MARIANNE MUELLER PHOTO The Herald Little Black Dress Chair Margaret Forsell teamed up with Deb Hart, Deb Pontenberg, Jeannie Hansen, Vicki Lynn, Kathy Sarver and Sheila Griffin. Togehter the ladies put together the second annual Little Black Dress party in support of our nations veterans. Both Little Black Dress party […]
Second Annual Galentine’s Day event creates perfect prelude to Valentine’s Day By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Three hours of Pre-Valentine’s Day fun was at the heart of the second annual Rockton Galentine’s Day celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Based on a concept for Galentine’s Day originating from an episode of the […]
SUBMITTED PHOTO The Journal Writer and composer Sam Carner and Rockford University Students fine-tune the “Techies” script.: Original musical comedy bound for NYC comes to life first with Rockford University Performing Arts students Carner and Gregor’s “Techies” opens Feb. 21 in Maddox Theatre New York City based musical theater […]
O’Fallon denies Harlem’s bid for third straight state bowling title By Bob Balgemann Reporter O’Fallon, Harlem and Minooka. The three girls bowling teams most likely to challenge each other for this year’s state championship did just that. And they finished 1-2-3: O’Fallon, Harlem and Minooka. The two-day tournament at nearby […]
Caposey earns ‘Making IT Happen’ Award from METC On Feb. 12 at the Midwest Education Technology Community’s (METC) annual conference in St. Charles, Missouri Dr. PJ Caposey will be awarded the Making IT Happen – Outstanding Leader award. As the EdTech program of EducationPlus, a non-profit, membership driven organization, the […]
COURTESY PHOTOS Tempo MLK Champs The Byron boy’s varsity basketball team competed in the Freeport Martin Luther King tournament and came out tournament champions. They defeated Rockford Christian 60-45 and Rochelle 76-38.
COURTESY PHOTO The Gazette 2019 Wrestling State Finals Bryce Faworski of Winnebago placed 5th at 145lbs in the Class 1A Wrestling State Finals held this past weekend in Champaign.
Winnebago squashes Hall to earn first sectional title in 27 years By Doug Schroder EDITOR Winnebago’s Lady Indians have been on fire in their push through the IHSA 2A playoffs. The girl’s team steam rolled to victories over Oregon, 83-44, and Byron, 81-48 to take the regional title on their […]
COURTESY PHOTO The Gazette The Winnebago girl’s basketball team poses for a picture with the sectional trophy won on Thursday, Feb. 14 at Oregon High School.