By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Excitement mounted as hundreds of football players, coaches, assistant coaches, cheer teams and supporters welcomed a new season of Roscoe Rockton Lions Football on Saturday morning, Aug. 6 at the Rockton Athletic Fields. Jeff Schelling announced the day’s action. Families and friends of the Junior […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Sounds of fun and laughter were heard on the grounds of the Old Stone School pre-school on Sunday, Aug. 7. Current and past students were joined by the public in celebrating and reflecting on 20 years of a place where educational futures began. The Rockton […]
By Jean Seegers REPORTER The annual Epilepsy Foundation Mud Volleyball tournament got underway at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 6. This year, 220 teams on 32 mud-clogged courts were slotted to participate throughout the day. The tournament was held in Roscoe’s Riverside Park. Spectators cheered for their favorite team as the […]
By Jean Seegers REPORTER The campus at Life Church, 5910 Elevator Road in Roscoe was the setting for the 2016 National Night Out, on Tuesday, Aug. 2. The movement began in 1984. The purpose was to bring law enforcement personnel and community members together for an evening of fun and […]
By Jean Seegers REPORTER Twilight is a special time at Nygren Wetland Preserve.Prairie wildflowers are at their peak and wetland wildlife abound. On Thursday, Aug. 4, several dozen guests, seated under a large tent in the middle of the prairie, enjoyed the view while sampling refreshments and appetizers and listened […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Family, friends and the community came out in loving support of 1991 Hononegah High School graduate Angie Baker on Saturday, July 24. The Roscoe VFW Post 2955 buzzed with high energy as a benefit came to life to help Baker in her fight. Baker’s personal […]
By Doug Schroder STAFF EDITOR Thirty-two high school teams assembled from all over the state of Illinois, in addition to teams traveling from Iowa and Wisconsin for the fourth annual Rock River Off-season Competition held at Rock Valley College in Rockford on Saturday, July 30. The event keeps growing as […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER At the Aug. 2 South Beloit City Council meeting, commissioners voted down an “advisory non-binding referendum” in November to change the form of government in South Beloit. Mayor Ted Rehl said it was a subject former mayor, the late Mike Duffy, had discussed because some […]
Edward Eugene Polsgrove, 71, of Rockton, Ill. died at 10:07 am Saturday, July 23, 2016 in Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, Ill., after a lengthy illness. He was born Nov. 2, 1944 in Campbell, Mo., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Delmar and Dorothy (Perry) Polsgrove. He graduated from […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Donna Curtis has taken her love of teaching and is applying her credentials to bring a special form of education to the Stateline. Curtis was an elementary school teacher. She taught middle school science at Holy Family and has worked at Blackhawk Technical College where she […]