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WINNEBAGO – On March 7, ESGR Volunteer Kathy Reed presented Chief Todd Stockburger, Chief of Police for the Village of Winnebago, and the Police Department with the Patriotic Employer Award during the monthly board meeting for the Village of Winnebago. Chief Stockburger and the department was recommended by Sergeant First […]
By Doug Schroder Editor WINNEBAGO – As the tradition goes, Tractor Day took place again this year on the day before Spring Break. Last Thursday, March 24, started out as a raw, cold and rainy morning when students started assembling with their tractors just south […]
By Chris Johnson Reporter PECATONICA – Public safety is an issue that does not discriminate based on population totals. Many of the problems that communities such as Rockford, Elgin and Aurora face can also affect smaller communities such as Pecatonica, Seward and Durand. Crime just doesn’t occur at the elevated […]
PECATONICA – Rewarding excellence in teaching and leadership – We are delighted and proud to present our very own “Golden Apple” winner, Mrs. Laura Wanke – Adventures in a 1st and 2nd grade looping classroom. It was an exciting morning Thursday, March 10, as The Golden Apple Award Committee marched […]
By Doug Schroder Editor SEWARD – The Winnebago Chamber of Commerce held their yearly awards night on Thursday, March 10, at the Seward Community Center in Seward. After a scrumptious dinner catered by Sullivan’s of Winnebago, Board President Elizabeth Johnson-Lovett introduced the featured speaker and then attendees listened to a […]
By Doug Schroder Editor PRINCETON – The Taylor Rockridge Rockets took down the Winnebago Indians at Sectionals for the second straight year. Last year the Rockets ended the Indians season in the first round of the Farmington Sectional. This year they ended the Indians season at the Princeton Sectional final […]
PECATONICA – Three people are dead after a one-vehicle crash early Sunday morning on U.S. 20. The crash occurred at 2:30 a.m. about half a mile west of Pecatonica Road and involved a Chevy Trailblazer. There were four people in the vehicle when it crashed, said Winnebago County Sheriff’s spokesman […]
By Chris Johnson Reporter PECATONICA – On Tuesday, March 15, the Pecatonica Village Board will review the findings, released through Committee, to determine how broke the Village will be, in the next fiscal year, figuratively speaking. The figures they are working with come, as the 2016-2017 Fiscal Year Budget becomes […]
By Doug Schroder Editor BYRON – Things were looking rather bleak for the Winnebago Indians in the third quarter of their game against Rockford Christian at the IHSA Regional final in Byron on Friday, Feb. 26. The first half was a seesaw battle where each team took leads, with the […]
By Chris Johnson Reporter PECATONICA – Representatives, responsible to report their findings to the Pecatonica Village Board, will meet this Thursday, March 3, at 6 p.m., as they act in the capacity of the Pecatonica-Committee of the Whole. Banking on veteran leadership, the Pecatonica Committee of the Whole, is on […]
