Stillman Bank held its annual Holiday Giveaway drawing on Dec. 23. The bank had a total of six winners throughout its six locations. The winners received either a beef quarter or pork half. The winners of the beef quarters were: Dave Bakener (Oregon), Kay Beardin (Rochelle), and Jill Carr (Leaf […]
By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT Coming into last week, the Pecatonica Indians held a 14-1 record on the 2022-2023 boys’ basketball season. The Indians were the second ranked class 1A team in all of Illinois, and they were riding a six-game winning streak. The Indians didn’t get much time […]
By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER Sheriff Scott Yunk was extremely happy on Friday, Jan. 6, when he entered the Public Safety Building, 615 N. Main St. “I am so excited,” he said. “We usually only do one or two promotions at a time but we have six promotions and two new […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Students and staff at Willowbrook Middle School (WMS) lined the halls of the school on Jan 6., ready to surprise Mr. Merel Wilson. After he finished his bus route Wilson was greeted with a surprise birthday hallway walk; with WMS Principal Jacqui Thompson leading Mr. Wilson […]
Harlem-Roscoe Fire would like to introduce our new Fire Chief Patrick Trollop. Trollop was sworn in as Fire Chief on Dec. 30. Patrick joined the department in 2012. He was promoted to Lieutenant on Feb. 13, 2015 and to Captain on Sept. 23, 2019. He was sworn in as a […]
During Winter Break, teens had three Wednesdays they could stop into the Byron Public Library and make different crafts. The pictures span all three craft sessions.