The NUIC and Big Northern are two of the best small-school football conferences in the state. Lena-Winslow, with 10 first-team choices in the NUIC, and Byron, with nine in the BNC, again lead the way.

The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Sierra CEO Brenda Frachiseur will step down from her position this coming January. Having served BBBSNS for approximately 12 years, Brenda retires after ...

Rockford Christian won its first-ever Big Northern volleyball title. Stockton not only won its first Class 1A sectional title, but went all the way to the state title match. Volleyball has long ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — It was another tremendous year for football in the Big Northern Conference with Byron and Dixon leading the way and Rockford Lutheran, Oregon, Genoa-Kingston and ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Pecatonica defeated Rockford Lutheran in an interconference game between NUIC and Big Northern Conference powers Saturday 49-36. Pec pulled away with a big fourth ...

Jose Sandoval managed to land a big northern pike (with some help) while perch fishing at Navy Pier. Provided Share Jose Sandoval found sometimes it is not the fish you’re looking for ...

“They’re very physical,” Northern Lebanon head coach Ken Battistelli said. “They’re big, strong athletic kids. We were worried about their length and their physicality, and their zone ...

The last “big one”-level moments in California’s recorded earthquake history were the 1857 quake in the central third of the San Andreas Fault and the 1906 earthquake in the northern third.

The Big Sandy Pioneers are headed to Bozeman. Last weekend in Fort Benton, the Pioneers beat Belt twice to capture the Northern C crown, and earn a coveted trip to this weekend's state tournament. Big ...