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Stillman Valley High School announces Illinois State Scholars

Stillman Valley High School announces Illinois State Scholars

Illinois Student Assistance Commission applauds the success of 18 Stillman Valley High School students STILLMAN VALLEY – Stillman Valley High School Principal, Leslie Showers, is pleased to announce that 18 Stillman Valley High School students from the graduating class of 2016 have been recognized as Illinois State Scholars. The Illinois […]

 
 

Children’s book about World’s Tallest Cow released

Children’s book about World’s Tallest Cow released

By Doug Schroder Editor ORANGEVILLE – Winnebago graduate Patty Meads-Hanson is keeping the memory of her Holstein cow Blosom, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the World’s Tallest, alive as a children’s book has recently been released about the tall bovine. “Everyone Loves Blosom” is hitting online […]

 
 

Mental Toughness

By Jamie Buck BYRON – Mental toughness is essential to becoming physically fit. The Battle of the Bulge workouts as well as the Curves Circuit involve training that mimics the way our bodies function in our everyday life, otherwise known as Body Weight or Functional Core-Based Training. We are forcing […]

 
 

Nearly half of Illinois high school graduates enrolled in community colleges require remediation

New post-secondary remediation rate data will help ISBE identify additional supports students need before graduation SPRINGFIELD – New post-secondary remediation data released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) shows that 48.7 percent of Illinois high school graduates who enrolled in Illinois’ community college system after graduation required remediation […]

 
 

Ogle County 4-H Horse Drill Team rides again!

Ogle County 4-H Horse Drill Team rides again!

CHICAGO – The Ogle County 4-H Horse Drill Team applied and was again accepted to ride in the Chicago McDonald’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the second year in a row! They had a very early start to Thanksgiving Day as they met at four in the morning, in Rochelle. From […]

 
 

Stillman Valley High School students qualify for the All-State Musical Festival in band

Stillman Valley High School students qualify for the All-State Musical Festival in band

STILLMAN VALLEY – Four Stillman Valley High School students participated in the Illinois Music Education Association’s Junior/Senior Festival in DeKalb in November. The students who participated in this rigorous audition process for band were Anna Hess (French horn), Sam Winter (French horn), Emma Wise (piccolo), and Jason Gaudreau (bassoon). These […]

 
 

Five Byron students selected to All-State choir

Five Byron students selected to All-State choir

BYRON – Students from Byron High School prepared audition selections for the District VIII choir festival last October. From those audition scores the top eight from each section are selected to be a part of the All-State Choir. Four Byron Choir students scored high enough to qualify for All-State this […]

 
 

Byron Schools ranked best in recent release

By Chris Johnson Reporter BYRON – Administration with Byron Community School District were recently notified of its standing on the path to excellence in education, courtesy of Common Core and PARCC testing result tabulations. With a score of 52 percent, Byron Schools were found to have the best understanding of […]

 
 

Byron Fire Protection District participates in ‘Keep the Wreath Red’

Byron Fire Protection District participates in ‘Keep the Wreath Red’

BYRON – Fire departments all across the state, including the Byron Fire Protection District participate in a program known as “Keep the Wreath Red”. The program is designed to focus on safety awareness while decorating our homes for the holidays. How the program works is simple; we will place a […]

 
 

Area events kick off the holiday season

Area events kick off the holiday season

By Doug Schroder Editor OGLE COUNTY – Two area events took place this past weekend to kick off the holiday season. On Friday, Dec. 4, Byron had the Miracle on 2nd Street, and then on Sunday, Dec. 6, Stillman Valley had their Cardinal Community Christmas. Each event rang in the […]

 
 
 
 
 
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