By Marianne Mueller REPORTER At the 2024 Veterans Day dinner at the Rockton American Legion Post #332 Marc and Jamie Kuney of the RDM Foundation donated $5,000 to the Rockton American Legion. Corporal Ryan Masters passed away on March 9, 2021 at the age of 28 after struggling to adjust […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER A number of items were approved at the bi-monthly Loves Park city council meeting Nov. 18: *Per the mayor’s report, the “Light Up the Parks Parade” will be held on Sunday, Nov. 24 with a kick-off set for 5:30 p.m. at Loves Park City Hall. *City […]
By Kaitlyn Adams OGLE JOLLY 4-H CLUB REPORTER The Ogle Jolly 4-H Club met on Nov. 18 for their monthly meeting. The Cloverbud children, ages 5-7, made pumpkin pie in a bag. The 4-H members reviewed old business, including a Veterans Day visit to Double O Saloon […]
The Boone County Community Foundation (BCCF) hosted their annual community grant breakfast, on Nov. 12, 2024. The foundation highlighted, celebrated and awarded grants to organizations that provide services to and help meet the needs of the Boone County community. The 2024 grants are part of the Community Grant Program which […]
By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT Coaches around the NUIC-North have pegged the Pecatonica Indians as the early favorites to win the NUIC-North Girls’ Basketball Conference this season. Orangeville’s head coach, Jay Doyle, called it, “Pecatonica’s to lose.” Lena-Winslow head coach, Dennis Huttenlocher, called Pecatonica, “The top team in the […]
It’s been an emotional week for La Verne Moss, who learned last Tuesday she won an energy-saving home renovation courtesy of Window World of Rockford. “I think I’ve cried more in the last three days than I have since our mother passed,” said Moss before letting out a big sigh. […]