Here's a look at some of the happenings in the Sauk Valley for June 5 to 13, 2026.

Locations that could be impacted include Sterling, Rock Falls, Morrison, LeClaire, Fulton, Prophetstown, Hampton, Port Byron, Erie, Garden Plain, Rapids City, Albany, Princeton, Tampico, Cordova, Lyndon, and Riverdale.

Lyndon held its 35th annual car show Sunday, June 7, 2026, at Richmond Park.

Carroll County Sheriff Ryan Kloepping on Wednesday confirmed the names of two men killed when the pickup truck they were in collided with a train Monday afternoon near Savanna

Registration is from now through May 15 and can be completed in person, by mail or online at villageoflyndon.org at a cost of $10 per vehicle.

Several schools throughout the Sauk Valley on Sunday announced weather-related cancellations and remote-learning plans for Monday.

Two days after a Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico school bus incident sent 4 passengers to the hospital, Whiteside County’s sheriff is asking anyone with video footage to provide it for the official investigation and is attempting to correct what he described as inaccurate information

A Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico school bus driver has been cited for improper lane usage in connection with a Tuesday incident that sent bus passengers to the hospital.

The food pantry is located at the American Legion Hall at 215 Washington St., Prophetstown.

Last year, the club gave out two $500 scholarships. Essays will be due so the Lions can vote on them at their April 13 meeting.

The Prophetstown-Lyndon Food Pantry is open from 9-11 a.m. every Tuesday at the American Legion Hall at 215 Washington St., Prophetstown.

The single-vehicle crash happened Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, on Moline Road west of Yorktown Road, according to a Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office news release. She's the second Erie resident to die in a crash in less than a week.

Village Clerk and Office Manager Maureen Johnson said that work is underway to inspect the Lyndon Bridge’s more than 700 planks for weather deterioration and replacement.

The Village of Lyndon continues to raise funds to maintain its historic bridge.

Here's a list of Whiteside County property transfers for June 30 to July 3, 2025.

With a number of ceremonies, parades and speakers planned throughout the Sauk Valley on Memorial Day, here is a list of what local communities will be doing to remember the fallen.

The teen’s name has not yet been officially released.

Voters this week in Whiteside, Lee, Ogle and Carroll counties determined who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries. See the results here.

Whiteside, Lee, Ogle and Carroll county voters get to decide who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries.

Beginning May 12, donated pasta items can be delivered to New Life Church at 702 W. Lynn Blvd., Sterling, during office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

The screening’s goal is to provide parents a measure of their child’s development in areas of learning importance. The Bi-County cooperative and schools will offer preschool programs for special needs children ages 3 to 5.

A Lyndon man has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to domestic battery and a weapons charge.

$600,000 has been raised to cover SVCC tuition costs, in perpetuity, for Polo students who earn tuition through volunteerism.

To address rapid patient growth, Morrison Community Hospital will build a $14 million two-story addition on the hospital’s south side. The groundbreaking is set for 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5.

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

Woodlawn Arts Academy will present its fall musical theater production, Disney-Pixar’s “Finding Nemo Kids," at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11; 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, at Centennial Auditorium at Sterling High School.

Illinois Department of Natural Resources announces nearly $1 million for Natural Areas Stewardship grants.

The dean’s list honors students with a semester grade-point average of 3.5 or higher. Students named to the president’s list received a semester GPA of 4.0.

Ryan Poulter accused of drawing firearm from waistband; faces multiple weapons charges.

A total of 257 full- and part-time Sauk Valley Community College students have been named to the president’s list for the spring semester. Another 137 students made the dean’s list.

A two-story addition will be constructed at the hospital, with a little under 12,000 square feet of space available on each floor.

The annual event is held in Richmond Park in Lyndon on the first Sunday of June.

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.

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.

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

99-year-old recalls his service in the South Pacific

Whiteside County boasts 2 exemplary schools, 2 Lee County schools show need for improvement support.

More than 50 tractors chugged out of the Whiteside County Fairgrounds Monday morning

A 22-year-old Lyndon man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in late June 2022.

His goal — in entering this competition with 230 others — is to reach the final round. That’s where the prize money kicks in.

A 22-year-old Lyndon man already jailed on a property damage charge was hit Friday with six counts of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.

It’s a tribute to a man who dedicated his life to conservation and preservation and was known locally as the “Godfather of the Prairie.”

Alexander Ottens of rural Lyndon wins the 2023 Lee-Ogle-Whiteside Regional Spelling Bee and advances to the nationals that start May 28 in suburban Washington, D.C.

Twenty-seven candidates are hoping to become Whiteside County Board members Tuesday. Only 18 seats are available, however. Here's who's running:

Whiteside County voters will be asked Tuesday to increase the countywide sales tax by 1%. Here's why.

A friendship forged in a 1980s mission to end the Cold War is seeing a revival of sorts, as the birthplaces of President Ronald Reagan and U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher agree to work together, each to promote the other.

Moline Road in Whiteside County will be closed at the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway crossing 2.5 miles west of Lyndon Aug. 8 through 13.

Sixteen Sauk Valley-area school districts and the Whiteside Area Career Center are recipients of some of the $30 million in Illinois State Board of Education school maintenance grants.

Entrants can register at Richmond Park starting at 8 a.m.