By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Supervisor Paul Williams read correspondence from Rockton Village President, Dale Adams expressing interest creating a cooperative effort to obtain an extension of the bike path from Dorr Road to Hononegah High School; the first part of the July meeting. It was said that there is money […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Thousands of dollars have been raised from both a men’s cake auction and a pie auction at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church; both set to continue the mission of supporting Operation Ward 57 Families. This summer the ladies of the church hosted their annual pie auction. […]
(Above) Bliss Hair And Nail Studio held a wonderful ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening celebration with Loves Park royalty in attendance. (Below) Ojeda’s Restaurant & Bar grand opening celebration for their new restaurant in Loves Park. With over 60 years of combined culinary experience, the Ojeda brothers deliver exceptional New […]
The Rockford Area Arts Council’s (RAAC’s) teen apprenticeship program, ArtsPlace, will culminate in three final showcases for the public. ArtsPlace, which integrates career-readiness skills into the curriculum, is an immersive arts program for high school students who wish to spend eight weeks in the summer studying visual arts, dance, theater, […]
The May 1865 muster lists the 33 survivors of the 94 men and women of Pecatonica who enlisted in Company B of the Union Army in April 1861. Citizens of all walks of life became soldiers and risked everything for a belief that the United States should remain as one […]
The Illinois State Police (ISP) Heritage Foundation hosted a ceremony commemorating the addition of Trooper Brooke Jones-Story’s name to the memorial wall in the ISP Memorial Park located at 615 East Lawrence in Springfield, on July 20. Family members of Trooper Brooke Jones-Story, Acting ISP Director Brendan F. Kelly, Springfield […]
ByronFest’s 32nd Annual Quilt Show was held July 12-14 at the Byron Museum of History. Quilt Show Committee Co-Chairs Wanda Cacciatore and Jan Emmons are happy to announce the blue ribbon winners show and to thank everyone that entered a quilt or volunteered in order to make this quilt […]
Rotary Club of Byron announces a new service project – collecting can tabs to raise money for Ronald McDonald House! Area bars and restaurants are saving can tabs in special buckets provided by Rotary; when full, the buckets will be collected and sent to recycling stations. All funds are donated […]
Part of first-ever Freedom & Dignity Festival coming Aug. 10 Time is slipping away to purchase tickets to the Freedom & Dignity Festival, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 10 beginning at 3 p.m. at the Schaumburg Boomers Baseball Stadium in Schaumburg. This is the inaugural country music festival to support Café […]
Part of first-ever Freedom & Dignity Festival coming Aug. 10 Time is slipping away to purchase tickets to the Freedom & Dignity Festival, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 10 beginning at 3 p.m. at the Schaumburg Boomers Baseball Stadium in Schaumburg. This is the inaugural country music festival to support Café […]