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By Bob Trott Reporter ROCKTON – Six Hononegah High School students have been chosen by the Illinois Music Educators Association (ILMEA) to perform at its All-State Music Festival at the Peoria Civic Center Jan. 29-31, the Hononegah Schools announced during a regular school board meeting Wednesday, Jan. 21. The students […]
By Jean Seegers Reporter ROSCOE- Lindsay Stock’s eyes fill with tears when she talks about her beloved grandfather, Ray Westerberg. He passed away few years ago, but he is still very much in her thoughts. Westerberg was a WWII Army veteran. Like many veterans, he was reluctant to talk about […]
OGLE COUNTY – The Ogle County Fair Association held its annual meeting Saturday Nov. 8, 2014 at the Ogle County Farm Bureau auditorium with many 4-H and Adult Volunteers, Fair Association members and Board members present. The Annual meeting is held each year to review the past year’s Fair and elect new Directors. Harlan […]
Congratulations to the following Stillman Valley High School seniors who were recently named Illinois State Scholars, recognizing their outstanding academic achievement as being in the top 10% of Illinois high school graduates of 2015. Front row, Leah Griesbach, Madelyn Freymiller, Lindsey Hickey, Nile McCammond, Jacob Hildebrand. Back row, Trevor Goley, […]
By Doug Schroder Editor BYRON – Local band Desolation Row’s CD release party at the Union Bar and Grill in Byron, on Saturday, Jan. 24, brought to fruition five years of work for these guys from Winnebago and Stillman Valley. The band has gone through a change or two since […]
WINNEBAGO – VetsRoll is a program offered by Finnegan’s RV of South Beloit that offers a 4 day bus trip to 100 WWII and Korean era veterans to Washington DC. There is absolutely no cost to them, so to help offset some of the cost we are hosting a fundraiser […]
By Jean Seegers Reporter SOUTH BELOIT-The hotel and conference center on the corner of Dearborn and Rt. 251, in South Beloit has had many owners through the years. For the last couple of years, it has been unoccupied and neglected. That’s all changed. Last June, the property was purchased by […]
ROCKTON – Chemtool Incorporated is proud to announce their donation of hats and gloves to individuals with disabilities at Bridgeway. Chemtool Cares is Chemtool Incorporated’s community outreach program offering time, talent and monetary donations to the surrounding communities. Chemtool helped pay for the scarves by raffling off employee parking spots […]
BYRON – Ronald R. Beem was presented with his 50-year member pin and certificate at the January meeting of Byron Lodge #274 A.F. & A.M. by Master Gerald Zeibert. Beem was initiated as an Entered Apprentice on Dec. 22, 1964 in DeKalb Lodge #144, passed to the degree of Fellowcraft on […]
By Tricia Goecks Daily Republican Editor BELVIDERE – On Christmas Eve, a convoy of cars, fire trucks, and police cars made its way from Belvidere North High School to the Prairie Ridge subdivision in Belvidere. Included with the procession was a pink fire truck and pink squad car from Pink […]
