13/31/20 West Shopper
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR “Due to COVID-19 concerns, we had a difficult time this year with finding locations for our officers and volunteers to collect food for our annual Christmas-time food drive,” said Belvidere Police Deputy Chief Matt Wallace. “We were unable to collect at certain sites and did not […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER As 2020 draws to a close, city staff is providing updates on happenings within their departments at Committee of the Whole meetings. Aldermen learned Dec. 14 that not everything in the city has been shut down, reopened, then shut down again as a result of state-mandated […]
By Marianne Mueller Reporter North Pointe Terrace Activities Coordinator Dawn Clifton wanted to find a unique way to create an extra dose of Christmas cheer for residents this year. She presented an idea to have trees supplied and to have families decorate outside each residence. The facility at North Pointe […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter The road trip to South Bend, Ind. Dec. 5 didn’t bring an end to Josh Black’s four-year football career at Syracuse University. COVID-19 presented seniors around the country with the option of playing an extra year of football and the 2016 graduate of Harlem High School […]
The communities where Exelon Generation employees live and work will receive more than $4.4 million to support critical needs, thanks to the nuclear power plant employees and the Exelon Foundation. The nuclear power plant employees pledged more than $2.9 million to over 2,000 different charities in their surrounding communities this […]
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Pecatonica Rotary recently delivered 75 face shields to Prairie View Assisted Living Center in Winnebago. The face shields were produced as part of a project of the Rockford/Winnebago County-area Rotary Clubs, supported by a grant from the Rotary International Foundation. In all, 3,000 face shields were assembled and delivered to […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER The Illinois High School Association met this past Tuesday and approved a measure that would see baseball and softball, slated to be summer sports for Winnebago athletes, start a week earlier than previously decided. A vote taken by IHSA Members on Tuesday, Dec. 15, supported earlier […]
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