The TALK-LINE interview for Aug. 5 featured Goodfellows Of Lee County President Clara Harris previewing the upcoming “Holiday Drive".

Business Employment Skills Team, Inc. and the Illinois Department of Employment Security will be available to share resources and information to area job-seekers.

A coffee and conversation will be from 8 to 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, at Mary’s Diner, 607 Depot Ave., Dixon.

Lee County’s approach to emergency management is getting a revamp following the retirement of the agency's director of nearly two decades, Kevin Lalley. Lalley, who was hired in 2006, retired June 30, 2025.

Here is a list of property transfers for Lee, Whiteside and Ogle counties for July 21-25, 2025.

The TALK-LINE interview for July 21 featured United Way of Lee and Ogle County Executive Director Ashley Richter with a wrap-up of summer events.

From free concerts to fairs to family-friendly events, Lee County has something fun for everyone this summer.

Lingering wildfire smoke is the reason for an air quality alert issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for a large portion of northern Illinois

Students must have a semester grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

The Lee County Fair concluded Sunday, July 27, 2025.

The Lee County Fair concluded Sunday, July 27, 2025, near Amboy.

The list honors students with a semester grade-point average of 3.5 or higher. The students also earned at least three academic credits.

Things got off to a hot start Thursday, July 24, 2025, at the Lee County Fair as drivers brought in their souped-up trucks and tractors and pitted them against one another in a pulling competition.

The TALK-LINE interview for July 25 featured Lee County Fair and 4-H Show Board Member Josie Hussey.

Action at the Lee County Fair in Amboy ended opening day with a truck and tractor pull Thursday, July 24, 2025.

A Dixon man pleaded not guilty to six charges in connection with gunshots reported Monday, July 21, 2025, near Tilton Park Drive and Institute Boulevard in Dixon.

The Wild Rose Clinton will host Sins N' Roses and Electric Shock on July 25.

A Dixon man has been charged with six offenses, including four felonies, in connection with gunshots reported around 4:25 a.m. Monday, July 21, 2025, in a field off Tilton Park Drive.

The Prairie Brome Solar Community Grant Program is designed to assist local nonprofits that play a role in enhancing the community’s well-being.

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

The TALK-LINE interview for July 21 featured Lee County Extension 4-H Youth Development Program Coordinator Katie Baker discussing youth summer workshops coming up at the end of this month.

Here is a list of property transfers for Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for July 7-11, 2025.

The TALK-LINE interview for July 16 featured Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan looking back at services offered during the 2025 Dixon Petunia Festival and the work of multiple law enforcement agencies to handle big events.

No registration or identification is required, and participation is open to all children and teens 18 and younger.

A Lee County judge has filed a written statement explaining his July 7, 2025, decision to allow the pretrial release of a Dixon man accused of disseminating images and videos of child sexual abuse.

Here is a list of property transfers for Lee County for July 7-11, 2025.

The United Way of Lee County Summer Eats program has been handing out free meals to children and teens since June 4. The program sets up every Wednesday in places all over Lee County.

As Sauk Valley Community College marks its 60th anniversary in 2025, its founders, leaders and supporters are reflecting on how a grassroots movement built a thriving institution from the ground up while continuing to shape futures across northwest Illinois.

The work zone is located west of Atkinson Road and between Interstate 88 and Illinois 26.

The TALK-LINE interview for July 14 featured Lee County Health Department Maternal/Child Health Director Lisa Wiggins discussing the end of the Family Case Management program in June and the start of the Better Birth Outcomes comprehensive program this month.

Through trauma-informed systems, family case management, home visits, and referrals, Nexus offers a bridge between families and resources in the community that they may not otherwise access.

The TALK-LINE interview for July 10 featured Lee County State’s Attorney Charley Boonstra discussing the current criminal court cases being handled by the state’s attorney’s office.

Law enforcement agencies throughout Illinois participated in safety campaigns that ran from June 20 through July 7.

Training will begin Aug. 2 and conclude Oct. 4. Classes will be held in different locations throughout Carroll, Lee and Whiteside counties.

The legislation would make NWS meteorologists and support staff “mission critical” public safety workers, giving them the same employment protections as airport Transportation Security Administration agents and making it harder for future administrations to lay them off.

A Lee County judge decided Monday to allow the pretrial release of a Dixon man accused of disseminating images and videos of child sexual abuse.

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

Heath A. Knipple, 46, was charged in Lee County Circuit Court with six counts of Class X felony dissemination of child pornography with each listing that the victim was younger than 13

The Sterling Public Library will host a job search workshop from 2-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, at the library, 102 W. Third St., Sterling.

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.

The college named 263 full- and part-time students to the president’s list for high academic achievement. The dean’s list includes 130 students.

The university named more than 1,250 students to the president’s list.

Town hall, coffee and conversation events will be held through Wednesday, July 16.

Sterling student named to Normandale Community College graduates list.

Here's a list of property transfers for Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for June 15-21, 2025.

Duane Dickison is the fire chief of the town he grew up in, and it's a badge of honor he takes seriously and with great responsibility. He leads a department that not just fight fires, but tackles the growing issue of recruitment and managing a substation in a neighboring town.

Many Illinois communities are adding back a 1% grocery tax that will otherwise expire on Jan. 1. Is your town among them?

Less than a month after he was sentenced to probation in Lee County on a felony weapons charge, a Dixon man has been charged in Whiteside County with felony weapon and drug offenses.

Gary Sooter from FamilySearch will give a genealogy program at 7 p.m. Monday, June 23, at the Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society, 113 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

The TALK-LINE interview for June 20 featured the executive director of the Lee County Council on Aging, Susie Welch, discussing upcoming events on the LCCOA calendar, including a senior fair and open house June 24 at the Senior Center in Dixon.