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By Marianne Mueller Reporter ROCKTON – Thirteen-year-old Jacqueline Golosinski has been riding horses most of her childhood. She always wanted to her own horse and a strange twist of events led to her dream coming true. Jacqueline Golosinski was experiencing wheezing, breathing issues and other health challenges. Her parents tried […]
By Chris Johnson Reporter ROCKTON – The Hononegah Indians boys’ baseball team decided just how much they would be willing to put up with, during the past week of head-to-head showdowns, within the NIC-10. In a Monday, April 11 battle with the Belvidere Bucs, Hononegahgave up one hit and no […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter STATELINE – Roscoe’s boys bowling team rose one place in the standings during the Saturday final round and came in second at the state middle school bowling tournament in Joliet. Harlem’s girls were fifth after the preliminary round on Friday and remained there through Saturday’s finals. […]
By Marianne Mueller Reporter ROSCOE – Roscoe Boy Scout Benjamin Golter’s Court of Honor Eagle ceremony took place at a packed Roscoe Village Hall. “This is a truly great moment, and worthy of celebrating,” said Scout Master Mark Lamonica in a warm welcome. Dave Syverson, Jamie DeMatthew; Senior Accountant for […]
Friday, April 22 The Belvidere High School boys’ freshmen and junior varsity baseball teams will compete against Harlem at 5 p.m. at Baseball JV Field. The varsity team will play at Harlem. Saturday, April 23 The Boone County Conservation District will hold the Long Prairie Trail Clean-Up […]
FREEPORT – May 5 is a special day – a day set aside by Congress known as the National Day of Prayer. Millions of Americans will be gathering at town halls, churches, post office flagpoles, and various venues to pray for their nation and their leaders. President George Washington was […]
By Chris Johnson Reporter ROCKTON – There have been a few things, of late, that have impacted the Hononegah football program. With change, comes new opportunity. Following a decision by the Hononegah Board of Education, Brian Zimmerman was promoted to full time, head coach, for the boys’ football team. In […]
ROCKTON – Plans for the Hononegah Athletic Dome have changed.As a result of the high cost of the planned Spot Repair and Temporary Inflation, as well as the past few months of weather-related damage to the fabric and cabling, the Dome will not be temporarily inflated to recover the contents. […]
BOONE COUNTY – More than 350 FFA members, County Farm Bureau Managers, FFA advisors from 74 Illinois counties attended the 2016 Illinois Farm Bureau® and Affiliates Youth Conference on April 4 and April 5 at the Embassy Suites in East Peoria. “Build,” the theme of this year’s conference, offered FFA […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – The downtown streetscape project will benefits from a $7,500 donation from the Belvidere Lions Club. Money will go toward the purchase of landscaping items for the stretch between the railroad tracks and Madison Street. City council unanimously accepted the contribution at its Monday, […]
