The Gazette

Pec Key Club is helping protect women and newborns around the globe

Pec Key Club is helping protect women and newborns around the globe

Pecatonica High School Key Club members, along with the help of some enthusiastic and costumed Pecatonica PRIDE tribe students, kicked off their Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF fundraising efforts with a 60-second dash at Thursday Oct. 20, exciting volleyball game against Freeport Aquin. In less than one minute, fans donated over $150. […]

 
 

Local family makes presentation about grandmother

Local family makes presentation about grandmother

The Norma Winchester Doty family presented a program to the Pecatonica Historical Society on Monday, Oct. 17, featuring their grandmother who received a gift from God with her hands. Barbara Olsen was the main research historian for the family. Jessica is fortunate to have been able to acquire Norma’s Junior […]

 
 

Seward Congregational Church to celebrate 175th anniversary

Seward Congregational Church to celebrate 175th anniversary

By Doug Schroder Editor It’s pretty amazing that one local church has survived around here to celebrate a 175th anniversary, considering the area was just settled only about 180-or-so years ago. Somehow the church has thrived and survived during all that time. This Sunday, Nov. 6, Seward Congregational Church, in […]

 
 

Xtreme Gold Wrestling program returns to BPD

Xtreme Gold Wrestling program returns to BPD

Get ready to wrestle! Xtreme Gold Wrestling is back at Byron Park District and we are excited to have your child join us. The Xtreme Gold Wrestling Program designed for those wanting to go beyond the basics of wrestling, those serious about pursuing the sport of wrestling, and for those […]

 
 

Pecatonica Senior has gripping golf season

Pecatonica Senior has gripping golf season

Senior, Erik Durand, has had a memorable season finishing 4th at the NUIC Conference Tournament held on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Wolf Hollow-Lena. From there he advanced to the Lanark Regional located at Lake Carroll’s Golf Course and placed 5th out of 82 players to continue his drive to the […]

 
 

Pecatonica Elementary School Blue Ribbon Students

Pecatonica Elementary School Blue Ribbon Students
 
 

Hundreds turn out for Great Lakes Basin Railroad meeting

Hundreds turn out for Great Lakes Basin Railroad meeting

By Doug Schroder Editor Opposition to a rail line that would extend through Winnebago County farmland intensified today at a public meeting called to discuss the project. Hundreds of residents gathered at Winnebago High School to learn more about the multi-billion-dollar project that would bypass Chicago’s complicated network of rail […]

 
 

Farm Safety… a Legacy to be Proud of

Farm Safety… a Legacy to be Proud of

By Emily Hanlin Ag Communications Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau Howard Graham Buffet, son of Warren Buffet the world-famous investing icon, is a renowned entrepreneur, political figure, patron, photographer, conservationist, and agriculturalist. He once said, “Each of us has about 40 chances to accomplish our goals in life. I learned this first […]

 
 

Serenity Hospice Opens Angel Treasures II in Winnebago

Serenity Hospice Opens Angel Treasures II in Winnebago

Serenity Hospice and Home is excited to announce they are opening a second resale shop in Winnebago to help support their mission. The first Angel Treasures is currently located in Mt. Morris and has become a dependable revenue source for Serenity Hospice. “With the current economic climate, people are buying […]

 
 

4th in State!

4th in State!
 
 
 
 
 
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