By Margaret Downing REPORTER At the June 27 Loves Park City Council meeting, aldermen gave the go-ahead to replacement and installation of fencing at Well No. 3 at a cost not to exceed $5,435. An ordinance, first reading, was approved for a liquor license “reclassification upgrade” for Toast Café […]
By Emily Hanlin WINNEBAGO-BOONE FARM BUREAU AG COMMUNICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT On Saturday, June 18, the Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau hosted a trip to Claretta Dairy Farm called the “Farm to Table Tour.” Folks who participated on the tour were picked up by a coach bus at the Discovery Center and […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Almost $2 million worth of road projects are moving ahead in the city, most of them downtown. The big one is the reconstruction of Columbia Avenue and Aspen Court. So far, all of the sanitary sewer work has been done, with 95 percent of the water […]
Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans is hosting its first annual Stars and Stripes 3K/5K Fun Run/Walk along the Kishwaukee River Trail in Belvidere Park on Saturday, Aug. 6. Registration and check-in begins at 7 a.m. and the race begins at 8 a.m. at the Kiddieland Shelter. There will be raffles, […]
By Chris Johnson Reporter There is a concern that Pecatonica Village President Dan Barber said he knows could surface. In the realm of public safety, an agreement had been reached with the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department, in which, the County assumed the responsibilities of part-time security patrols. Now with Sheriff […]
By Doug Schroder EDITOR The following is a compilation of press releases from the Stateline Fury 10U fast pitch girl’s softball team from successes the team has encounter over the 2016 season. The first of these successes took place when the Fury won first place at the Rob Neiber Memorial […]
By Doug Schroder Gazette/Tempo Editor So, last week I was thinking of a different way to cover the upcoming Fourth of July Parade taking place in Winnebago. I had covered various parades in the communities my newspapers serve before, usually finding a good spot along a street on the parade […]
Farmer’s Market Thursday, July 7, 2016 – 4:00 – 7:30 p.m. Location: East side of Veteran’s Memorial Park (formerly Pearl Street Park) on the corner of Pearl Street and Court Street in McHenry. 333 South Green Street, McHenry, IL Phone: 815-363-2159 Website: www.mchenry.il.us Come visit and purchase and assortment of […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR On Wednesday, June 29, the Belvidere Park District held a carnival day for the kids of the Belvidere Park District Day Camp. The carnival took place at Belvidere Park behind the Rivers Edge Recreation Center facility, located at 1151 W. Locust St. in Belvidere. The carnival […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER It’s been about 16 years since Logan Avenue was resurfaced. Given that, City Public Works Director Brent Anderson said that “the surface is reaching the end of its useful life.” City aldermen, sitting as the committee of the whole, weighed in on the upcoming project during […]