By Anne Eickstadt Editor The Village of Poplar Grove recently announced the distribution of more than $100,000 to businesses within the village limits. As supporters of small business, President Owen Costanza and Village of Poplar Grove officials realized the importance of getting crucial dollars back to those businesses who were […]
By Marianne Mueller Reporter Sisters Landry and Maddex Piller of Roscoe have continued on a path of competing in pageants; often resulting in each placing at different levels of wins in various competitive categories. Landry was three when she competed in her first pageant. Maddex began her pageant journey at […]
The Rockford Fire Department was recently selected by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to participate in the second phase of a pilot program to build a digital community risk assessment (CRA) tool. Aligned to NFPA 1300, Standard on Community Risk Assessment and Community Risk Reduction Plan Development, the tool, […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter Second of 2 Parts In looking back at how the village’s five tax increment financing (TIF) districts fared during a difficult 2020, Village Administrator James Richter II had good things to say about all of them. He gave his first annual presentation in December to the […]
Fine free Read more and worry less, for the Byron Library has gone fine free! How does it work? There will still be a due date for items checked out and returned to the Byron Library, but patrons will no longer be charged a fee for bringing materials back late. […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER A ruling is expected to be handed down as early as Wednesday, Jan. 27, in regards to whether or not student athletes at Pecatonica and Winnebago High Schools are going to be able to suit up for what formerly was referred to as fall sports, this […]
Durand third graders have been reading Little House in the Big Woods. In an effort to experience pioneer life in the late 1800s, they each built th eir own log cabin and presented it to their classmates. They also enjoyed some hand-churned butter! Mrs. Babler completed the experience by dressing […]