By Christopher Johnson REPORTER This Tuesday, Sept. 20, as Members of the Pecatonica Village Board gather in regular session, veteran police officer and newly-appointed Police Chief Mike Mund presents his report on how things are going within the village’s limits. Mund has been learning the role of being the village’s […]
Dollar General is excited to announce its store at 103 Dabson in Pecatonica is now open. DG stores are proud to provide area residents with an affordable and convenient store location to purchase household essentials including food, cleaning supplies, paper products, over-the-counter medicines, hygiene products, baby items and more through […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER Senior running back AJ Mulcahy powered his way for over 230 yards on the ground as the Durand-Pecatonica Rivermen rolled over the West Carroll Thunder 53-6. The senior leader, with 16 carries, paced the way to the run away victory getting the visitors on the board […]
Petty Officer 2nd Class Micah Sergent, a native of Winnebago, Ill., is serving aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS The Sullivans (DDG 68). Sergent, a 2018 graduate of Winnebago High School, is serving as a fire controlman and technician specialist responsible for working in the Combat Information Center and […]
The 2022 Ogle County 4-H Senior Master Showman winner was Tyler Hall of Monroe Center! The runner up was Gwen Hall of Monroe Center. Other senior participants ages 14–18 included Samantha Koper, Oregon, Robbie Thurow, Stillman Valley, Cooper Alderks, Chana, Bruce Gehrke, Byron, Deborah Smith, Mount Morris, Evan Kosick, Mount […]
The Village of Pecatonica has been without a community theater since Pec Playhouse’s roof collapsed in February 2021. The loss of this downtown asset has had a negative impact on the community and many believe that it is time to rebuild and rejuvenate Pecatonica’s local theater company. A few of […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER On Monday night Winnebago Board Trustees and Village President Frank Eubank were scheduled to pick up updates, on how updates to the municipal infrastructure have been progressing. Representatives with Fehr Graham, the Village of Winnebago’s engineering purveyor, explains how things are moving forward with improving the […]
Bonnie Stuckey has devoted her life to serving others and to blessing countless people through her teaching career and her musical giftedness. In December this past year, following oral surgery, she continued to experience ongoing concerns with pain and swelling that eventually led to emergency surgery on Feb. 19 at […]
Pecatonica High School FFA and agriculture department are celebrating their fourth year as beekeepers. The beekeeping idea was conceived, in part, by Ryan Barrack, who spent several years learning the process with his grandfather, who is a beekeeper. The FFA and AG department applied for grants and purchased supplies, which […]
During the early morning hours of Saturday, July 15, the Winnebago Police Department responded to a report of a domestic disturbance between Matthew Williams and his mother. At that time Williams got out of his mother’s vehicle at another location within the Village of Winnebago. Williams was not present when […]