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The Pearl City Wolves held a 12 point lead with 4:16 to play in the game, and looked like they were in complete control against the Oville/Aquin Broncos Wednesday night. The odds of a Bronco comeback were about as long as the odds of winning the Queen of Hearts drawing at Little John's Tap ... But then ... a perfect storm of events, some that seemed to defy logic, all combined to make what looked like a solid conference win, turn into an epic tragedy that the Wolves would rather forget. Credit h...
The Basketball game between the Lena-Winslow Panthers and Stockton Blackhawks was over pretty quickly. Stockton struggled against an aggressive 1-3-1 zone defense – turning the ball over repeatedly throughout the night which led to Panther transition baskets on a regular basis in a 66-28 blow out. What was a contest at halftime, with the Panthers only up 28-18, quickly got out of hand in the second half as Stockton only score ten points in the entire second half. Early on, Lena-Winslow made four...
River Ridge Sectional Tue., Feb. 27 Winner Forreston Regional vs. Winner East Dubuque Regional – 7:00 pm Wed., Feb. 28 Winner Pecatonica Regional vs. Winner Wethersfield Regional – 7:00 pm Fri., Mar. 1 Championship – 7:00 pm East Dubuque Regional Mon., Feb. 19 (7) River Ridge at (6) Lena-Winslow – 7:00 pm (13) Stockton at (3) South Beloit – 7:00 pm (12) Warren at (5) East Dubuque – 7:00 pm Wed., Feb. 21 (2) Scales Mound vs. Winner Game 1 – 6:00 pm Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 – 7:30 pm Fri., Feb. 23 Championship – 7:00 pm Pecatonica Region...
When my son was still in high school, he and I set out to restore a 70 year old tractor. This tractor was manufactured during the World War II years and had been neglected for about 40 when we got our hands on it. Well, we stripped the thing down to nothing more than a pile of parts with labels, organized an inventory of what we needed, took the engine to the machine shop to get it rebuilt, and that’s when we got a little distracted. What happened was, shortly after we started working on the t...
“And you wonder why I don’t worry about the butter.” Now, that phrase may not mean much to you, but in my house it has become a simple comment that sums up the marriage my wife and I enjoy. You see, on most things, I am really pretty easy-going. I just don’t get too riled up over the daily trials and tribulations we see on a regular basis. “My car won’t start!” “Go ahead and use mine.” “The dog is acting funny.” “I think he ate a slipper, he’ll be fine after he poops it out.” “We’re out of mi...
At the special Freeport City Council meeting held Monday, February 5, the sole purpose of the early meeting at 5:00 was to deal with the road repair issues. At the previous COW (Committee of the Whole) meeting, Fehr Graham's Darin Stykel had given the Council members a "homework" assignment. They were each handed a street map of their respective ward, and asked to choose which streets in their ward they felt were the most desperate in need of repair. At Monday's meeting, a month later, the point...
Lena Sawyer Kruse Kempel, 0 Shortly after coming into the world, Sawyer Kruse Kempel, passed away peacefully in the arms of his parents William and Codi (Sandell) Kempel at Javon Bea in Rockford, IL on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. His time here on earth was short, he was loved more than words can say and will always be in our hearts. Sawyer is survived by his loving parents William and Codi; his brother Oliver; grandparents- Don (Kristen Keith) Kempel and Dennis (Monica) Sandell; great-grandparents- Margaret Kempel and Ron (Sherri) Brown; Aunts... Full story
When you study history, you realize that people have been this stupid for thousands of years. The pyramids are in Egypt because they were too heavy to steal and put in a British museum. Talk about a Cola War … In the early 1990s, Pepsi owned 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate and a destroyer, all because of a deal with the Soviet Union to trade soda for military equipment. Happy Columbus Day! Celebrate by going to the wrong house, then claiming it as your own. True fact – George Washington had to walk home from his own inauguration party becau...
