By Doug Schroder Editor STILLMAN VALLEY – Last fall Stillman Valley Boy Scout Marcus Franke, of Troop 40, got an idea for his Eagle Scout project from Dean Insko of the Stillman Valley Public Works Department. Dean suggested the fire hydrants needed painting. From this Marcus got the idea to […]
STATELINE – Candice Miller, a University of Illinois Extension Horticulture educator serving, Boone, DeKalb, Ogle, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, and Winnebago counties was recently awarded a State Communications Award for her Social Media Flyer by the Illinois Extension Agricultural Association. Miller reaches out to her program participants through various social media […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – Boone County may have local regulations for animal breeders and boarders. But there’s a catch. Such rules are within the jurisdiction of the state Department of Agrilcuture. And that department must approve of any local rules the county may wish to impose, to be […]
ROCKFORD – Frederick Elon Raffety, 78, of Rockford, died Saturday, April 18, 2015 in OSF St. Anthony Hospital. Born Nov. 28, 1936 in Wayzata, MN; the son of Ernest G. and Emma J. (Short) Raffety. He married Judith Hasbrouck on Aug. 26, 1961, in Mapleton, Iowa. Fred received his Master of […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – Habitat for Humanity is an international organization that formed in the 1970s in Americus, Ga. It evolved from a group that decided poverty housing was an issue. More than 300,000 homes have been built in that time, with 108 of them in the […]
By Doug Schroder Editor FAIRDALE – Just a stone’s throw away from Monroe Center, IL, along Rt. 72, sits the village of Fairdale. Many have heard of the village now, as a major tornado nearly demolished the entire town on the evening of Thursday, April 9, during a storm that […]
By Lisa Rodgers Reporter BOONE COUNTY- April 9 saw the local forecast change minute to minute. Weather Forecasters had been warning as early as April 4 that Thursday could develop into a dangerous storm system. The Weather Channel had us at a Torcon 6 or 60% likely hood of tornadoes […]
Roscoe – Brett Jones of Roscoe, Illinois has earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts, the Eagle Scout Award. Jones will be recognized in a ceremony on Saturday, April 18, at 1 p.m. at Willowbrook Middle School in South Beloit, Ill.. A member of […]
Submitted By Byron Middle School Staff BYRON – Sixth grader Montana Larson, seventh graders Ava Ebersohl, Alivia Bradford, Cade Roschi, Kyle Baker, and eigth graders Evan Walters and Connor Harn, students at Byron Middle School, have been selected for the 2015 Middle School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. They […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – The 13th Spring Art Scene was in evidence Friday and Saturday at 39 host businesses throughout the Rockford area. And this year it made its debut in downtown Belvidere, at the Locust Street Press, formerly the Eagle’s Club. Business owner Russell Caldwell contacted the […]