The Gazette

Pecatonica High School Key Club recognized at annual District Convention and Leadership Conference

Pecatonica High School Key Club recognized at annual District Convention and Leadership Conference

At the annual Key Club District Convention and Leadership Conference held on March 10-12, Key Clubs from the Illinois-Eastern Iowa District met for a weekend of collaborating, attending workshops, voting for 2023-24 district officers, and sharing a love of volunteering. Ten members of the Pecatonica High School Key Club attended […]

 
 

Rachel Proctor recognized as District FFA Proficiency Winner

Rachel Proctor recognized as District FFA Proficiency Winner

Rachel Proctor was selected as the District 1 FFA Proficiency Winner in the area of Specialty Crops with her project on growing native plants. Proctor is a member of the Durand FFA Chapter of the Illinois Association FFA.  Illinois FFA recognizes students in 48 different areas based on their work-based […]

 
 

Winnovation team: Forging a path for future innovators

Winnovation team: Forging a path for future innovators

By George Howe REPORTER What comes to mind when you think of robots? Baby Boomers might remember the model B-9 Robot from the television series Lost in Space. Or more recently, the Discovery Channel’s BattleBots, a robot combat competition. Well, there isn’t any “Danger Danger” or destruction of robots at […]

 
 

Local high school robotics team has another successful qualifier

Local high school robotics team has another successful qualifier

Turtle Tek, a local FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team, recently had their second Qualifier of their rookie season. This team of homeschooled and Beloit Memorial students consists of Jordan Shultz, Rodrigo Delgado, and Xavier Miller from Beloit Memorial High School; and Isaac Kubatzke, Loretta Woodard, Katherine Woodard, Carl Hahn, and […]

 
 

Gold and Silver group to welcome historical speaker    

Gold and Silver group to welcome historical speaker    

Dan Wykes, Educator at the Byron Museum of History and Lucius Read House, will speak to Gold and Silver Fellowship on Thursday, March 2. The group will gather at 11:30 a.m. at Park Hills Winnebago Church, 500 West Winnebago St. The Read home was a “Station” on the “Underground Railroad,” […]

 
 

Maurchie notches 1,000 career points as Indians earn seventeenth win

By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT The Winnebago Indians boys’ basketball team went on a three-game winning streak and went 4-1 over a five game stretch, in recent play. On Saturday, Feb. 4, the Indians extended their winning streak to three games with a 44-40 victory over the Eastland Cougars.  It was […]

 
 

4-H: Head, Heart, Hands, and Health

4-H: Head, Heart, Hands, and Health

By George Howe REPORTER The central theme and slogan of the 4-H Club has been hands on, and learn by doing since O.J. Kern started a club in Winnebago County in 1902. Jessie Field Shambaugh developed the clover pin with an H on each leaf in 1910 representing head, heart, […]

 
 

Indians rely on second quarter run, earn win number 22

Indians rely on second quarter run, earn win number 22

By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT Last week, the Pecatonica boys’ basketball team had a busy schedule with three games in just four days. Earlier in the week, the Indians picked up victories over North Boone and Byron.  On Friday, Jan. 27, the Indians were seeking their third win of the week […]

 
 

Science Olympiad

Science Olympiad

Congratulations to the JH Science Olympiad team for their amazing performance at the Rockford Christian Invitational this past weekend! Durand earned medals in the following events: Bridge, 4th place: Tanner F. & Ava Z., Wheeled Vehicle, 4th place: Leah A. & Tanner F., Flight, 5th place: Leah A. & Tanner […]

 
 

Winnebago Boys bounce back from loss to Princeton

By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT The Winnebago Indians went 11-5 after getting off to an 0-2 start on the 2022-23 boys’ basketball season. Their ability to bounce back has been a common theme all season, and that remained true last week. On Jan. 14, the Indians made the trip to face […]

 
 
 
 
 
Buy Viagra Overnight Delivery USA.