Archive for: December, 2020

Giving, caring spirit lives in Machesney Park as difficult year ends

By Bob Balgemann Reporter There were lots of hurts in the village during 2020, a mostly hard to believe year that came to a close today. But through it all the spirit of giving that has been in evidence around here for a very long time was still alive, helping […]

 
 

Long-time Village Clerk Lori Mitchell embarks on a new adventure

Long-time Village Clerk Lori Mitchell embarks on a new adventure

By Bob Balgemann Reporter Lori Mitchell has been a resident of the village for a long time and over those years spent many years serving the public. For 20 years she worked for Harlem School District 122, coordinating staff and community relations. She retired in 2004 but after one year […]

 
 

Lions Club Donates $9,000

Lions Club Donates $9,000

The Rockton Lions Club gave a $9,000 donation to an amazing facility, the Center for Sight & Hearing (CHA), with the shared goals of helping others. Thank you to all the Rockton Lions members, community members and travelers who just stopped by Fibs to eat and stayed for the Lions […]

 
 

Pecatonica High School thankful for support shown by community and Hormel Foods 

Pecatonica High School thankful for support shown by community and Hormel Foods 

The annual Pecatonica High School Food Drive has become a tradition that leads to a little bit of competition among the classes, a library teeming with canned and boxed food items, and a building full of young adults who get to witness how a small act of kindness, when performed […]

 
 

Winnebago ice rink

Winnebago ice rink

Thank you to Chief Dave, Cameron, Bif and the Win-Bur -Sew Fire Department for filling up the ice rink on a cold windy Monday! The water is starting to freeze. Please wait to get on the rink until it is completely frozen! The rink is open 7 days a week […]

 
 

Feed the Need deliveries made to locations in Boone County

Feed the Need deliveries made to locations in Boone County

By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR The Feed the Need donations made to the Belvidere Police Department by generous members of the community were delivered to locations that, despite the pandemic, still remain open to provide food for members of the community. The VAC of Boone County was happy to accept the […]

 
 

Library gets small tax increase; city levy is status quo for 2020-21

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Two weeks before the Dec. 21 city council meeting Ida Public Library wasn’t going to get the 2.52-percent increase, or $18,301, it had requested in its 2020-21 tax levy. That happened because council on Dec. 7 voted 7-2, with one absent, to keep the city levy […]

 
 

12/30/20 Shopper’s Guide

12/30/20 Shopper’s Guide

 

 
 

12/30/20 Scoop Today

12/30/20 Scoop Today

 

 
 

12/31/20 McHenry County News

12/31/20 McHenry County News

 

 
 
 
 
 
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