Grow Spring Valley hosts garden-to-table cooking class Sept. 4
Grow Spring Valley announced a pop-up cooking class, “Cooking with Chef Sara of Chef Fitzyour Palate,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 at the Julie Rutgens Taliani Community Garden.
Grow Spring Valley hosts garden-to-table cooking class Sept. 4
Illinois Valley Sportscard and Collectibles Show returns to Peru Mall next week
Nov. 17 trial set for Mendota arson suspect
Sterling Police Department still accepting Citizen’s Police Academy applications
The seven-session academy will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday starting Sept. 9, 2025, in the Sterling Police Department’s training room, 212 Third Ave.
Sterling business owner buys Coloma Township’s former US Bank building in Rock Falls
A Sterling developer and business owner has purchased Coloma Township’s former US Bank building in Rock Falls.
Illinois Valley Sportscard and Collectibles Show returns to Peru Mall next week
Nov. 17 trial set for Mendota arson suspect
Heroic Referee
A high school football ref in Alabama is being hailed a hero for doing CPR and saving another referee who collapsed at a game last week. It happened on Friday, about 40 miles southeast of Birmingham. A ref named
New video boards unveiled at Bureau Valley’s Storm Cellar
Bureau Valley volleyball fans were treated to the new video scoreboards at the Storm Cellar this week. The in-game score keeping comes with interactive displays. The graphics and terminology are sport specific, including the use of “ace,”