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   The Belvidere Township Park District is launching the Financial Assistance Scholarship, a new initiative designed to provide financial assistance to local families and ensure all young residents have access to enriching recreational opportunities. It is sponsored by First Mid Bank & Trust (First Mid).
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	The Pecatonica Lady Indians have won their first-ever Class 1A State Championship. They beat Carrollton 63-45 on March 8.
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	Byron Masons Gerald Zeibert, Brad Richolson, and Thomas Felker prepared spaghetti at the 3rd Annual Masonic Spaghetti Dinner held on March 1.
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	Snow sculpting competitions have continued to be favorite winter events for many artists and onlookers, including a recent America’s Snow Sculpting Invitational held in the region.
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	The Pecatonica varsity girls became Sectional champs on Feb. 27 when they beat Rockford Lutheran 47-38.
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The Eastern White Pine at Phillips Cemetery in Rockton is considered the largest of its kind in Illinois and will be listed on the Illinois Big Tree Register. This one is NIL’s Tree of the Month for February 2025.
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	The new center, pictured for the Harlem Community Center is a big plus and benefit to the community.
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   The Belvidere Township Park District is launching the Financial Assistance Scholarship, a new initiative designed to provide financial assistance to local families and ensure all young residents have access to enriching recreational opportunities. It is sponsored by First Mid Bank & Trust (First Mid).

    Belvidere Township Park District announces new financial scholarship program for youth

    Sponsored by First Mid Bank & Trust The Belvidere Township Park District is excited to announce the launch of the Financial Assistance Scholarship, a new initiative designed to provide financial assistance to local families and ensure all young residents have access to enriching recreational opportunities. Sponsored by First Mid Bank […]

  • PHOTO BY BETTY KENDELL/PECATONICA FANS CLUB FACEBOOK PAGE The Gazette
	The Pecatonica Lady Indians have won their first-ever Class 1A State Championship. They beat Carrollton 63-45 on March 8.

    Lady Indians capture Pec’s first-ever state title at 1A championship; Varsity girls take semi-final at 54-41, championship at 63-45

    By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT     The Pecatonica Indians girls’ basketball team cemented themselves in Illinois history as this year’s Class 1A State Champions. The Indians not only claimed their spot atop 1A Illinois basketball, but they brought home Pecatonica’s first ever team state championship.     It’s the end result of […]

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	Byron Masons Gerald Zeibert, Brad Richolson, and Thomas Felker prepared spaghetti at the 3rd Annual Masonic Spaghetti Dinner held on March 1.

    Byron Masons hold annual Spaghetti supper

        The evening was brisk but clear as more than 100 persons showed their love for families by attending Byron Lodge #274 A.F. and A.M. 3rd Annual Spaghetti Supper on March 1 at the Masonic Temple at north Route 2 and Ashelford Drive.     The Masons served spaghetti and meatballs, […]

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	Snow sculpting competitions have continued to be favorite winter events for many artists and onlookers, including a recent America’s Snow Sculpting Invitational held in the region.

    Belvidere snow sculpting

    By Zach Yakey IDA PUBLIC LIBRARY/LOCAL HISTORY SPECIALIST This winter thankfully hasn’t had too much snow overall. Many of us probably appreciate that, but it is terrible weather for the world of snow sculptors. Belvidere isn’t the coldest place on Earth certainly, but historically, we have gotten quite a bit […]

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	The Pecatonica varsity girls became Sectional champs on Feb. 27 when they beat Rockford Lutheran 47-38.

    Lady Indians dominate All-Conference squads

    By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT     The NUIC North is well known for its athletic prowess, especially in girls basketball. Over the last decade, teams like the Lena-Winslow Panthers, Orangeville Broncos, and the Pecatonica Indians have sported some of the most dominant girls’ basketball teams in Illinois 1A basketball.     In […]

  • PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTOPHER REISETTER The Herald
The Eastern White Pine at Phillips Cemetery in Rockton is considered the largest of its kind in Illinois and will be listed on the Illinois Big Tree Register. This one is NIL’s Tree of the Month for February 2025.

    February Tree of the Month: Eastern White Pine

    In January of 2024, the Natural Land Institute (NLI) launched their Legacy Tree Program’s Tree of the Month recognition and is pleased to continue this program for 2025 to highlight trees of historic significance with interesting stories, in addition to finding very large trees that qualify for the Illinois Big […]

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	The new center, pictured for the Harlem Community Center is a big plus and benefit to the community.

    The new Harlem Community Center now open

    By Margaret Downing REPORTER To start out, some history from the HCC website: “A handful of concerned citizens of Harlem Township banded together in 1957 to provide constructive adult leadership and safe recreational opportunity for the many hundreds of children in the community. “Calling themselves the Harlem Youth Council, they […]

 

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