Liberty Village of Rochelle is proud to support two local organizations that make a lasting impact on our community. Through the generosity of the Donald E. Fike Foundation, established by our company’s owner, we had the privilege of donating $10,000 each to the Rochelle Rescue Mission and the Rochelle Hub City Senior Center.
The Ogle County Republican Party recently donated some of the proceeds from their Spring Draw Down event held at Kennay Farms Distillery to the Lifeline Food & Self Help Project, which provides quality food items to households experiencing food insecurity.
A personal record two-and-a-half years in the making enabled former Rochelle Township High School track and field standout Zach Sanford to become an NCAA Division III national qualifier for the first time during his junior season with the University of Dubuque’s men’s track team.
The Rochelle Elite 12U softball team scored back-to-back wins over the Sycamore Sycos 12U squad on Saturday, upping the group’s record to 8-4-1 this summer.
Senior Carson Lewis was named an All-Conference winner in the Interstate 8 for the 2025 varsity baseball season. Senior Brandyn Metzger was named an Honorable Mention for the Rochelle Hubs, who finished with an 11-20 overall record during the 2025 campaign.
The Rochelle Lady Hub soccer team held its season ending awards banquet at RTHS on Monday evening. Several athletes took home RTHS and Interstate 8 Conference awards during the event.
The Rochelle Hub football team is back in action for the start of its summer program, which kicked off with the first day of skills camp for returning and incoming players on June 9. After a stellar 2024 season in which the Hubs went 10-2 and won 10 games for the first time in over two decades, Rochelle will field a new team and aim for more success in 2025.
Team offense and shooting are among the key points of emphasis for the Rochelle Lady Hub basketball team as head coach Jon Gehm and his players returned to the hardwood earlier this month for the start of the program’s offseason summer schedule.
Former Rochelle softball standout Morgan Smardo crushed the competition during her freshman season at Waubonsee Community College, earning NFCA Second-Team All-American honors and a slew of additional accolades after posting a team-high .503 batting average and 74 hits.
Former Rochelle volleyball standout Clare Green had family members in attendance as she inched closer to a historic achievement during her senior season at Iowa’s Cornell College.
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Elections, it is said, have consequences. Indeed, they do. Consider, if you will, what different consequences our country could reasonably expect to have seen if Kamala Harris had been elected president instead of Donald Trump.
The first settlers to arrive in Hickory Grove brought a few essentials with them. Not the least of these was their faith. Which religion was first, is dicey. Jeptha Noe and John Randall held services in the Noe log cabin; the minister was Reverend R.L. Walker.
That time of year where young people will be parading across stages and accepting their diplomas at various podiums across the land. It’s graduation day!
Remember when as children we used to ask, “Are we there yet?” I don’t know about you, but I’ve been asking this question of myself and my government for the past 4.5 months.
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