Archive for: November, 2020

Pec student-athletes learn patience in sports

By Christopher Johnson REPORTER Attempting to keep things in perspective is exactly how student athletes with the Pecatonica School District are working through the second sports season of the school year. The fall games were re-scheduled, to commence in mid-February, 2021. At this point those games are still going to […]

 
 

Opportunity to support FFA: Program that prepares students for vibrant futures

Opportunity to support FFA: Program that prepares students for vibrant futures

Through Illinois FFA, students develop skills and confidence to help them succeed in their agricultural careers and throughout their life.  The FFA Mission: FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. Approximately, 30,000 […]

 
 

Byron nuclear employees light up the holiday giving season during Station’s final refueling outage

    Employees raised $10,000 for the Rockford Rescue Mission   The top priority for employees in the recently completed refueling outage at Exelon Generation’s Byron Station was to safely refuel the Unit 2 reactor and perform maintenance to ensure an uninterrupted run through the coming winter months and beyond. […]

 
 

Machesney Park accommodates family starting a new business

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Typically, after a request from within the community gets a positive recommendation from one of the village’s three standing committees, that item appears twice before the village board before receiving final approval. But every once in that two-week process is waived and the request receives final […]

 
 

Rockton family found creative way to provide safe fun on Halloween

Rockton family found creative way to provide safe fun on Halloween

By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Gary and Karen Phelps of Rockton wanted to assure that young ones in their neighborhood had a safe and happy Halloween this year. “With COVID-19 we were unsure if we were going to participate in giving out candy to trick or treaters,” Karen said. The Phelps […]

 
 

Face of the Boone County Board takes on new look after election

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Republican stronghold Boone County remained just that Nov. 3, with voters electing seven GOP candidates to the county board while supporting Republicans running for state and national offices. While there’s little evidence, if any, that partisan politics has a role in the way county board members […]

 
 

Program increases firefighter safety during rescue operations

Program increases firefighter safety during rescue operations

By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR “The Belvidere Fire Department has started a program here called the “Red X” program,” said Belvidere Fire Chief Al Hyser. “It is designed to let firefighters know that a building has significant structural or interior hazards that warrant extreme caution during firefighter efforts. “Examples of these […]

 
 

Holiday Recipes for 2020

Holiday Recipes for 2020

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Pecatonica restaurants hit hard by COVID-19

By Christopher Johnson REPORTER Services at indoor establishments such as restaurants, bars and casinos are being cut again as the newest Executive Order by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker forges forth into enforcement. With action taken on Friday, Oct. 30, because of increasing reports of new COVID-19 infections across northern Illinois, […]

 
 

Pec Rotarians purchase materials for Pecatonica Public Library

Pec Rotarians purchase materials for Pecatonica Public Library

The Pecatonica Rotary Club recently partnered with the Pecatonica Library to provide new materials in support of youth literacy.  Club members Nord Swanstrom and Penny Bryant researched materials for youth and submitted a grant to the Rotary District to receive funds from the International Rotary Foundation to match the local […]

 
 
 
 
 
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