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By Doug Schroder Editor PECATONICA – For about the past 35 years DeAnn Anderson and her daughter, Raylanna, have baked bunches of cookies on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. They do so because neither one likes to shop, so therefore they bake the goodies in the comfort of their […]
PECATONICA – The famous St. Mary’s Church Turkey/Ham dinner is back. The sixtieth dinner was sponsored in November instead of October. Changing the date allowed the newly renovated kitchen and parish hall to be used. More details on the entire construction process will follow at another time. The first part […]
By Chris Johnson Reporter PECATONICA – By a vote of 4-3, with Village President Dan Barber casting the final vote, a path to find future dollars for improving municipal services was selected by Trustees. Municipal Trustees Bill Smull, Tricia Metz and Steve Eytalis voted against a plan that will see […]
Celebrating 100+ Years of Family Farming By Emily Hanlin Ag Communications and Administrative Assistant Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau The Illinois Department of Agriculture has a long standing program that honors family farms that have been in place for at least one hundred years. The Centennial & Sesquicentennial Farms Program has been […]
Submitted By CUSD #321 PECATONICA – Twenty community veterans were honored at the Pecatonica Middle Community Middle School Library on Veteran’s Day. Ms. Grunder, the librarian, created a “Wall of Honor” for staff and students to display pictures of loved ones that served or are serving. ROTC students, Davin Frye […]
By Doug Schroder Editor WINNEBAGO – Veterans were honored with a breakfast and ceremony during the Veterans Day activities held at Winnebago High School on Wednesday, Nov. 11. It all started off with a breakfast beginning at 8 a.m. that included eggs, biscuits and gravy, sausage, fruit and a choice […]
ROCKFORD – Dr. Michelle (Jackson) Collins, a 1982 Winnebago High School alum, received an Alumni Award of Distinction at Rockford University’s All-Alumni Dinner on Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. Collins graduated magna cum laude from Rockford University in 1982 with a degree in nursing. Since 2012, she has been Director of […]
WINNEBAGO – On Thursday, Nov. 5, at approximately 11:28 a.m., a crash occurred on US 20 in the westbound lane, a half-mile west of Winnebago Road, in Winnebago County. A 2007 Silver Saturn Vue, driven by 29-year old Jack Eaton, of Pecatonica, collided with a John Deere tractor pulling a […]
By Doug Schroder Editor PECATONICA – WREX TV13 awarded local preschool teacher Mary Saxby the Teacher of the Week on Thursday, Nov. 5. Mary has been a teacher for 20 years now and this is the first time she has won such recognition. News reporter Shara Taylor presented the award […]
By Doug Schroder Editor ROSCOE – It was unprecedented on Saturday, Oct. 24, as three teams from the Du-Pec Hornets football teams participated in the championships of the Northern Illinois Football Conference. The Hornets had teams in the flyweight, lightweight and heavyweight divisions playing for division championships. It all started […]
