Posted: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
OGLE COUNTY--In a controversial split vote on Tuesday night, the Ogle County Board financial committee voted 5-4 to recommend a change in the county's insurance provider of the past 27 years for a company that seemingly does not fulfill requirements as outlined in the first page of the official submitted Request for Proposal (RFP).
The purpose of an RFP document ...more
Posted: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Eswood School is proud to annouce fourth grade students that took home Presidential Academic Awards last week. Students include Mark Hopkins, left, who received "Academic Achievement," Ethan Burgholzer, who received "Academic Excellence" and Mackenzie Hartmann-Kahl, who received "Academic Achivement." (Photo submitted) ...more
Posted: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
MALTA -- Kishwaukee College sent a team of horticulture students to compete in the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) Student Career Days. The 37th annual national competition and career expo was held in March at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. This was the third year that Kishwaukee College Horticulture students competed in this nationwide event.
Kishwaukee College sent eight students to ...more
Posted: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
ASHTON -- In 2012, a new tradition was started by the Ashton Business Boosters to benefit individuals, families and causes in the small community of Ashton. The Ashton Community Walk was a great success in its first official year, raising funds for Ashton resident Neil Miller. This year, the boosters look forward to supporting our community with the 2nd Annual Ashton Community ...more
Modified: Monday, May 20th, 2013
OREGON -- James and Karen have been organizing the annual "BREAST" Yard Sale in Town for 11 years. Every year it grows: more people want to help set up or work on opening day, old customers are already asking in early March if the sale will go on and new customers find out about the event though flyers, roadside signage, ...more
Modified: Monday, May 20th, 2013
Esther Prabhakar will be the featured speaker at the Steward United Methodist Women's meeting held at the Steward United Methodist Church on Thursday, May 23 at 8 p.m. Prabhakar's presentation called "A Father's Legacy" tells the story of how her father Dr. Noble Kantayya in India left behind his daily devotional diary of 1924 and how it came to be published as a ...more
Posted: Monday, May 20th, 2013
OCHELLE -- The noon Kiwanis Club "Where's the Beef?" raffle is back again. For more than five years, members have sold raffle tickets for a chance to win $150 worth of fine meats from Headon's Market, of Creston.
The second and third place winners will also take home $100 and $50 worth of meat from the raffle, which can be ...more
Posted: Monday, May 20th, 2013
MALTA -- The Kishwaukee College Conference Center Dining Room was a full house on Thursday afternoon, as 185 guests from DeKalb, Sycamore and Rochelle attended a luncheon to honor the success of Kishwaukee Education Consortium's early childhood education and business leadership academy this year.
"We have two luncheons a year to make people aware of what KEC is and ...more
Posted: Monday, May 20th, 2013
MALTA -- Kishwaukee College will be holding an Adults Explore College Workshop on Tuesday, June 4 from 5, 7:30 p.m. in Room A247 in the Kishwaukee College Conference Center. Registration at the door begins at 4:30 p.m.; pre-registration is encouraged. Adults Explore College is presented by the Adult Education and Transition Programs (AETP) division at Kishwaukee College and is ...more
Posted: Monday, May 20th, 2013
ROCHELLE -- Hickory Grove Banquet and Conference Center is helping brides stay in town when planning their wedding. On Sept. 29, the conference center, located at 1127 N 7th St., Rochelle, is hosting a bridal expo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Amanda Stewart, banquet manager, explained they are hosting the event to make a connection with brides face-to-face.
Stewart ...more
Posted: Monday, May 20th, 2013
CHANA -- Kings Camp is inviting the public to attend a free concert featuring Bonnie Jean.
Bonnie Jean will perform Saturday, May 25 at 6 p.m. at Kings Camp, 9560 E. Lindenwood Road, Chana. Bonnie Jean experienced a life changing medical experience and at the age of 15 she is sharing her story through a musical performance.
Ginny Gabriel, ...more
Modified: Friday, May 17th, 2013
ROCHELLE -- On Saturday, May 4, the Rochelle Police Department responded to Super Walmart reference a retail theft.
A male white, wearing a blue ball cap, a black t-shirt with a red white and blue design on the front, black shorts with blue stripes, and white shoes with black laces, was seen taking a flat screen television wall mount, without ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
ROCHELLE--Monday night was a proud evening for the Rochelle Township High School Alumni Association, as president Pal Colwill awarded 28 students for their outstanding academic efforts throughout their time in school.
"Handing these awards out is my favorite event of the year," said Colwill about the evening.
The alumni association awarded the 28 scholarships for a total of $29,250. Since ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
STERLING--Sterling-Northwestern Illinois Center for Independent Living (NICIL) is proud to announce a Sign Language Class that will be held every Wednesday from June 5 until June 31.
The classes will be separated into two categories, with the beginner course starting at 6 p.m. and going until 7:30 p.m. and then the advanced class will take place from 7:30 p.m. until ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
LINDENWOOD--In order to feed the hungry public and also support the department, volunteer fire fighters from the Lindenwood Volunteer Fire Department will host a Fish Fry on Friday, June 7, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Lindenwood Fire Department, located at 103 west First Street in Lindenwood.
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Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
ROCHELLE -- On Friday afternoon, four representatives from the University of Illinois Ogle County Extension visited HUB Project after school students to teach them hands-on how to be practical gardeners.
The office employees aided students through the gardening process at Rochelle Middle School, Central School and May School. At each of these three locations, the students planted separate divisions of ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
DIXON--On Sunday, May 19, a benefit will be held to support the mounting medical expenses for Dixon resident Scott Setchell, who was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. Setchell is from Dixon but has worked in the Rochelle area.
ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Setchell's condition ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
ROCHELLE--The Parish Nurse Ministry of St. Paul Lutheran Church will facilitate a GriefShare Series beginning Monday, June 3 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. under the leadership of parish nurses, Maggie Niemi, and Marcy Schnorr.
Niemi and GriefShare is a network of thousands of grief recovery support groups that provide a Christ-centered approach to grief and grieving. Each GriefShare ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
MALTA -- Kishwaukee College students earned several top-five place finishes in the Annual SkillsUSA Illinois State Leadership Conference and SkillsUSA Championships held in Springfield on April 11-13.
SkillsUSA is a national, state, regional, and local organization for technical, skilled, health and personal service occupation students in high school and college. SkillsUSA has over 300,000 members in over 14,000 chapters in 55 ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
ROCHELLE -- On May 2, the Ogle County Clovers 4-H Club met at the Rochelle United Methodist Church.
The Cloverbuds went outside and rode bicycles after a lesson on the names of bicycle parts.
After the business meeting we had refreshments. Jordan Mingus, Byron, gave a demonstration on worms and Mahalia Freier, Rochelle, gave one on cartooning.
On May 11, ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
ROCHELLE -- The Baltimore Ravens may have won the Superbowl, but local community groups were the big winners in the Rochelle Rotary Club NFL fundraiser.
Rotarian Sam Graber, chairman of the club's NFL activity, announced that $5,955 was raised in the pool, with those funds being distributed to a variety of programs. Rotary has sponsored soccer and baseball teams, the Rochelle ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
CHICAGO, On May 16, the TeleServe certification number will change to (312) 338-4337 (IDES). The current TeleServe number will be in use through the end of the day on May 15. Internet certification does not change and remains the preferred method for timeliness and accuracy, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) said today. The change will save Illinois taxpayers ...more
Posted: Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
ROCHELLE--Since 1992, elementary school physical education teacher Lauren Hintzsche has organized a fun run that engages Central and Tilton students every May, in honor of "National Physical Fitness Month."
Hintzsche, a running enthusiast, has many years of races under her belt. With this event, she aims to share the joy of a public run with kids.
"We hold the fun ...more
Posted: Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
OREGON -- The Association of Illinois Senior Centers, the Illinois Department on Aging, and Rock River Center will host a free Illinois State Senior Spelling Bee competition for area senior citizens on Saturday, May 18, starting at 9:30 a.m. at 810 S Tenth Street, Oregon. The Illinois State Senior Spelling Bee competition is an exciting statewide program that ...more
Posted: Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
MALTA -- The Kishwaukee College Forensics team finished their season with a powerful performance at the Phi Rho Pi National Speech and Debate Tournament held in Los Angeles on April 14, 21, that included three individual Gold Medal/National Champions and several Bronze Medals.
Students who competed in the Tournament were Anna Miner, Ai Lambogo, Ryan Newquist, Jimmy Clark, Tyler Beall, ...more
Posted: Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
HILLCREST--The Saturday, May 4 annual "Spring Clean-Up Day" in the Village of Hillcrest was a success, according to president Kim Whalen, as more area pets than last year were vaccinated and around nine pallets of residential junk was hauled away with the help of Kreider Services from Dixon.
Excess "junk" items including tires and larger electronics and appliances were ...more
Posted: Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
CRESTON--Although Kip Countryman has helped the Village of Creston for the past month, he was officially appointed as the village's new part-time building inspector at last week's village board meeting.
"He's jumped right in and helped us out. I'd like to see that continue," said village president Tom Byro.
In a unanimous roll-call vote, Countryman was hired on to take ...more
Posted: Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
ROCHELLE -- The following Rochelle Township High School foreign language students earned the 2012, 2013 RTHS Foreign Language Quarterly Merit Award for this school year. Each was chosen by their teachers for their abilities and enthusiasm for their language study.
French students honored were Sarah Swinton, Yesenia Milan, Camille Myers, and Addison Walters.
Honored Spanish students were ...more
Posted: Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
CRESTON -- Lyle Headon of Headon's Fine Meats and Catering in Creston and an avid historian will be giving a talk about the Lincoln Highway in Creston at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 18. The talk sponsored by the Illinois Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association is free and open to the public. The original route of the Lincoln Highway ...more
Posted: Monday, May 13th, 2013
ROCHELLE--The new knitting and quilting store in town, "Needles, Quilting and Yarns," will host a "Yarn Tasting" party on Tuesday, May 14, from 5 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at its location at 120 May Mart Drive.
The event, which will be held by mother-daughter duo and store owners Sandy Soderblom and Rabecca Ladd, will feature more than 15 types of ...more
Posted: Monday, May 13th, 2013
ROCHELLE--The Rochelle Area Chamber of Commerce and Business Development and the City of Rochelle are pleased to announce completion of a new stand alone branch of the Rock Valley Credit Union (RVCU).
A ribbon cutting was held on May 9 at the 2,700 square foot building at 561 Flagg Road. The event was attended by city and community leaders ...more
Posted: Monday, May 13th, 2013
ROCHELLE -- A group of Rochelle Township High School juniors had an opportunity to learn about the Vietnam War and relate a local story to what they are learning in the classroom.
Vietnam veteran Dixon Montgomery presented to Carol Schneider's American History classes on Monday about his experience in Vietnam.
Montgomery, a Specialist 4, was drafted in the summer of ...more
Posted: Monday, May 13th, 2013
ROCHELLE -- A.L.M. Fine Cabinetry is proud to announce the addition of a new kitchen designer, Pete Agnos. Although Agnos is new to A.L.M. Cabinetry, he is definitely not new to Rochelle. Agnos' family moved to Rochelle in 1969. He is a Rochelle Township High School graduate. Over the years his relatives had owned the Rochelle Beacon and he had ...more
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