preceded the blaze, Sterling City Manager Scott Shumard said in an email Sunday.

One person is missing and presumed dead after a fire Friday that demolished a three-story apartment building at 406/408 E. Third St. in downtown Sterling.

Two people were still missing Friday night after a fire destroyed a downtown apartment building earlier in the day.

Tampico Festive Days July 20-23

The Butcher Shop in Sterling is expanding into a bigger store, and offering more kinds of food.

The meal includes unlimited home-made chili, ham sandwich, hot dog, relish tray, dessert and beverage.

Each area high school or support organization has its own process for selecting student(s) of the month.

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.