Dixon’s Brody Nicklaus scores 26 in loss to Geneseo: Monday’s Sauk Valley roundup

Dixon’s Brody Nicklaus scored 26 points in a road loss to Geneseo to open the season. Sterling and Rock Falls boys also fell on the road, Oregon won, Milledgeville and Eastland girls won, and more in Monday’s
Dixon’s Brody Nicklaus scores 26 in loss to Geneseo: Monday’s Sauk Valley roundup

Dixon’s Brody Nicklaus scored 26 points in a road loss to Geneseo to open the season. Sterling and Rock Falls boys also fell on the road, Oregon won, Milledgeville and Eastland girls won, and more in Monday’s
Photos: Oregon, Genoa-Kingston, and Marengo play at Thanksgiving tourney

Oregon, Genoa-Kingston and Marengo had games on the opening night of the Oregon Thanksgiving Tournament on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025.
Sauk Creative Writers Group cancels Nov. 26 meeting

The Sauk Creative Writers Group will not meet during its regularly scheduled time at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, to allow members to prepare for Thanksgiving.
Dixon restaurant Lena’s Social Club now permanently closed after low sales, costly renovations: owner

The owners of Lena’s Social Club in Dixon say the business has been operating at a loss since opening in March and they have decided to close and sell it.
Sterling’s CGH Medical Center recognized with 2025 Illinois Birthing Hospital Quality Excellence Award

CGH Medical Center in Sterling has been named a recipient of the inaugural Illinois Birthing Hospital Quality Excellence Award.
Shaw Local Radio Podcast: Brandon Clark interviews Sauk Valley Voices of Recovery’s Lauren Metzler

Brandon Clark speaks with Sauk Valley Voices of Recovery Operations Manager Lauren Metzler about its new sober women’s living facility in Rock Falls, Cledy’s House of Hope.
Five Sauk Valley boys basketball players to watch for 2025-26

Five Sauk Valley boys basketball players to watch this season include Forreston’s Kendall Erdmann, Newman’s Asher Ernst, Eastland’s Parker Krogman, Fulton’s Landen Leu and Rock Falls’ Cole Mulnix.
Five Sauk Valley boys basketball players to watch for 2025-26

Five Sauk Valley boys basketball players to watch this season include Forreston’s Kendall Erdmann, Newman’s Asher Ernst, Eastland’s Parker Krogman, Fulton’s Landen Leu and Rock Falls’ Cole Mulnix.
Sauk Valley boys basketball previews for the 2025-26 season

Here is a look at the Sauk Valley boys basketball teams as the 2025-26 season tips off this week.