By Chris Johnson Reporter NORMAL – The Byron Lady Tigers are State Champions! On Saturday night, Feb. 27, the Lady Tigers faced and defeated the Teutopolis Lady Wooden Shoes, 55-43, to claim the Class 2A State of Illinois’ Girls’ Basketball Championship, on the floors of Redbird Arena, at Illinois State […]
By Doug Schroder Editor BYRON – Things were looking rather bleak for the Winnebago Indians in the third quarter of their game against Rockford Christian at the IHSA Regional final in Byron on Friday, Feb. 26. The first half was a seesaw battle where each team took leads, with the […]
By Chris Johnson Reporter PECATONICA – Representatives, responsible to report their findings to the Pecatonica Village Board, will meet this Thursday, March 3, at 6 p.m., as they act in the capacity of the Pecatonica-Committee of the Whole. Banking on veteran leadership, the Pecatonica Committee of the Whole, is on […]
Beyond Your Backyard By Emily Hanlin Ag Communications and Administrative Assistant Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau Every day, America’s farm families rise to meet the challenge of feeding and clothing the world. Yet, there tends to be a misconception attached to the American farm family. We picture a merry, relaxed, happy-go-lucky […]
By Doug Schroder Editor BYRON – The Byron Lady Tigers basketball team continued with it’s winning ways by taking the Byron Sectional with convincing wins over teams from Bishop McNamara and Winnebago. Byron jumped out to a big lead in the contest, but Winnebago was able to close the gap […]
By Doug Schroder Editor BYRON – The Winnebago Lady Indians season came to an end on Thursday, Feb. 18, at the hands of the Byron Lady Tigers at the Byron Sectional 70-32. While the Lady Indians enjoyed a fine season by turning things around from the previous season, where they […]
By Doug Schroder Editor PECATONICA – For Pecatonica native Jesse Dabson acting and directing was never a profession he meant to get into. After graduating from Pecatonica High School in the lat 1970’s Jesse went to Knox College and obtained a degree in economics and theater. From there he enrolled […]