Winnebago Chamber of Commerce members had a wonderful evening for our Annual Awards last week. Big thank you to our gracious hosts, The Brauer Barn, for providing such a beautiful venue, our sponsors and food vendors: Eickman’s Processing Co., Nancy’s Diner, Cimino’s Pizza Winnebago, Sullivans Foods, The Scoop, Flower Girls, […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER Activities in readiness for a new class of student arrivals, which will occur in a matter of weeks now, are ongoing with the oversight of Members of the District 321 Board of Education. Scheduled for discussion for the Tuesday, June 21 meeting of the Pecatonica School […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER The Village of Winnebago was scheduled to work through involved sanitary practices this week in an effort to assure the functional operation of displacement pipelines. It is a standard practice that is seasonally undertaken by public works officials and those contracted to assist with village infrastructure […]
Several Winnebgao Middle School athletes competed at the IESA 3A State Meet in mid-May, with some season bests and four events taking home medals. What a way to finish a great season. 7th Grade Girls: 100 hurdles – Brûlé 18.75 for 10th place High jump – Britt 4’5″ for 14th […]
The Pecatonica Rotary Club has awarded $1,000 scholarships to four members of the Pecatonica High School Class of 2022. At the High School Awards Assembly on Friday, May 20, President Elect Mary Osborn presented the scholarships, offering information about the process of selecting the recipients. Applications were reviewed by a […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER The Illinois High School Association Girls Softball State Championship Tournament entered Sectional play this week after Regional Champions around the area were awarded their honors. On Friday, May 20, the Pecatonica Lady Indians found themselves sidelined as they watched finals day play in the Dakota 1A […]
Diana Wiemer and Tammy Durand were recently honored at the Pecatonica Kindergarten concert. Miss Wiemer, who currently teaches kindergarten, has taught in the Pecatonica School District for 38 years. Ms. Durand, the elementary music teacher, is retiring after 18 years in the district. Highlights of the evening included two of […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER Within the next week, baseball playoffs across the State of Illinois will be underway and in the end four classes, covering student populations from barely 100 to well past 2000, will feature the best of the bunch. The Four Class system helps to separate area teams […]
On April 2, four area youth competed in the Northwest Regional for the 4-H Horse Bowl team competition and individual Hippology competition representing Winnebago County. Lily, Jennica, and Maci are from the Burritt Winners 4-H Club and Nicolette is from the Owen Center Blue Bonnets 4-H Club. Their coach is Dr. Barb […]
Pecatonica Middle School’s 5th graders went on a field trip to Camp Timber-lee. Students had the opportunity to participate in three different activities of archery, animal encounters, and zip lining/or high ropes.