Highland Community College announces the 2023 fall graduates. Graduates were awarded associate degrees, associate of applied science degrees, or certificates. Browntown, WI: Aleta Broge, Agricultural Production Certificate, Agribusiness Management Associate of Applied Science Canby, OR: Sydney Marsh, Early Childhood Education Associate of Applied Science, Early Care, and Education, Infant/Toddler Level 2 Credential, Level 2 ECE Credential Certificate, Level 3 ECE Credential Certificate Dakota: Allison Rackow, Cosmetology Certificate Davis:...
Lena-Winslow Sectional Tue., Feb. 20 Galena vs. Aquin – 6:00 pm Rockford Lutheran vs. RR/SM – 7:30 pm Thu., Feb. 22 Championship – 6:00 pm West Carroll Regional Sat., Feb. 10 Sterling Newman 57 Fulton 28 River Ridge/SM 58 Milledgeville 33 Polo 62 West Carroll 21 Mon., Feb. 12 Eastland 41 Sterling Newman 39 RR/SM 58 Polo 33 Fri., Feb. 16 RR/SM 48 Eastland 39 Rockford Lutheran Regional Sat., Feb. 10 Alden-Hebron 55. Kirkland Hiawatha 18 Christian Life 51 Sacred Heart 14 Tue., Feb. 13 Orangeville 72 Alden-Hebron 32 Rockford Lutheran 92 Chris...
Last week completed the Girl's Basketball regular season. And while Galena, Orangeville and Eastland all locked up their respective conference titles, some major upsets have thrown the post season outlook – that appeared set in stone a week ago – into some serious doubt. The biggest news was that the Orangeville Broncos, who had not lost to a 1A team all season, were not only beaten at Pecatonica by the Indians, but hammered 54-35 as Lauren Mellentine went off from behind the three point line an...
The Scales Mound FFA is hosting our Labor & Product Auction on Saturday, February 17 at 6:00 pm. The auction will be in the old gym, and a complimentary meal will be served from 4:30-5:45 in the cafeteria before the auction begins. In addition to the live auction, there will be a silent auction and random drawings throughout the evening. Donation commitments are viewable at https://bit.ly/FFA24auction and student labor will be available for purchase on the silent auction block. We are very thankful to have funds available to participate in...
Area schools competed in the ACES competition – previously known as the WYSE competition – last week, and the Eastland Cougars were strong enough to finish second overall which advances them as a team to the Sectional competition to be held at NIU in March. Individual place winners for the Cougars included: Biology 1st – Ella Gunderson 2nd – Ellie Hanviriyapunt 3rd – Owen Gunderson Chemistry 1st – J.J. Prowant Computer Science 1st – Jon Spoerlein Engineering Graphics 3rd – Jaidyn McKinney...
The same Chicago Democrat who brought us the SAFE-T Act (House Bill 3653) has filed new legislation that would further threaten public safety and impede law enforcement efforts to keep our communities safe. As you may recall, the so-called SAFE-T Act was pushed through in the middle of the night when fewer eyes were following the legislature’s action. As I have stated many times, this law does nothing to improve safety in our communities. It heaped a slew of new mandates on police officers r...
West East Dubuque 11 - 1 19 – 11 Galena 9 - 3 20 – 11 Scales Mound 8 - 4 23 – 8 River Ridge 5 - 7 16 – 13 Warren 5 - 7 15 – 17 Stockton 4 - 8 8 – 19 West Carroll 0 - 12 1 – 29 North Pecatonica 10 - 0 25 – 5 Lena-Winslow 7 - 3 21 – 8 Dakota 6 - 4 14 – 15 Durand 3 - 7 15 – 13 Pearl City 2 - 8 13 – 17 Oville/Aquin 2 - 8 8 – 20 South Eastland 11 - 1 22 – 9 Fulton 11 - 1 22 – 11 Polo 7 - 5 15 – 13 Forreston 6 - 6 12 – 16 Milledgeville 5 - 7 11 – 16 AFC 2 - 10 5 – 25 Amboy 0 - 12 2 – 21 Last Week’s Results Pecatonica 80 Rockford Christ 65 Fulton 5...
