The Hononegah Girls Swimming and Diving Team traveled to Freeport High School Saturday, Oct. 29 for the NIC-10 Fresh-Soph Conference Championship Meet. Sophomore divers Abbey Hellinga and Kaitlynn Alt helped the Indians capture Second Place in the meet finishing First and Second in Diving. Hellinga was First with 415.55 […]
By Jean Seegers, REPORTER Halloween has come and gone. The candy has been eaten and costumes stashed away for another year. November crept in with barely a whimper. This year draws to a close with elections looming on Tuesday, Nov. 8. I’m sure everyone will be happy to see this […]
By Jean Seegers, REPORTER Should the Hononegah Community High School District Community approve a Referendum to make a $44,000.000 investment in the high school? That question will be on the ballot at the Nov.8, Election. Friends of Hononegah Community High School (FHCHS), a group comprised of local citizens, are hoping […]
By Chris Johnson, REPORTER Hononegah entered the 2016 Class 7A State Football Playoffs with a 5-4 mark and with a focus on a road trip to the Chicago suburbs. The 29-seed designation barely got them in. It did put the Indians in the path of the four-seed and scoring-friendly Friars […]
By Marianne Mueller, REPORTER Purely spooky Halloween fun came to life on Hononegah High School’s Performing Arts Center stage the weekend before Halloween. Directed by Matthew Mazur a cast, an ensemble and crew brilliantly unfolded this story layer by layer. Lighthearted fun and lots of laughs blended with lighter dramatic […]
By Chris Johnson, REPORTER The Fall Sports Season came to a close for the Belvidere Lady Bucs on Monday, Oct. 24, as they fell in the opening round of the IHSA Girls’ Class 3A Volleyball Regional to Freeport. The Lady Pretzels moved on to face two-seed Genoa-Kingston in the Belvidere […]
By Chris Johnson, REPORTER The Rockford Boylan, Lady Titans defeated the North Boone, Lady Vikings in the opening round of the IHSA Class 3A Girls’ Volleyball Regional in two sets, 25-13 and 25-8. The fact that the Big Northern participant had the opportunity to face one of the NIC-10’s perennial […]
By Chris Johnson, REPORTER With a defeat by the Crystal Lake South, Lady Gators on Thursday, Oct. 27, the Season came to a close for the Belvidere North, Lady Blue Thunder volleyball team. The 25-21, 25-22 losses in two sets closed the regular Season and activities on the court for […]
By Anne Eickstadt, REPORTER “The Trash or Treasure Event on Nov. 5, will be the perfect opportunity to finally find out how much your vintage and antique items are worth,” Anna Pivoras, of the Boone County Historical Museum (BCHM), said. “I think everyone has at least one or two things […]
By Anne Eickstadt, REPORTER “Our residents look forward to this event every year. They really look forward to seeing the costumes, handing out candy, and interacting with the children,” Jessica James of the Heritage Woods Assisted Living Facility said on Thursday, Oct. 27 as residents interacted with community youth for […]