Friday, April 29 The Friends of Ida Library is having an encore book sale. They will sell DVD’s, puzzles, CD’s, cookbooks, children books and history books to name a few. The book sale will run from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Belvidere High School boys’ baseball […]
STILLMAN VALLEY – Stillman Valley High School’s yearbook, the Cardinal, recently received the gift of a new Nikon 3300 DSLR camera and a package of memory cards from the Exelon Generating Station in Byron. The company made its donation in conjunction with the staff’s banner ad sponsorship program. Exelon and […]
BYRON – Kyle Baker, Alivia Bradford, Audra Ettelbrick, and Ellie Collins, students at Byron Middle School; have been selected for the 2016 Middle School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. They will perform at Carnegie Hall in June 2016 with the Honors Junior Choir. Participation in one of the three […]
By Doug Schroder Editor WINNEBAGO – When the Swing Into Spring dance took place at Winnebago High School on Saturday, April 16, a special event took place within that event. Many of you may remember the old Prince Castle drive-ins that were in the region. Three of them were located […]
By Chris Johnson Reporter PECATONICA – On Tuesday, April 19, Trustees with the Pecatonica Village Board decided they would hold off on a decision to issue a contract for the extension of refuse collection until all the information has been received. A request was posed for Trustees to consider allowing […]
By Doug Schroder Editor PECATONICA – For the second straight year now the Discover the Dinosaurs exhibit has come to the Winnebago County Fair grounds in Pecatonica. People came out in droves on Saturday, April 23, and Sunday, April 24, as parents brought their children to this family friendly exhibit […]
BELVIDERE – Recovery is what happens in Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings. A new NA group called “One Primary Purpose” opened recently at 401 North Main St. in Belvidere, on the corner of East Madison and North Main Streets in the facility of St. John’s Church. Meetings take place at “One […]