By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Girl Scouts from Roscoe, Rockton, South Beloit and Machesney Park had a week of pure fun while learning about the combination of dinosaurs and science rounding out the last week of June. Cross and Crown Lutheran Church was the place of a weeklong day camp. Campers […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Supervisor Paul Williams read correspondence from Rockton Village President, Dale Adams expressing interest creating a cooperative effort to obtain an extension of the bike path from Dorr Road to Hononegah High School; the first part of the July meeting. It was said that there is money […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Thousands of dollars have been raised from both a men’s cake auction and a pie auction at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church; both set to continue the mission of supporting Operation Ward 57 Families. This summer the ladies of the church hosted their annual pie auction. […]
Part of first-ever Freedom & Dignity Festival coming Aug. 10 Time is slipping away to purchase tickets to the Freedom & Dignity Festival, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 10 beginning at 3 p.m. at the Schaumburg Boomers Baseball Stadium in Schaumburg. This is the inaugural country music festival to support Café […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Ideas for improvements at Rockton’s Walt Williamson Pool were presented at the July 2 Village Board of Trustees meeting. The pool has been a popular summer spot since it was gifted to the Village of Rockton by Walt Williamson over 40 years ago. It is open […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Henry Smith is a 2010 graduate of Hononegah High School. He joined the Army National Guard at the age of 17; as a high school junior. He has been serving our country ever since. “I decided it would be a good opportunity to learn some life […]
By Jean Seegers REPORTER A recently formed group of business owners in Roscoe, South Beloit, Rockton and Beloit have put their heads together to create a unique networking circle of business colleagues and friends with a goal of providing informational opportunities, learning about and promoting businesses in the area, and […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Starting off Fourth of July festivities in Shirland was a 5k Run. Winners emerged in various age categories. Large crowds had breakfast at the Shirland Methodist Church before heading over to a very spirited parade which lasted nearly an hour. Record crowds lined the Main Street […]
Kyle Eggers of South Beloit represented Rock Energy Cooperative on the annual Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. Eggers, who will be a senior at Hononegah High School in Rockton in the fall, joined more than 1,800 young leaders from across the country June 14-21 for a weeklong introduction […]
By Jean Seegers REPORTER Nygren Wetlands Preserve has a knack for combining learning about the wonders of nature and science, and just plain fun. For the fifth year in a row, children and families descended on the wetlands, Saturday morning, June 22, for Family Nature Day, a free event that […]