Natural Land Institute (NLI) is pleased to announce that Don Miller will receive the 2020 George and Barbara Fell Award at their Annual Dinner on March 24. Don is known for his 27 years of leadership at Severson Dells Nature Center in Rockford and for connecting thousands of children and […]
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR Officer Joe Danielak taught a group of adults for the first time at the Citizens Police Academy on Wednesday, March 4 Officer Joe Danielak has been with the Belvidere Police Dept. for three years and went through the Belvidere Police Explorer program before that. He now […]
Mary Shannon Boyd-Chicago Policewoman/Detective By Mindy Long Ida Public Library Local History Specialist March is Women’s History Month, a time when we can look back on the powerful women from our community that shaped history. Belvidere has been home to some extraordinary women but has also raised extraordinary women who […]
submitted photo The Gazette On Friday, Feb. 21, Pecatonica 4th graders sang the National Anthem at the Rockford Ice hogs game. They also got the chance to high-five the players in the tunnel as they came out, which was a special treat.
The Pecatonica Community Middle School hosted the Annual Spelling Bee Friday, Feb. 14. Thirty-nine spellers, grades 5 through 8th grade, were present at the start of Round 1. Marilyn Larsen, the pronouncer, provided all the information a speller can receive about a word in the moment: its origin, its grammatical […]