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By Bob Balgemann REPORTER North Boone Fire Protection District III now is the official back-up for Capron Rescue Squad (CRS). That means the District III ambulance, purchased several years ago, will be called whenever all three CRS ambulances are in service. So far that has happened twice, according to Owen […]
Stateline Fury’s 16U Red fast pitch softball team battled 100 degree temperatures in Overland Park, Kan. to win the 2016 United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) National Championship the weekend of Friday, July 22 through Sunday, July 24. The team went 11-1 and outscored their opponents with a combined score […]
Friday, August 5 5to11 p.m. Cost: $5/advance & $10/gate Blues, Brews & BBQ’s Location: Petersen Park, 4311 Lakewood Road, McHenry, IL 60050 Phone: 815-482-8805 Website: www.mchenryrotarybluesbrewsandbbqs.com There will be a variety of vendors including: Full Slab, Coyote Roadhouse BBQ, Uncle Bub’s BBQ, Richmond-Spring Grove Rotary Corn Roast and Riverside Chocolate […]
Saturday, Aug. 6 Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans will host the first annual Stars and Stripes 3K/5K Fun Run/Walk. Stars and Stripes will begin at 7 a.m. with registration and the run will begin at 8 a.m. The day will be filled with prizes, raffles, lapghan presentations to veterans, and […]
Sister Cities International (SCI) announced the winners and finalists of the 2016 Young Artists and Authors Showcase. For nearly three decades, SCI has leveraged the power that art has to transform societies and transcend cultural boundaries through the Young Artists and Authors Showcase. The Showcase has given youth ages 14 […]
By Barb Appelhans REPORTER On Tuesday, Aug. 2, communities around the nation gathered around to celebrate National Night Out– a night dedicated to venturing out of the house to better connect with other citizens and establish an overall camaraderie feel throughout the community in order to reduce the threat of […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Long-awaited improvements to Menomonie Street, near the public safety building, are finished. According to Alderman Clayton Stevens, who broached the subject at the Monday, July 25 meeting at city hall, the discussion will continue at the Monday, Aug. 8 Committee of the Whole (COTW) meeting. He […]
Edward Eugene Polsgrove, 71, of Rockton, Ill. died at 10:07 am Saturday, July 23, 2016 in Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, Ill., after a lengthy illness. He was born Nov. 2, 1944 in Campbell, Mo., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Delmar and Dorothy (Perry) Polsgrove. He graduated from […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Donna Curtis has taken her love of teaching and is applying her credentials to bring a special form of education to the Stateline. Curtis was an elementary school teacher. She taught middle school science at Holy Family and has worked at Blackhawk Technical College where she […]
Stateline Fury’s 16U Red fast-pitch softball team battled 100 degree temperatures in Overland Park, Kansas to win the 2016 USSSA (United States Specialty Sports Association) National Championship this past weekend. The team went 11-1 and outscored their opponents with a combined score of 87-20 including six shutout victories. The tournament […]
