The Mendota 4-H BB Gun Club is a youth program focused on teaching firearm safety, the responsible use of firearms, and marksmanship skills through BB guns.

The Cedarville University chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the national honor society for communication, has inducted 26 communication students for outstanding academic performance.

Ryan Welty plans to attend Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, and major in political science.

Led by a number of local standouts, the Sauk Valley Community College women's tennis team qualified for nationals this past weekend.

David Tessmann of Sterling has been named to the 2025 spring trimester dean’s list at Palmer College of Chiropractic’s Main Campus in Davenport, Iowa.

The Dixon Public School Board is looking into contracting with a solar vendor to potentially decrease its energy costs over the long term.

The Whiteside Forum will host a presentation, Q&A, and a tour of Morrison Tech at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, at the college, located at 701 Portland Ave. in Morrison. 

After graduation, Hazel Pham plans to go to a four-year university to study biological sciences, then to medical school to become a physician.

Grace Althaus plans to attend college after high school to study radiologic technology.