By Doug Schroder Editor BYRON – SwedishAmerican is pleased to announce that its new Byron clinic is now open, officially replacing its existing clinic. Located in the same location at 230 West Blackhawk Drive, the 10,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility allows for expanded services and added physician practices. The new clinic enables […]
Submitted By Wanda Cacciatore BYRON – The Byron Museum of History’s annual display of Christmas Trees once again was the scene for both beautiful and whimsically decorated trees. Area churches and organizations choose a theme and decorated their tree with creative and unusual ornaments. Byron Women’s Club theme for this […]
By Chris Johnson Reporter BYRON – The Big Northern West, currently under siege by the Rockford Lutheran Lady Crusaders, have a challenger for the conference title, as the Byron Lady Tigers continue their winning ways, following a 16-point win over the Dixon Duchesses, 45-29, on Thursday, Jan. 14. The Lady […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]