Cupcakes to backpacks at St. John Lutheran Church, Pecatonica was quite a journey. We had support for this project from Thrivent Financial, Topway Foods and Sullivans. Without them, the success of this project would not of been realized. With their donations, we were able to make 38 dozen cupcakes to […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Proving they are ready for some football hundreds of youths was the focus of the 2019 Opening Day Ceremonies of the Roscoe Rockton Lions Jr. Indians Football on Sunday, Aug. 11. Fun music played in the background at Riverside Park in Roscoe setting an energetic mood […]
By Jean Seegers REPORTER The Elevators, members of Elev815, along with their guests, visited Main Street Meats, on Thursday, Aug. 15, where they met owners Amy and Jim King and their son Matt. The 6,000 sq. Ft store that is located at 9515 N. Second St. in Roscoe. Matt led […]
Region welcomes Costco to Loves Park By Margaret Downing Reporter A grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony held by the Parks Chamber took place at the new Costco Wholesale location just off E. Riverside Blvd. on the east side of I-90 and across from the new Mercyhealth complex. A good […]
Superman visited Machesney Park on Sunday, Aug.18 to say “Happy birthday” to his biggest fan, 5-year-old Liam Wick, who has been fighting a brain tumor all his life. Liam’s story begins the fall of 2014. He was a happy-go-lucky baby, a light to many, until he fell ill and began […]
Byron native exemplifies ‘We Build, We Fight’ legacy of U.S. Navy Seabees By Alvin Plexico NAVY OFFICE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH “We Build, We Fight” has been the motto of the U. S. Navy’s Construction Force, known as the “Seabees,” for more than 75 years. Constructionman Amanda Smith, a 2011 Byron […]
Stillman Valley’s FBLA officers attend State Leadership Conference Three of Stillman Valley’s FBLA officers attended the Illinois State Leadership workshop from July 17-19 at the Northfield Inn Suites in Springfield, Ill. Richie Sutliff, Tyler Kubiszewski and Logan Apsey took part in the leadership training and workshop sponsored by Future Business […]