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Local horticulture educator wins State award

Local horticulture educator wins State award

STATELINE – Candice Miller, a University of Illinois Extension Horticulture educator serving, Boone, DeKalb, Ogle, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, and Winnebago counties was recently awarded a State Communications Award for her Social Media Flyer by the Illinois Extension Agricultural Association. Miller reaches out to her program participants through various social media […]

 
 

Area residents pitch in to help with Fairdale tornado tragedy

Area residents pitch in to help with Fairdale tornado tragedy

By Doug Schroder Editor FAIRDALE – Just a stone’s throw away from Monroe Center, IL, along Rt. 72, sits the village of Fairdale. Many have heard of the village now, as a major tornado nearly demolished the entire town on the evening of Thursday, April 9, during a storm that […]

 
 

Roscoe Troop 620 Boy Scout to receive Eagle Scout rank

Roscoe Troop 620 Boy Scout to receive Eagle Scout rank

Roscoe – Brett Jones of Roscoe, Illinois has earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts, the Eagle Scout Award. Jones will be recognized in a ceremony on Saturday, April 18, at 1 p.m. at Willowbrook Middle School in South Beloit, Ill.. A member of […]

 
 

Outstanding local Middle School Students selected to perform at Carnegie Hall

Outstanding local Middle School Students selected to perform at Carnegie Hall

Submitted By Byron Middle School Staff  BYRON – Sixth grader Montana Larson, seventh graders Ava Ebersohl, Alivia Bradford, Cade Roschi, Kyle Baker, and eigth graders Evan Walters and Connor Harn, students at Byron Middle School, have been selected for the 2015 Middle School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. They […]

 
 

Anna’s Pizza owner sits in with judges during 2015 Pizza Expo

By Doug Schroder Editor WINNEBAGO – The 2015 PizzaExpo was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 23-27. The events is easily defined as the biggest and most important show in the Pizza industry. This year there was over 475 suppliers booths ranging from food to insurance to phones, to shoes, to […]

 
 

Cross and Crown Lutheran Church hosts egg hunt with a twist

Cross and Crown Lutheran Church hosts egg hunt with a twist

By Jean Seegers Reporter  ROSCOE – Traditionally, Easter Egg Hunts involve children collecting as many Easter eggs as they can fit in their baskets. The annual event at Cross and Crown Lutheran Church in Roscoe did things a little different this year. On Saturday, April 4, volunteers colored, numbered and […]

 
 

Byron Dragway gets new tower for 51st season

Byron Dragway gets new tower for 51st season

By Doug Schroder Editor  BYRON – The new tower being built at Byron Dragway has been a total community effort by all of those involved. The need to rebuild the tower have been long over due, as volunteers found out while tearing down the old tower. With the old tower […]

 
 

Shelby Hitchcock wins essay contest

PECATONICA – Shelby Hitchcock, a student of Pecatonica High School, won the “Americanism” essay contest sponsored by the Pecatonica American Legion Post #197 auxiliary. Seventy 11th and 12th graders of Pecatonica High School submitted essays entitled “What New Amendment Should be Added to the U. S. Constitution”. Shelby is a […]

 
 

Old Settler’s Days to welcome country favorites ‘Big and Rich’

Old Settler’s Days to welcome country favorites ‘Big and Rich’

ROCKTON – Big and Rich is coming to the 2015 Old Settler’s Days (OSD) festival main stage on June, 20. This is one many highlights of the OSD kick-off party on March 26. An electrifying atmosphere surrounded fibs as Rockton Lion’s Club President Kerri Wallace joined Steve Summers and the […]

 
 

Byron Schools reduce staff due to declining enrollment and financial issues

Byron Schools reduce staff due to declining enrollment and financial issues

BYRON – The Byron School Board approved modest staff reductions at its March meeting to address declining enrollment and a $27 million reduction in the value of the Exelon nuclear facility. The Board retained the Academically Talented program, of which the District has always been proud; art and Speaking, Listening, […]

 
 
 
 
 
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