Paw Paw

The Paw Paw Illinois Lions Club is sponsoring the Paw Paw Tree Fest from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at Veterans Memorial Park.

Taxes are payable in two installments due on June 28 and Sept. 6, 2024.

"Father" John Dixon knew that the Chicago Road would be a key stage route that would require stagecoach stations every 10-15 miles or so.

Snowstorm brought 5 inches or more to the Sauk Valley, and it isn't over yet – super cold temperatures are on the way.

The winners were announced for the 17th annual Mendota Sweet Corn Festival food contest.

The road work, which began Monday, is in southern DeKalb County, where motorists should expect daily road closures from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the DeKalb County Highway Department.

Tour consists of traveling office hours and coffee & conversation events

World War II veteran Ervin Safranek, of Paw Paw, turned 98 on Thursday and the staff at the La Salle VA Clinic held a surprise birthday party for him.

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.

Foul play is not suspected in the death of a rural Paw Paw woman whose body was found Tuesday morning.

Several Red Cross blood drives are scheduled this week and next in Lee and Whiteside counties.

Police reports for the Sauk Valley area for April 15, 2021