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Pecatonica Historical Society to present the ‘Civil War Muster of The 74th Illinois Infantry Regiment’ Company ‘B’

Pecatonica Historical Society to present the ‘Civil War Muster of The 74th Illinois Infantry Regiment’ Company ‘B’

The May 1865 muster lists the 33 survivors of the 94 men and women of Pecatonica who enlisted in Company B of the Union Army in April 1861. Citizens of all walks of life became soldiers and risked everything for a belief that the United States should remain as one […]

 
 

Officials host Commemoration Ceremony for ISP Trooper Brooke Jones-Story

Officials host Commemoration Ceremony for ISP Trooper Brooke Jones-Story

The Illinois State Police (ISP) Heritage Foundation hosted a ceremony commemorating the addition of Trooper Brooke Jones-Story’s name to the memorial wall in the ISP Memorial Park located at 615 East Lawrence in Springfield, on July 20. Family members of Trooper Brooke Jones-Story, Acting ISP Director Brendan F. Kelly, Springfield […]

 
 

Tickets going fast for Toby Keith benefit for Café Liberty

Tickets going fast for Toby Keith benefit for Café Liberty

Part of first-ever Freedom & Dignity Festival coming Aug. 10 Time is slipping away to purchase tickets to the Freedom & Dignity Festival, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 10 beginning at 3 p.m. at the Schaumburg Boomers Baseball Stadium in Schaumburg. This is the inaugural country music festival to support Café […]

 
 

Service Flag article leads to more surprising discoveries

Service Flag article leads to more surprising discoveries

By Doug Schroder CORRESPONDENT The front page of the July 4 edition of the Gazette featured the story about Service Flags in America, the Service Flag that was in Pec and what Pecatonica Historical Society member Vi Johns found while researching about the first Gold Star service member on the […]

 
 

Winnebago woman wins big at Byron Dragway event

Winnebago woman wins big at Byron Dragway event

By Doug Schroder CORRESPONDENT Kamryn Mason of Winnebago captured the $30,000 championship in the Firecracker Bracket Nationals finale on Sunday, July 7. Mason successfully defended the home turf as she drove her No Box Camaro to the race win over two-time finalist dragster driver Gary Williams of Bradenton, FLA. She […]

 
 

2019 Winnebago 4th of July Parade

2019 Winnebago 4th of July Parade
 
 

Family Dollar announces Region 13 Manager of the Year

Family Dollar announces Region 13 Manager of the Year

Teresa Berogan of Winnebago Store 7583 honored By Doug Schroder CORRESPONDENT Monday morning, July 1, started just like any other workday in the 13 years Winnebago Family Dollar Store manager Teresa Berogan had been employed by the chain. It was her first day back from a vacation to Las Vegas, […]

 
 

Pec leaders ask residents for financial support

By Chris Johnson REPORTER Residents in the Village of Pecatonica have been receiving requests for their financial information in the form of a circulated letter asking for income ranges for their households. It has been explained that all information collected is kept confidential and will remain that way. It was […]

 
 

Service Flag research leads to surprising discovery

Service Flag research leads to surprising discovery

Should American Legion Post 197 be renamed? By Doug Schroder CORRESPONDENT Pecatonica Historical Society member Vi Johns has been researching about Service Flags for a while now. Service Flags, also called Blue Star Flags, are a military tradition that was started during WWI. According to online sources the Service Flag […]

 
 

A Durand farmer’s history search of a Pecatonica business

A Durand farmer’s history search of a Pecatonica business

By Doug Schroder CORRESPONDENT For about three years now Durand diary farmer Jake Palmer has been searching for, and finding, items related to the Pecatonica business that was known as Hilbert Implement, Hilbert Implement was a Minneapolis-Moline tractor dealership that was situated on Pecatonica Road just north of Rt. 20 […]

 
 
 
 
 
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