By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Students and staff at Hononegah Community High School created a true sense of community through positive actions, both currently and since the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year. The first group to be recognized at the Jan. 15 HCHS Board of Education meeting were students from […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Studio 3 owner Jenny Maragia firmly believes that music is a gift to be shared. When Jenny Maragia was four years old she climbed up on the piano bench in her family home tapping out the first measure of an old hymn she had heard […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Hononegah Woman’s Club is making plans for the future while celebrating more than 60 years in the community. Hononegah Woman’s Club was organized in February 1964. The club was federated on May 3, 1965. Becoming federated was what most Women’s Clubs in those days joined […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Rockton Lions Club members were joined by volunteers who spread joy to 140 families on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 21, where special deliveries were made through the Wimpy’s Fund. Smiles came to the faces of 360 children who were recipients of this caring act of […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER The Village of Rockton welcomed new Patrol Officer Joshua Graham at the Village Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Rockton Police Chief Matt Hollinger introduced himself and welcomed Graham’s family, and everyone who was in attendance. Hollinger recognized Chairman for the Police Commission, Richard […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER The Village of Rockton has applied for a forgivable loan to cover 170 homes that are in need of replacement of a lead service line. The estimated start date of the project is June of 2025, and it is expected to be finished by October of […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Sounds of the season were heard in the Village of Rockton Dec. 6-8 as the 40th annual Christmas walk welcomed thousands of visitors throughout the weekend’s festivities. Tricia Diduch took the reins in her ninth year at the event Chair. Friday night the community gathered at […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER When entering Whiskey Hotel Barbecue dining guests are taken into a warm, friendly, comfortable atmosphere with a rustic flare. The public was welcomed to the grand opening of its much-anticipated bar service with the introduction of a new winter menu on Nov. 23. Since opening its […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER At the 2024 Veterans Day dinner at the Rockton American Legion Post #332 Marc and Jamie Kuney of the RDM Foundation donated $5,000 to the Rockton American Legion. Corporal Ryan Masters passed away on March 9, 2021 at the age of 28 after struggling to adjust […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Red Barn Golf Course owner, Richard Barnes, addressed the Rockton Village Board at the Oct. 15, 2024 meeting. Barnes stated “With the Village declaring the Red Barn Driving Range a public nuisance, the board action of tripling the nuisance ordinance to $750 per incidence, and the […]