Teresa Berogan of Winnebago Store 7583 honored By Doug Schroder CORRESPONDENT Monday morning, July 1, started just like any other workday in the 13 years Winnebago Family Dollar Store manager Teresa Berogan had been employed by the chain. It was her first day back from a vacation to Las Vegas, […]
Kyle Eggers of South Beloit represented Rock Energy Cooperative on the annual Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. Eggers, who will be a senior at Hononegah High School in Rockton in the fall, joined more than 1,800 young leaders from across the country June 14-21 for a weeklong introduction […]
By Jean Seegers REPORTER Nygren Wetlands Preserve has a knack for combining learning about the wonders of nature and science, and just plain fun. For the fifth year in a row, children and families descended on the wetlands, Saturday morning, June 22, for Family Nature Day, a free event that […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter The Stateline Fury 18U Wilder summertime softball team had a rematch with the Central Wisconsin Voodoo in the McHenry tournament and won, giving them a total of four victories over the weekend. First off on Sunday they had another nail-biter, this one against the host Heatwave […]
By Doug Schroder CORRESPONDENT The celebrating continued for Rockford native, and newly crowned Toronto Raptors NBA champion, Fred VanVleet as he was welcomed home on Saturday, June 29 with a get together, dubbed “Fred Comes Home”, in his honor at the Rockford City Market pavilion in downtown Rockford. VanVleet had […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER Residents in the Village of Pecatonica have been receiving requests for their financial information in the form of a circulated letter asking for income ranges for their households. It has been explained that all information collected is kept confidential and will remain that way. It was […]
Should American Legion Post 197 be renamed? By Doug Schroder CORRESPONDENT Pecatonica Historical Society member Vi Johns has been researching about Service Flags for a while now. Service Flags, also called Blue Star Flags, are a military tradition that was started during WWI. According to online sources the Service Flag […]
The Ogle County Health Department (OCHD) has confirmed the first positive mosquito pool for West Nile virus reported in Ogle County for 2019. A pool of mosquitoes found near Polo tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). With this being the first positive sample, maintaining vigilance to prevent exposure is […]
Dear Future Illinois Junior Chefs, Magic Fruit Salad, Tic Tac Taco mix, and Stuffed Pitas are just a few tasty recipes prepared during University of Illinois Extension’s Illinois Junior Chefs program at Trinity Lutheran Church Kitchen, Mount Morris. Illinois Junior Chefs is a cooking school developed and taught by Illinois […]