The results are in for the 35th annual Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition. The Band of Misfit Boys won the 35th annual Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition with their sculpture titled “Hooty and the Blowfish.” The Band of Misfit Boys will advance to the 2022 U.S. Nationals Snow Sculpting Competition in Lake […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter Top officials of five local and two regional boards and organizations have come together to discuss with the city and Boone County Board possible changes to current impact fee ordinances. Greg Brown, representing Belvidere Community Unit School District 100, told the city’s Committee of the Whole […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER A request for additional funding has been made by members of the Pecatonica Village Board, and it will be done in the form of a General Obligation Bond. That means the village is willing to take a chance that it has the ability to repay a […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER Thanks to action taken by the IHSA and supported by the State of Illinois Department of Public Health, the DuPec Rivermen were given the go ahead to embark on their season. It’s been a long wait since football players from Durand and Pecatonica last took to […]
Motorists traveling through downtown Rockford in the past couple of weeks have had their curiosity piqued by an unknown snow sculptor who has been hard at work on a vacant lot at N. Church and John streets. His first creation there is a magnificent mermaid, and that was followed by […]
This story was originally published for Bradley magazine. December graduates Giselle Barraza ’20 and Emily Godin ’20 have a lifelong passion for helping others. Both sought a career where they could make a difference in people’s lives and discovered social work in college. Neither could have imagined their senior practicum […]