By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Spring events began with the Stateline business Expo on March 25 and 27. Nice crowds came out to visit with local representatives from a variety of businesses, local villages, towns or townships. Health and wellness operators, educators, politicians, non-profit organizations, and churches joined in the event […]
By Margaret Downing Reporter Rockton United Methodist Church mission committee members and volunteers gathered at downtown Rockford’s Jubilee Center on March 26 to prepare, provide and serve lunch to those in need. On the menu was mostaccioli with meatballs, green beans, peanut butter sandwiches, applesauce, coffee, lemonade, and water, along […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER The Byron Tigers boys baseball team has already won eight games this season and seem to be on the radar of those who set the Polls for baseball-faithful followers. With a nearly-perfect opening to the 2022 spring campaign, a perfect start to conference play also finds […]
For the past eight weeks, Winnovation has been hard at work designing, manufacturing, and programming a robot for this year’s FIRST Robotics Competition game: Rapid React. The weekend of March 18, they competed at the Central Illinois Regional. As the first pick of the eighth alliance, they went up against […]
By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER 21 entries from high school and middle school youth were submitted to the Sister Cities Youth Art Competition this year. Winners were announces on Saturday, March 26 at the Boone County Museum of History. The theme was Generation Rescue: Sustainable Water for All. The students entered […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Hononegah High School’s Beauty and the Beast showcased an extra talented cast and ensemble. Audiences relived the storytelling of this ‘tale as old as time. Filling the Performing Arts Center stage were the best of musicians, choral singers, actors and dancers who invited audiences to “Be […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Having avoided the month of March with its iffy weather, Harlem’s 2022 boys and girls outdoor track and field teams have made up for lost time by scheduling nine meets and invitationals during April. Two have already been held (weather permitting): the Gene Shipley Track and […]
A gas and convenience store in northwest Illinois is feeling the love after selling a $400,000 winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket! Loves Park Clark Gas, located at 5710 N. 2nd St. in Loves Park, sold the winning ticket for the Thursday, March 24 evening drawing. The ticket matched all five […]
Tamara Wood, SVHS Math teacher, colleague, wife and mother, has taught in our district for 13 years. She currently leads Student Council, May Day, Homecoming, Mr SVHS and many other activities within our district and community, as well as being a former softball coach. Unfortunately, Mrs. Wood was recently diagnosed […]