Rachel Rodgers

The Lee County Board recently completed an overhaul of its wind and solar ordinances and the moratorium on projects has ended.

The Farm Bureaus for Lee and Whiteside counties raised $20,000 to benefit the agriculture program at Sauk Valley Community College.

The agriculture program’s first crop of sunflowers is in bloom at Sauk Valley Community College. The fields were planted earlier this year to expand and diversify the ag program’s curriculum and production experience for students.