Archive for: August, 2016

Plenty of competition likely in 2017 MP village board election

Plenty of competition likely in 2017 MP village board election

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER There could be some new faces on the village board following the April 2017 election. Newcomers wanting four-year terms on the board are Joe Seipts in District 1 and Heather Kelley in District 3. Kelley will be challenging first-term Incumbent Trustee James Kidd, who is running […]

 
 

Getting down and dirty for a good cause at Epilepsy Mud Volleyball tournament

Getting down and dirty for a good cause at Epilepsy Mud Volleyball tournament

By Jean Seegers REPORTER The annual Epilepsy Foundation Mud Volleyball tournament got underway at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 6. This year, 220 teams on 32 mud-clogged courts were slotted to participate throughout the day. The tournament was held in Roscoe’s Riverside Park. Spectators cheered for their favorite team as the […]

 
 

Roscoe Police Department, Roscoe Lions Club host National Night Out

Roscoe Police Department, Roscoe Lions Club host National Night Out

By Jean Seegers REPORTER The campus at Life Church, 5910 Elevator Road in Roscoe was the setting for the 2016 National Night Out, on Tuesday, Aug. 2. The movement began in 1984. The purpose was to bring law enforcement personnel and community members together for an evening of fun and […]

 
 

Nygren Wetlands hosts evening of nature poetry, prose

Nygren Wetlands hosts evening of nature poetry, prose

By Jean Seegers REPORTER Twilight is a special time at Nygren Wetland Preserve.Prairie wildflowers are at their peak and wetland wildlife abound.  On Thursday, Aug. 4, several dozen guests, seated under a large tent in the middle of the prairie, enjoyed the view while sampling refreshments and appetizers and listened […]

 
 

Hundreds show support of Hononegah graduate facing breast cancer

Hundreds show support of Hononegah graduate facing breast cancer

  By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Family, friends and the community came out in loving support of 1991 Hononegah High School graduate Angie Baker on Saturday, July 24. The Roscoe VFW Post 2955 buzzed with high energy as a benefit came to life to help Baker in her fight. Baker’s personal […]

 
 

Robotics teams assemble for the Rock River off-season competition

Robotics teams assemble for the Rock River off-season competition

By Doug Schroder STAFF EDITOR Thirty-two high school teams assembled from all over the state of Illinois, in addition to teams traveling from Iowa and Wisconsin for the fourth annual Rock River Off-season Competition held at Rock Valley College in Rockford on Saturday, July 30. The event keeps growing as […]

 
 

Proposed referendum to change form of South Beloit government fails

  By Margaret Downing REPORTER At the Aug. 2 South Beloit City Council meeting, commissioners voted down an “advisory non-binding referendum” in November to change the form of government in South Beloit. Mayor Ted Rehl said it was a subject former mayor, the late Mike Duffy, had discussed because some […]

 
 

Public safety sales tax referendum on hold in Boone County

Public safety sales tax referendum on hold in Boone County

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER One of several possible referendums for Boone County voters to consider in November has been put on hold. There was a lot of talk at the July 20 county board meeting about needing to make a decision by Wednesday, Aug. 17, in order to put the […]

 
 

UNION Savings Bank announces donation to Andy’s Books

UNION Savings Bank announces donation to Andy’s Books

UNION Savings Bank is giving back to the community with a donation of $600 to Andy’s Books for Kids.  The organization is in its eighth year of donating new books to children in Winnebago and Boone Counties. “We recognize that access to books at a young age is critical to […]

 
 

Boone County Fair opens with a bang

Boone County Fair opens with a bang

By Kathryn Menue EDITOR On Tuesday, Aug. 9, the Boone County Fair opened early in the morning, but the noon ceremonial flag raising really kicked-off the week’s festivities. The ceremony proved to be extra special since the Boone County Fair was the only Illinois fair in session Tuesday, Aug. 9 […]

 
 
 
 
 
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