Waukesha North High School was the site of this year’s FIRST LEGO League Wisconsin State Championship. Team 2×4, a local FIRST LEGO League robotics team with students from Durand and Loves Park as well as Clinton and Beloit, Wis., arrived for the day well prepared, but down a team […]
Ticket sales begin Feb. 5 The Boone County Fair Association proudly announces multi-platinum hitmaker Justin Moore will be headlining the 2025 Boone County Fair on Saturday evening, Aug. 9, with special guest Noah Hicks at 7:00 p.m. Tickets for the concert are now on sale at boonecountyfair.com. Ticket prices range […]
By Zach Yakey IDA PUBLIC LIBRARY/LOCAL HISTORY SPECIALIST As much as we might not like to think about it, orphans have always been a reality of our world. Among the many techniques our nation has hoped would bring some relief to its most unfortunate children were the “placing out programs,” […]
By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT The Pecatonica Indians won their seventh consecutive matchup of the 2024-25 girls’ basketball season when they played host to Dakota on Jan. 28. Dakota came into the matchup with an overall record of 12-9. Pecatonica was 21-4 as they were riding a six-game winning streak. […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Yeti Fest is billed as “A festival where the abominable snow people of Rockton and their friends come out to enjoy a mixture of winter related activities and is a celebration of all things winter and of course it all revolves around Yeti’s.” Walk, play, or […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER A definite benefit for the Parks area is the Harlem Community Center administrative facility, 900 Roosevelt Road in Machesney Park, recently received an $8.9 million state grant and has opened a new facility “supporting needs that are able to provide quality licensed childcare in the region.” […]