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Thank you to Chief Dave, Cameron, Bif and the Win-Bur -Sew Fire Department for filling up the ice rink on a cold windy Monday! The water is starting to freeze. Please wait to get on the rink until it is completely frozen! The rink is open 7 days a week […]
Pecatonica Rotary recently delivered 75 face shields to Prairie View Assisted Living Center in Winnebago. The face shields were produced as part of a project of the Rockford/Winnebago County-area Rotary Clubs, supported by a grant from the Rotary International Foundation. In all, 3,000 face shields were assembled and delivered to […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER The Illinois High School Association met this past Tuesday and approved a measure that would see baseball and softball, slated to be summer sports for Winnebago athletes, start a week earlier than previously decided. A vote taken by IHSA Members on Tuesday, Dec. 15, supported earlier […]
Volunteers from the Pecatonica Community Food Pantry handed out 113 Holiday Baskets to area residents in need on Wednesday, Dec. 9. Those on hand were (L-R) Mark Highland, Janis Anderson, Jackie Moyer, Lonny Davison, Jen Davison, Char Knutti, John Moyer and Ron Anderson. Altogether the pantry has over two dozen […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER In order to keep transparency alive and communications open between officials guiding the village of Pecatonica and those who elected them, enhancement of the village website was determined to be necessary. Residents are discouraged to attend Village Board Meetings at this point, yet still have the […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER COVID-19’s impact is one that leaders within the Pecatonica School District have learned to work through and now a final exam on first semester success sits waiting to be taken. Even as students within District 321 prepare for their own reviews of knowledge gained during the […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER A schedule set by the Pecatonica Village Board as it relates to the access of shared information has been limited lately and Covid19 still seems to be the biggest reason. Because of the continued rise of numbers of reported infections statewide, multiple regularly scheduled meetings have […]
With the cost of a life-changing transplant often exceeding $800,000, most transplant families are unable to shoulder that financial burden. The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) is a national 501(c)3 charity dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-related expenses. In Winnebago and Pecatonica, volunteers are raising […]
The Winnebago community has raised more than $1k to replace more than 150 American flags that were destroyed this month due to high winds. “Flags Over Bago were all on display in advance of Veterans Day and the parade for the following morning,” Mary Gross wrote on the GoFundMe fundraiser. […]
