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submitted photo The Gazette The 34th Annual Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition was held Jan. 23-25. The Pecatonica High School (PHS) team was one of 17 competing high schools and consisted of Madelyn (Maddie) Laage (Sr.), Julianna Mallo (Sr.), Emma Gocken (Jr.), and Annah Dulaney (Jr.), advised by Jennifer Krantz (PHS […]
Two young artists recognized by the University of Iowa’s Belin-Blank Center for their original works The Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa has announced the regional award recipients of the 2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Presented by the nonprofit organization, the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the […]
submitted photo The Gazette Congratulations to the Pecatonica Academic Bowl teams earlier this month on their victories over Polo. Mrs. Daly gives a shout out to Miguel, high scorer on the Fresh/Soph team with 120 toss up points, and Ryan B, high scorer on the Varsity team with 110 toss […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER Consistent play through opening day of the Martin Luther King Jr. Shootout pushed the host Pecatonica Indians to the tournament’s final game with a 1-1 mark. The activities wrapped up on Monday at Pecatonica High School. Details of the 2020 Championship are unfortunately unavailable at this […]
Young authors study, present ‘The Rainbow Fish’ The featured story for the January PAW (Pecatonica Aspiring Writers) meeting at Pecatonica Elementary School was the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. It tells the story of a colorful fish that thinks he is better than all the other fish, because […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER The holiday break proved to be very beneficial for the Pecatonica Indians boys’ basketball team. Following a solid showing in the Forreston Holiday Tournament, they closed 2019 with the Title at Eastland. Efforts undertaken by the team and the consistent play has helped the Indians start […]
Jensen ordered to pay $274,000, serve probation Cynthia R. Jensen, 56, of Kingston, pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge in Walworth County Circuit Court in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, on Jan. 10. The former general manager of Rock Valley Publishing, Southern Lakes Newspapers and Southern Lakes Publishing made a $250,000 […]
Girl Scout from Troop 3010, Megan Bomgarden, Leanne Shrader, and Meegan Waddell, recently completed two projects to earn their Silver Awards. The Troop is based out of Middle Creek Presbyterian Church on Montague Road. The girls presented their project and gave the following speeches about the process and their reasons […]
