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2/10/22 East Shopper
Author Archive: RvpAdmin
Playoff schedule set for Lady Indians warriors
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER The Girls’ Basketball State Championship Tournament begins well ahead of the March 3, final four matches for area familiars Winnebago and Pecatonica. Seeding for the Class 1A and 2A “winner-take-all” invitational will be managed by a select committee of statisticians. That should occur early next week. […]
Durand FFA announces its ‘Kiss a Pig’ project
The Durand FFA’s Kiss a Pig Project was started to give back to the community but also benefit agriculture in the community. In 2020, the FFA raised funds to purchase a Grain Rescue Tube for the Durand Fire Department and in 2021 the project was not done at a large […]
Byron braced for shot at Big Northern Title
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER By the end of this week the bracket-builders for the upcoming Class 2A Girls Basketball State Championship Tournament will be gathering to determine where area Big Northern teams will start the second season. When the determination occurs teams such as Byron and Stillman Valley will know […]
Rockford welcomes PaleoFest 2022 to Burpee Museum
Dino-lovers, rock collectors, and fossil diggers unite for an internationally attended festival. Our audience includes scientists and researchers, aspiring scientists, students, paleo-lovers, and even dino-loving kiddos! Many of the talks focus on our speakers’ cutting edge research and amazing new finds. Burpee is proud to present PaleoFest 2022 on March […]
36th Annual Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition results announced
The results are in for the 36th Annual Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition. The winning teams were just announced at an awards ceremony at Sinnissippi Park in Rockford, Ill. In all there were 11 state teams, 11 high school teams, and one exhibition team (the winner of last year’s Illinois Snow […]
Hononegah Mathletes take first place at home invite
Congratulations to the Hononegah Math Team how took First place in the 8 school Math Invitational hosted at the high school on Saturday, Jan. 29. Hononegah Math Team members earned 20 of the 29 possible gold medals. Additionally, there were also 10 silver medals earned. Out of 30 Math Team […]
Police canine Shep’s recovery slowed by additional surgery
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER One-half of the police department’s corps of canine officers, Shep, continues to struggle in his effort to completely recover from a round of surgeries during 2021. Police Chief Shane Woody, in his monthly departmental update to the Committee of the Whole on Jan. 24, reported Shep […]
‘We’re going to State!’
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR Belvidere High School hosted the IHSA Sectional Cheer Championship on Saturday, Jan. 29. They hosted 56 teams from the state of Illinois and the finalists were able to punch their ticket to the IHSA State Championship. “It is very awesome that we have been selected right […]
