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Where Are They Now?
Rockford University Academic Honors Megan Davis, a resident of Orangeville, IL, is announced as a spring 2022 Distinguished Scholar at Rockford University. Full-time (12 or more credits) students who earned at least a 3.75 GPA with no grades below...
Stockton High School Honor Roll
Second Semester High Honor Roll (All A's) Grade 9: Masyn Cahill, Kyle Haas, Jacob Harbach, Veyah Luke, Madalyn Mammoser, Kendra Robledo, Ethan Steien, Landon Warner, Kacy Wright Grade 10: Anthony...
River Ridge High School Honor Roll
Semester 2 Honor Roll 4.00+ Margaret Cahill, Ashley Carroll, Kari Conklin, Kali Crusilla, Sam Haring, Olivia Leonard, Ajdar Limani, Avri Miller, Anna Navarro-Garcia, Leanna Scott, Marlene Weidner,...
Lena-Winslow High School Honor Roll
Principal's Honor Roll Freshman Shayleigh Albright, Madeline Chiles, Alyssa Daughenbaugh, Eden Dietz, Ella Kerr, Michael Kowalke, Mya Ortiz, Hannah Pecoraro, Ryan Pieper, Rachael Setterstrom...
Eastland High School Honor Roll
High Honors Freshmen Eleanor Hanviriyapunt, Jaidyn McKinney, Caylie Schubert, Peyton Spears, Jonathan Spoerlein Sophomores Kennedy Burkholder, Ella Gunderson, Trevor Janssen, Isabelle Lego, Jason...
New Doctor In The Family
Not all of the area graduates were from High School! Congratulations to Josh Crist, former River Ridge Wildcat, who graduated from the University of Illinois Medical School this past Spring. So now,...
Lions Scholarships
Lena Lions gave scholarships to Lena-Winslow students: Luke Benson, Payton Scace and Sarah Edler. Brody Mahon received the Charles Endress scholarship. Lion Bill Crichton presentin...
Where Are They Now
UW-Whitewater Dean's List The following students were named to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Dean's List for the 2022 spring semester. Macie Kaney, Pearl City IL Naomi Mullen, Lanark IL Emma Norton, Lanark IL Simon Rillie, Stockton IL...
Summer Reading Program
As students prepare for their summer break from school parents find themselves looking for activities to keep their kids busy. One activity to consider is a summer reading program. When young people are not engaged in educational activities during...
HCC Nursing Degrees All In The Family
Growing up in the Sterling-Rock Falls area, Amanda Larry of Rock Falls, and her sister Ashleigh Chapman of Sterling graduated from high school not thinking about the career path toward a nursing...
New Graduate Express Registration
Highland Community College invites recent high school graduates to New Graduate Express Registration on Wednesday, June 8 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Conference Center (Building H), 2998 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport. Express Registration...
Free Farm Tour
The Northwest Illinois Forestry Association (NIFA) will tour Mr. Ken Beach's farm on Saturday, June 4th, at 1 pm. Consulting Forester Kevin Oetken will be discussing implementation of a Forestry Management Plan and demonstrate several types of tree...
Pearl City Lions Scholarships
The Pearl City Lions Club annually presents scholarships to several deserving graduating seniors from Pearl City High School. Lionism is dedicated to service to others, and applicants for the scholarships are asked to explain in an essay why they...
Late Night Nothing Party
The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (JDCF) is pleased to announce our first-ever mothing party to be held at Casper Bluff on Friday, June 3 from 9:00 pm – 12:00 am. The free event will be led by JDCF volunteer Ethan Brown, a local 19-year-old...
Kid's Summer Fun Fair
Kick off summer with a medley of kid-focused games and activities June 4th in Lanark City Park. Kids' Summer Fun Fair, which is free to all, runs from 10 am to 2 pm and will feature make and take projects, games, bubbles, a scavenger hunt, and much...
Highland Phi Theta Students Named To All-Illinois Academic Team
Highland Community College's international society Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) chapter has announced that Alena Asche of Pecatonica and Grace Fox of Lena were named to the All-Illinois Academic team during...
Jaxson Sturtevant Receives Road To Success Scholarship
Clark Carroll Insurance Agency Inc of Mt. Carroll along with Grinnell Mutual of Grinnell, Iowa, has named Jaxson Sturtevant of Lanark as one of 80 recipients of a 2022 Road to Success scholarship for...
HCC Celebrates 59th Commencement
The northwest Illinois community and friends of Highland Community College are invited to join the 2022 graduates and their families as they celebrate the 59th annual Commencement Ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, at Highland Community...
Where Are They Now?
BJU Students Hired Before Graduation According to BJU Career Services, many seniors have been hired before graduation. Susanna Bayer, a senior pursuing a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Bob Jones University, was hired before...
SCAHCE Scholarship Offered
Stephenson County Association for Home and Community Education is offering a scholarship of $300 to a student seeking higher education. This scholarship is open to a student of any age, sex, or race, who has a high school diploma or GED certificate....
Babysitting Clinic Offered
Take care of the kids in your neighborhood when their parents can't be with them! University of Illinois Extension will be offering a babysitting clinic this summer. Interested youth may choose to attend the clinic on June 6 at the Stephenson County...
New Book Donation
Lu Douglas, of Stockton, donated two new children's books to the Stockton Township Library. The author of these books is Linda B. Schmitz Spangrud who is originally from Rockford. When Linda Spangrud...
Chainsaw Safety Classes
The Northwest Illinois Forestry Association will sponsor Chain Saw Safety courses on May 16 to 18 at Oakdale Nature Preserve, 4433 S Cranes Grove Road, in Freeport. The one-day sessions include Level...
Two Hornets Earn Top Honors At State FFA Proficiency
Josie Korte and Benjamin Vandigo of the Scales Mound FFA Chapter were selected as the Illinois FFA State Proficiency Winners in the areas of Landscape Management and Safety, respectively, on March...
Winning Big In Robotics
A team of four Stephenson County youth took home the Champion Award of the Rookie Division on April 16 at the 4-H SpaceBot Mission Command Challenge Robotics Competition held at the McLean County Fair...
