Lady Cardinals look for extended success By Chris Johnson REPORTER Late May means post-season play and the Stillman Valley Lady Cardinals know what it takes to win. They aren’t far removed from Regional Titles and even survived a Class change from 2A to 3A along the way, earning another plaque […]
Byron City Council summer works plan working By Chris Johnson REPORTER The Byron City Council will meet on Wednesday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m. in open session and among its duties, will work to assure that the summer plan for improvement is progressing. There are always other projects that get […]
Ogle County Master Gardeners on the Move The Ogle County Master Gardeners have been “Helping Others Learn to Grow” through-out the county! After our annual garden workshop, Ready, Set, Grow we have shared knowledge with the Polo Garden Club, offered a Succulent workshop in Rochelle, set-up a Seed Library […]
Choir students sing at Western Illinois University This past March nine Byron Middle School Choir students participated in an honor choir festival at Western Illinois University. The students were selected for the event by recording a CD containing a solo “The Water is Wide,” a major scale, and “America.” […]
Byron Station Unit 2 enters refueling outage Byron Generating Station’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor was taken offline at 1 a.m. on Monday, April 8, for a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage. The unit has powered more than one million homes and businesses every day since its last planned outage […]
Stillman Valley FBLA attends Illinois State Conference Stillman Valley’s Future Business Leaders of America attended the Illinois State Conference on Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5 in Springfield. The trip not only included the State Conference, but Stillman Valley members also toured the State Capital where they were […]