Over 50 items were put in the time capsule, which is buried at the Mills & Petrie Community Building on state Route 38.

The 10-week program will run through Aug. 5, with meal distribution taking place each Wednesday. Each child will receive three free grab-and-go meals per week to help provide food access during the summer months.

Southern New Hampshire University recently congratulated Rochelle-area students on being named to the list.

A single-family home in Compton that sold for $320,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Lee County / Whiteside over the past week

Cody Schmitz of Ashton was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for May 4-8, 2026.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for April 20-24, 2026.

A Dixon woman died after she was ejected from a vehicle that overturned April 24 on state Route 38 west of Rochelle, ending a high-speed pursuit across Ogle County fields and through a waterway.

A pursuit across Ogle County fields and through a waterway ended in a rollover crash Friday afternoon that killed one person and sent two others to a regional trauma center.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for April 13-17, 2026.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lee County until 8:15 p.m. Friday, April 17.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for April 6-10, 2026.

State Rep. Brad Fritts is hosting a free Medicare 101 event from 4-6 p.m. April 20 at Mills & Petrie Memorial Library in collaboration with the Northwestern Illinois Area Agency on Aging.

Perpetual care includes mowing, weed control, tree and monument maintenance and winter snow issues.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for March 30 to April 3, 2026.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for March 23-27, 2026.

Nathan Petrie's words in his dedication of the Mills & Petrie Memorial Library in Ashton in 1936 define the mission the library director continues to carry out 90 years later.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for Feb. 16-20, 2026.

The Amboy City Council learned the details of a fundraising campaign Monday that could pay the bill for Amboy High School students to attend Sauk Valley Community College. 

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for Feb. 9-13, 2026.

Central Bank Illinois recently announced a series of executive and officer-level promotions.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for Jan. 19-23, 2026.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for Jan. 12-16, 2026.

The free, in-person Wits Workout sessions will be offered at the Mills & Petrie Memorial Library on Mondays, starting March 2, and will continue for 12 consecutive weeks.

Southern New Hampshire University has named the following students to the fall 2025 president’s list.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for Jan. 5-9, 2026.

Southern New Hampshire University is congratulating Rochelle-area students named to the fall 2025 president’s list.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for Dec. 29 to Jan. 2.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for Dec. 22-26, 2025.

OSF HealthCare Saint Katharine Medical Center has announced that Jennifer Hernandez, APRN, will join its team as a family medicine provider beginning in early January.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for Dec. 15-19, 2025.

The Village of Ashton celebrated the Christmas season with the annual Christmas Walk on Saturday, Dec. 6.

From Civil War roots to seventh-generation hands, the Chapman family’s Ashton sesquicentennial farm carries a legacy of hard work and humility.

The Ashton-Franklin Center School District recently released its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2025-2026 school year.

Ashton's Kaiden Gomez won a national chess tournament for youth players ranked 1700 and above in Omaha.

There are hundreds of World War I monuments across Illinois – remain silent reminders of a war legacy that still lingers more than a century later.

Lee County candidates had until 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, to turn in their nomination papers as they seek candidacy for the March 17 primary election.

The Mills & Petrie Memorial Library in Ashton will host a chess tournament for grades K-12 on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.

With Halloween creeping closer, here is a list of trick-or-treat hours and other holiday and fall-themed events you can visit with your little ghosts and ghouls.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2025.

The Illinois Department of Transportation is awarding grants to support the maintenance and improvement of well over a dozen major infrastructure projects throughout the 37th Senate District.

Join the Ashton United Methodist Church on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, for a light dinner and a concert. The Alleluia Quartet will be sharing their Christian music with all who attend.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for Sept. 8-12, 2025.

Here is a list of Lee County property transfers for Sept. 1-5, 2025.

Here's a list of property transfers for Lee County for Aug. 25-29, 2025.

The Al Morrison Memorial Baseball League has provided a round-tripper of fun since the late 1960s, and its experience gets a little better each year thanks to a group of volunteers who invest their time for the kids.

Here is a list of Lee County property transfers for July 21-25, 2025.

Here is a list of property transfers for Lee County for July 14-18, 2025.

The project, which consists of pavement patching, is anticipated to be completed by the end of July.

Keeping food insecurity from being an issue in north central Lee County is the mission of a dedicated group of volunteers who keep the local food pantry full to stave off hunger.