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By Margaret Downing REPORTER At the April 15 Village of Machesney Park village board meeting, an area life saver was honored, plus a number of items were approved: *Village, county, and emergency services officials were on hand to recognize a young lady, Cassidy Davenport “for her act of kindness which […]
The Stillman Valley High School Environment Club has won the Hutchcroft Environmental Youth Award from the Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful Foundation. Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful (KNIB) is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, a leading national nonprofit organization that inspires and educates people to take action to improve and […]
By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT The Belvidere North Blue Thunder baseball team picked up a trio of victories last week. With games against Guilford and Rockford East, the Blue Thunder rattled off a much-needed winning streak. Coming into the week, the Thunder had an overall record of just 2-6. A 7-3 […]
Members of Winnebago’s Winnovation, FIRST Robotics Team 1625, traveled to LaCrosse, Wis., to compete in the Seven Rivers Regional on April 5-6. Fifty-four teams gathered to compete in hopes of qualifying for the World Championships to be held in Houston, TX. Each team was scheduled for 10 qualifying […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Supporters of Hononegah Community High School’s HOPE Foundation were off to the races the evening of Saturday, April 6, where “A Touch of Derby Days” came to life at the Rockton American Center. An evening of pure fun included dinner, raffles, a silent auction, music by […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Vets Roll has hosted 2,470 WWII, Korean and Vietnam Era Veterans and Rosie the Riveters from 38 states and the District of Columbia in the past 14 years, on what has been called “The trip of a lifetime.” This year around 200 Veterans will have the […]
The Byron Schools Food Pantry has been the lucky recipient of three separate food drives in February and March of this year. In February, Cora Physical Therapy and Holcomb Bank both held food drives. Customers and clients donated to the pantry’s white food bins. The bins have been […]
