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By Jean Seegers, REPORTER Should the Hononegah Community High School District Community approve a Referendum to make a $44,000.000 investment in the high school? That question will be on the ballot at the Nov.8, Election. Friends of Hononegah Community High School (FHCHS), a group comprised of local citizens, are hoping […]
By Chris Johnson, REPORTER Hononegah entered the 2016 Class 7A State Football Playoffs with a 5-4 mark and with a focus on a road trip to the Chicago suburbs. The 29-seed designation barely got them in. It did put the Indians in the path of the four-seed and scoring-friendly Friars […]
By Marianne Mueller, REPORTER Purely spooky Halloween fun came to life on Hononegah High School’s Performing Arts Center stage the weekend before Halloween. Directed by Matthew Mazur a cast, an ensemble and crew brilliantly unfolded this story layer by layer. Lighthearted fun and lots of laughs blended with lighter dramatic […]
By Jean Seegers, REPORTER Rockton Township Historical Society members have been scouring their attics and barns in preparation for their annual fundraiser. On Saturday, Oct. 22, they hosted the “Trash to Treasures” rummage sale at the Rockton Township Historical Society Museum at 529 Green St. in Rockton. Doors opened at […]
By Marianne Mueller, REPORTER Hononegah’s Drama Club invites audiences into a journey full of laughs, thrills and chills as they present “Halloween Screams” at the Performing Arts Center. Written by L. Don Swartz, this Halloween-themed comedic story follows five friends who are preparing a haunted house in the basement of […]
By Jean Seegers, REPORTER October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. With that in mind, the ”Women at Work” branch of the Stateline Chamber of Commerce hosted “Pink Out,” on Thursday, Oct. 20, at NorthPointe Health and Wellness Center. Nearly all of the women in attendance wore pink tee shirts in […]
Jean Seegers, REPORTER Ninja Warriors, princesses, cartoon characters and witches were in abundance during the Fall Family Festival at Main Street Square in Roscoe, Saturday, Oct. 22. Costumed children and their families collected candy and other treats as they trick or treated through the shops and businesses at the mall. […]
By Margaret Downing, REPORTER South Beloit City Treasurer Don Elliott, in a meeting held Oct. 17, on next year’s fiscal budget, told Commissioners, “The challenge will be how to fund projects next year. Taxes are stagnant.” He advised Commissioners that incoming funds look to be approximately $200,000 lower than what […]
By Jean Seegers, REPORTER Visitors to Macktown Living History Center on the weekend of Oct. 15 and 16, experienced a step back in time. Over 100 reenactors rendezvoused at Macktown for the Frenchman’s Frolic. The annual gathering is a recreation of the era of French fur traders and Native Americans […]
Friends of Hononegah Community High School (FHCHS) have launched a campaign to encourage voters to approve a referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot that would authorize a $44 million investment in the high school. The group, comprised of local citizens, is hoping to educate and inform voters on the value […]
