Gavin T. Jensen
Sauk Valley Media
Sterling, IL, United States
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Sauk analyzes survey results
DIXON – For Sauk Valley Community College officials, the number of people who responded to the districtwide survey wasn’t as important as the quality of their responses. → Read More
New business aims to light up Christmas in the Sauk Valley
AMBOY – Pat Riley had a bright idea to turn a pleasant childhood experience into a glowing business. → Read More
Dixon’s Margo Empen named Superintendent Of Distinction
Honor puts her in the running for Illinois superintendent of the year → Read More
Amboy schools seeking tax hike
Money would help pay for voter-approved high-junior high project → Read More
Two new businesses coming to Dixon
DIXON – A couple of new businesses are on the horizon in Dixon. One’s a new spot to enjoy your java, the other is new place to buy your kicks. Coffee Crush will be opening at 122 N. Peoria Ave., across the street from Dixon High School and in the former Domino’s Pizza spot, sometime in February, owner Shelly (Bonnell) Brantley said. “We will have coffees, teas, baked goods and other food items,”… → Read More
Teaching her passion
Yoga instructor interested in sharing her knowledge → Read More
Longtime Morrison jewelry store closing after 4 decades
MORRISON – Quinn’s Jewelry is closing after 40 years. → Read More
New Life Lutheran Church choir to perform in New York
STERLING – The New Life Lutheran Church choir will soon have something in common with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jerry Seinfeld – performing at Carnegie Hall in New York City. → Read More
Local author publishes first children's book
ROCK FALLS – For Amy Rimmer, Dec. 22, 2017, was the last day she clocked out at Casey's and the first day of her start as an author. → Read More
Amboy voters agree to levy increase for new junior high
AMBOY – Amboy Junior High School students will be getting new digs now that a referendum asking for $15.8 million to upgrade Amboy High School and create a new home for the junior high passed Tuesday. The referendum passed with 52.6 percent of the vote, 1,089 to 983, according to unofficial election results. The passage means bonds will be issued, and property owners will pay 88 cents more per… → Read More
Sauk enrollment continues to dip, some programs see growth
DIXON – Enrollment at Sauk Valley Community College continues to dip in a 5-year decline, but the college is seeing growth in some new programs. → Read More
Greenhouse taking root at Dixon High
DIXON – Work on Dixon High School's newest classroom has started. → Read More
Talk about living history!
DIXON – Take it one day at a time and eat your veggies: That's Stella Grobe's advice. The former Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society historian, for whom its research center is named, turns 105 on Nov. 13. Tuesday at Heritage Square, the assisted living center she calls home, Stella painted a picture of what Lee County was like when she was growing up, and how it has changed through… → Read More
Making friends with Flavien
Rock Falls High's foreign exchange student hails from France → Read More
Group teaches safe hunting, appreciation for the outdoors
AMBOY – Waking up before dawn and laying out in the middle of a wet and windy countryside hoping to bag a couple of geese – that’s a welcome combination for a group that works to teach young hunters and promote the outdoors. → Read More
Sauk set to approve $860,000 in upgrades
DIXON – The Sauk Valley Community College board is set to approve $860,000 in health-life and safety projects at Monday’s meeting. → Read More
Memorial for fallen DCFS worker established at local animal shelter
DIXON – “It’s hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember.” → Read More
A Knight to remember
Memorial for fallen DCFS worker established at local animal shelter → Read More
Rock Falls boy may have AFM
ROCK FALLS – A 5-year-old Rock Falls boy may be among a handful of northern Illinois children to have contracted a polio-like illness called acute flaccid myelitis. → Read More
Driven by success
DIXON – If it’s the weekend, 18-year-old Jared Wiggins is at a racetrack. No, he’s not a budding degenerate – quite the opposite. Wiggins is a rising star in the heady, fast-paced world of remote-controlled nitro and electric-powered buggy racing. Saturday and Sunday he was at Motodome racetrack in Browerville, Minnesota, taking first and second place – and preparing for the race of a lifetime:… → Read More