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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 […]
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 […]
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 – 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
STILLMAN VALLEY – Stillman Valley High School Senior Ali Green signed her National Letter of Intent to continue her education and play softball at Upper Iowa University starting in the fall of 2016. Upper Iowa University, located in Fayette, IA, and is a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, […]
Ogle County facility licensed to generate power through 2046 BYRON – Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced the approval of Byron Generating Station’s license renewal application. The approval is the culmination of a rigorous, multi-year process that licenses Byron Station to operate until 2044 for Unit 1 and 2046 […]
