The Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce and Sterling Main Street are excited to share the events planned for the Seasonal Sights and Sounds of Sterling Downtown Christmas Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.

Sterling Main Street is proud to announce that it received two awards at the 2025 Illinois Main Street Conference held Nov. 12-14 in Dixon.

CGH Medical Center in Sterling has been named a recipient of the inaugural Illinois Birthing Hospital Quality Excellence Award.

The annual holiday event kicks off at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5.

Catch up on the week’s top Sauk Valley news for Nov. 16-22 in minutes. Hear the week’s 5 most popular stories, read aloud for you

Here's a list of Lee, Whiteside and Ogle County property transfers for Nov. 10-14, 2025.

Samantha Smith plans to attend a 4-year university studying exercise science and then go on to study physical therapy.

Brandon Clark sits down with Rebecca Munoz-Ripley, Executive Director of the YWCA of the Sauk Valley, to discuss the organization’s wide range of programs and services.

Andrew W. Knapp was taken into custody on Thursday when the Illinois State Police Special Weapons and Tactics Team executed a search warrant at a Sterling residence, according to a news release

The Sauk Valley's Rotary Clubs on Oct. 11, 2025, joined in the effort of Rotary worldwide to eradicate polio, an effort underway since the 1980s.

Here's a list of Whiteside County property transfers for Nov. 10-14, 2025.

Rock Falls officials say they’re reviewing all options to pay the $31.5 million in damages that a Whiteside County jury on Friday awarded to the family of a Sterling firefighter killed in the line of duty four years ago

The city of Sterling will host two open houses from 9-11 a.m. and 5-7 p.m. Dec. 3, 2025, at Sterling City Hall to provide information about the rental inspection program.

The blaze broke out early Tuesday morning, Nov. 18, 2025, at 912 Locust St., Sterling, according to a Sterling Fire Department news release.

Streetwise Tattoos, of Sterling, invites the community to take part in The Spirit of Giving Food Drive during a three-day tattoo-for-donations event from Nov. 21–23, 2025. It's an initiative supporting local food pantries and a newly opened homeless shelter.

Here's a list of Lee, Whiteside and Ogle county property transfers for Nov. 3-7, 2025.

Catch up on the week’s top Sauk Valley news for Nov. 9-15 in minutes. Hear the week’s 5 most popular stories, read aloud for you

A Whiteside County jury has awarded $31.5 million to the widow and two young daughters of a Sterling firefighter killed in the line of duty four years ago

A Sterling man was arrested Wednesday in connection with an Oct. 30 death threat made against a Whiteside County 14th Circuit Court judge

A Whiteside County jury awarded Brittany Ramos $31.5 million Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, at the conclusion of the wrongful death trial for her husband Garrett Ramos' death while fighting a 2021 house fire in Rock Falls.

A Whiteside County jury is on track to begin deliberating Friday to decide whether two Rock Falls fire officials’ actions at a 2021 fire contributed to a Sterling firefighter’s line-of-duty death

A Sterling man was arrested on multiple weapons charges on Tuesday in connection with an Oct. 30 shooting that injured a resident in that city

‘Seussical Jr.’ will be performed at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 and 15 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 16 at Centennial Auditorium at Sterling High School, 1608 Fourth Ave., Sterling.

The widow of Sterling Fire Lt. Garrett Ramos, who was killed in the line of duty, testified at the Whiteside County Courthouse on Wednesday, telling a 12-member jury how her husband’s death has affected her and their two young daughters

Here's a list of Whiteside County property transfers for Nov. 3-7, 2025.

Join Brandon Clark on Talk Line as he sits down with Sterling Mayor Diana Merdian! They discuss upcoming community holiday events, city road projects, and the latest on Sterling’s River Edge Redevelopment Zone designation in Springfield

Memories of Sterling Fire Lt. Garrett Ramos’ life were displayed on a projection screen for a Whiteside County jury Monday during the sixth day of a civil trial to decide if Rock Falls fire officials are to blame for Ramos’ December 2021 line-of-duty death

The Talk-Line interview for Nov. 10 featured Dallas Knack of the Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. Topics discussed include a wrap-up of the 2025 Sauk Valley Under 40 group and a preview of Sights and Sounds coming up in November

Calling their firefighting strategy “inappropriate”, a Detroit-based fire investigator on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, blasted Rock Falls fire officials for how they handled a Dec. 3, 2021, fire that led to the death of a Sterling fire lieutenant.

The Sterling Fire Department was dispatched Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, to a structure fire at C&K Undercar Specialists.

Catch up on the week’s top Sauk Valley news for Nov. 2-8 in minutes. Hear the week’s 5 most popular stories, read aloud for you

Keynote speaker for this event will be Lt. Commander Andrew Heil, Commanding Officer of the Rock Island Arsenal Naval Reserve Center.

The story of “Solomon Seeley and the Presidential Election” will be given by Mary Beth Dombroski at the Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society’s meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025.

After serving as an Army sergeant, Floyd Dunn of Sterling is now serving again – this time by helping veterans face the hardships of life back home.

Here's a list of Lee, Whiteside and Ogle county property transfers for Oct. 27-31, 2025.

Firefighters from several departments tend to a fire at C&K Undercar Specialists in Sterling on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025.

Former Rock Falls Fire Chief Cris Bouwens testified Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, that several of his actions were contributing factors that led to the 2021 death of Sterling Fire Lt. Garrett Ramos.

Here's a list of Whiteside County property transfers for Oct. 27-31, 2025.

Dixon Fire Capt. Aaron Brown described what he saw during a fatal 2021 fire during his testimony in a Whiteside County courtroom Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, the second day a 12-member jury heard testimony in a wrongful death lawsuit.

Following more than a year of preparation, staff training, and system testing, CGH Medical Center in Sterling has completed one of the most significant technology upgrades in its history, according to hospital officials.

When the first Sterling fire engine arrived at the scene of a rural Rock Falls garage fire Dec. 3, 2021, Sterling Fire Lt. Garrett Ramos was on it. Just two hours after he arrived, firefighters would be removing his body from the basement – his death caused by asphyxia.

After a full-day’s work, a Whiteside County jury was seated Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, to hear a wrongful death civil case that could see the jury asked to award tens of millions of dollars to a Sterling firefighter’s widow and children.

As nonprofits, businesses and individuals across northern Illinois prepared for the uncertainty surrounding SNAP, President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund the food assistance program

A pool of nearly 80 potential jurors was waiting it out in a Whiteside County courtroom Monday as jury selection began in a wrongful death civil case that could see the jury asked to award tens of millions of dollars to a Sterling firefighter’s widow and children

Rock Falls, Dixon, and Sterling high schools all saw their graduation rates increase, according to Illinois State Report Card data

Indivisible Sauk Valley hosted a No Kings protest and food drive Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Sterling.

Music from the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair will highlight the second concert of Clinton Symphony Orchestra’s 72nd season. The concert will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in Centennial Auditorium at Sterling High School.

Indivisible Sauk Valley organized a No Kings protest and food drive Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Sterling.

Here's a list of Ogle County property transfers for Oct. 27-31, 2025.

Marvel Zhang, of Sterling, graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.