Transcript: Talk-Line with Steve Marco interviews Brenda Helms, Sauk Valley Community College

Read the transcript from our TALK-LINE interview for June 5 which featured the Director of Community Education and Alumni Engagement at Sauk Valley Community College, Brenda Helms.
Shaw Local Radio Podcast: Talk-Line with Steve Marco interviews Brenda Helms, Sauk Valley Community College

The TALK-LINE interview for June 5 featured the Director of Community Education and Alumni Engagement at Sauk Valley Community College, Brenda Helms.
40th SVCC Child’s Fair Draws Huge Crowd

Forty Years ago the first Sauk Valley Community College Child’s Fair was held. This past Saturday morning the tradition continued. Hundreds of families and their kids came to the event. Dr. Lori Cortez helped to organize the
SVCC President, Dr. David Hellmich Receives Gary Davis Ethical Leadership Award

The Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) has selected Dr. David Hellmich, President of Sauk Valley Community College (SVCC), as the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Gary W. Davis Ethical Leadership Award. This statewide recognition honors a
Sterling Police Investigating an Early Morning Hit and Run

On June 8, 2025 at 2:11AM the Sterling Police Department was dispatched to a hit and run accident at the intersection of West 19th Street and Oak Grove Avenue. A black SUV was westbound on West 19th
Dixon Stage Left to create ‘senior theater’

Dixon Stage Left Artistic Director Jimmy Ferraro will add a new twist to the community theater scene by offering a senior theater for people 55 and older.
Sterling Newman Baseball Finishes 4th at State Tournament (Scores)

Boys Baseball Class 1A State Championship Game- Ottawa Marquette 6 Glen Carbon Father McGivney 5 Class 1A (3rd Place Game)- Pawnee 9 Lexington 4 Class 2A State Championship Game- Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin 5 Teutopolis 4 Class
Updated completion dates predicted for Sterling’s riverfront redevelopment

Although the city’s yet-to-be-named riverfront park and splash pad were originally projected to be finished toward the end of June, Strand Associates project manager Zach Simpson said the last progress meeting with contractors indicated the project was
Support local homeless shelters in June by donating at Culver’s of Dixon and Rock Falls

People in the community can bring their itemized or monetary donations to either Culver’s of Dixon to support PADS Homeless Shelter or Culver’s of Rock Falls to support TwinCities Homeless Shelter.
Dixon council OKs cash farm lease of 65-acre property pegged for future commercial retail, housing

The Dixon City Council approved a cash farm lease agreement Monday, June 2, 2025, for the 65-acre property behind Walmart on South Galena Avenue that the city purchased in October 2024.