The achievement is a collaborative effort between Sauk Valley Community College's Impact students and the over 280 nonprofit organizations that partner with the program to make Impact’s mission possible, according to a news release.

Trustees of the Sterling-Rock Falls Community Trust encourage applications from upcoming and past graduates from Sterling and Rock Falls for a broad range of college scholarships to be awarded in mid-April.

Seven Morrison undergraduate students have met high academic standards and have been named to Illinois State University's dean’s list for the 2025 fall term.

The following seven area students were named to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's dean’s list for the 2025 fall semester.

The Henry C. Adams Memorial Library, 209 W. Third St., Prophetstown, held a Christmas Coloring Contest that started Nov. 26 and the winner was announced Dec. 29.

Campbell Brock, a mechanical engineering major from Port Byron, was one of several members of the Space Raiders, Milwaukee School of Engineering's Lunabotics student organization, who were recently featured on a low-orbit space satellite.

Woodlawn Arts Academy students will be showing off their theater and music skills this winter, with performances of “Mary Poppins Jr.” and winter music recitals both set for January.

Join the Tri-County Opportunities Council in partnership with the Northland Mall for the second annual Frosty Fun-Day Family Fun Fair on Saturday, Feb. 21, at Northland Mall in Sterling.

Lydea King participated in the 151st Christmas Festival at Carthage College in the magnificent A. F. Siebert Chapel in Kenosha, Wisconsin. King, from Rock Falls, is a member of wind orchestra and philharmonic orchestra.