Former Lee County Sheriff Tim Bivins, who served a decade in the Illinois State Senate, reminded a Sublette audience on Monday that Memorial Day is about more than a day off, a long weekend and family picnics.

Here's a schedule of Memorial Day observances taking place Monday in the Sauk Valley.

A Lee County judge issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for a Downers Grove man accused of felony charges related to vehicle theft.

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

A farmers market will make a return to Sublette this summer and the village will host a cruise night on Saturday, May 16.

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

The grant provides an opportunity for the Sublette and Amboy communities to double their impact for Amboy Community Unit High School students attending Sauk Valley Community College.

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

A Lee County sheriff’s deputy was honored Thursday for controlling the bleeding of an Amboy man’s partially amputated leg at the scene of a Feb. 12 single-vehicle crash near the Green River.

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

The Illinois State Board of Elections released final vote totals Friday in the March 17 primary. Here are the results for Whiteside, Lee, Carroll and Ogle county races.

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 March 30 to April 3, 2026.

Sublette Fire Protection District voters on a 143-90 vote Tuesday approved a ballot measure to bring in more tax revenue to cover ambulance service costs.

It’s primary election day in Illinois and here are the races we will be watching when the polls close at 7 p.m.

Sublette Fire Department's members and board are hoping voters will approve a tax referendum Tuesday to properly staff their new ambulance and answer every ambulance call.

The 44th Sublette Antique Tractor and Toy Show was in full swing on Sunday, March 15, 2026.

Republican voters in the 17th Congressional District on Tuesday will decide who will face U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Rockford, in the November general election, while voters in Lee County will decide a number of referendums.

The 44th Sublette Antique Tractor and Toy Show will take place across five buildings in Sublette on Saturday, March 14, and Sunday, March 15.

Trent Schafer, 21, of Kasbeer, is charged with one count of arson in connection with the 5-alarm fire that firefighters from nearly a dozen departments fought throughout Friday

An Ohio, Illinois, volunteer firefighter has been charged in Lee County with felony arson, accused of setting a grass fire Friday in the Green River State Wildlife Management Area that burned 700 acres

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

Illinois Valley Community College recently announced its academic honors list for the fall 2025 semester.

The Sublette Fire Department will ask voters March 17 to approve a 131.95% increase in the district’s tax rate to support a staffed ambulance service. 

Sublette volunteers in 2025 handled 170 ambulance calls, 59 fire calls and 39 vehicle accident calls. For the 30 volunteers on the department, that adds up to thousands of hours of service.

A successful, regional program to attract and train teenagers in firefighting and emergency medical services is returning to Sublette for a second year.

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.

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

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

Dixon Rural and Dixon City firefighters and Advance EMS were dispatched at 12:46 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, to a structure fire at 1706 Spring St., Nachusa, according to a news release from Dixon Rural Fire Chief Dustin Dahlstrom.

Sublette’s annual Christmas Walk, “Christmas in the Village”, will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. A lighted parade will begin at 7 p.m. in the downtown area, followed by lighting of the community Christmas tree and caroling.

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. 15-19, 2025.

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 is a list of Lee County property transfers for Aug. 18-22, 2025.

For outdoors lovers looking to get away from home for a few months, or even take in the experience of a weekend adventure, an Amboy family has provided a place to make camping memories happen with nature and activities, and one to share their faith as well.

The annual Sublette Country Car Show will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, on Illinois Route 52 in Sublette.

These marriage licenses were recently recorded at the Bureau County Courthouse.

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.

Anyone with a truck 25 years old or older is invited to drive to Sublette and park it from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, June 28, on Main Street. There is no entry fee and no judging.

La Salle County residents may participate in one of the local Memorial Day observances in honor of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. A list is available here.

Two Lee County 911 dispatchers and four Sublette fire crew members were awarded by Mercyhealth on Thursday, May 15, 2025, for their lifesaving actions that led to a successful home birth for a young Sublette family.

Mercyhealth handed out stork pins to Lee County 911 and Sublette Fire personnel for their actions when handling birth complications and a successful baby delivery.

The annual Sublette Cruise ‘n Show will be held Saturday in downtown Sublette.

Bureau and Lee County farm bureaus will be hosting their 16th annual golf outing for supporters of Ag in the Classroom.

There are more Easter egg hunts this weekend, including a glow-in-the-dark egg hunt in Hennepin and an underwater egg hunt in Princeton. The Easter bunny is even planning to skydive into Skydive Chicago on Easter Sunday.

Sublette’s annual Easter egg hunt will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 19, at the park pavilion at Centennial Park.