Hononegah Board of Education announces new principal At its regular meeting, the Hononegah Board of Education will vote to appoint Chad Dougherty as the Hononegah Community High School principal beginning July 1, 2019, replacing retiring Eric Flohr. Mr. Dougherty has been the Executive Associate Principal since 2014. Mr. Dougherty came […]
Rockford Art Museum features 137 works of art by students at 15 area schools in 78th Young Artist Show: High School Division, opens March 3 Rockford Art Museum (RAM) opens its 78th Young Artist Show: High School Division with a free public opening and awards ceremony 1 to 3 p.m., […]
JEAN SEEGERS PHOTOS The Herald The Hononegah’s Dancing Dads wowed the crowd with their half-time performance at the Feb.7, Hononegah/Guilford Basketball game. The 12 members have daughters on either the Varsity of JV Dance Team. Dancing Dads wow crowd at HHS basketball half-time performance By Jean Seegers REPORTER The […]
MARIANNE MUELLER PHOTO The Herald Little Black Dress Chair Margaret Forsell teamed up with Deb Hart, Deb Pontenberg, Jeannie Hansen, Vicki Lynn, Kathy Sarver and Sheila Griffin. Togehter the ladies put together the second annual Little Black Dress party in support of our nations veterans. Both Little Black Dress party […]
Second Annual Galentine’s Day event creates perfect prelude to Valentine’s Day By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Three hours of Pre-Valentine’s Day fun was at the heart of the second annual Rockton Galentine’s Day celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Based on a concept for Galentine’s Day originating from an episode of the […]
South Beloit City Council gets down to business By Margaret Downing REPORTER At the Feb. 4 South Beloit City Council, commissioners dealt with a number of issues: A resolution for engineering services with Fehr Graham Engineering, and an ordinance relating to alcoholic beverages were laid over until the Feb. 18 […]
Trivia Night furthers educational needs in Rockton School District By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Teams of eight assembled at Stephen Mack Middle School on Saturday evening, Feb.2 ready to test their knowledge at the 2019 R.E.E.F Trivia night ready to have fun in the name of educational opportunities. Larry Schubert kept […]
MARIANNE MUELLER PHOTOS The Herald The “Lowslearners Team emerged as the first place winner at the 2019 R.E.E.F Trivia Night. Each was awarded a specialized T-shirt, a trophy and a squeeze brain.
Community Foundation awards RVC Grant for Coding Workshops Rock Valley College is proud to announce it has received a $30,000 grant for “Ozobot: Learn Coding with Robots” workshops. The grant was awarded with support from the Barber-Colman Management Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois. “Ozobot: Learn Coding with […]