A spaghetti supper fundraiser will be held Friday, March 19 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Rock Youth Center, Geneseo.

WOODHULL—Both Cambridge and AlWood residents turned out on Sunday, Feb. 28, to welcome the Ridgewood team that finished third in the state girls basketball tournament.

CAMBRIDGE— James Padilla has been named the official winner of the Republican race for Henry County sheriff in the primary election.

ANDOVER—A DVD titled “The Era of Corn Husking: When Farmers Were Great” will be shown at the Andover Historical Society meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the American Woman’s League Chapter House, Andover.  Hostesses are Bonnie Bandelow and Judy Olson.

CAMBRIDGE—An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held Thursday, March 11 at  St. John Vianney Church Hall from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

 

NORMAL—On Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Redbird Arena,  Normal, Ridgewood challenged Cowden-Herrick-Beecher City (CHBC) for third place in the IHSA Class 1A State Girls’ Basketball Tournament.

CAMBRIDGE—The Social Hour Club will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, in the home of Barbara Wigant. Readers for the meeting will be Barbara Robinson and Natalie Schieferdecker.
 

NORMAL—Top-ranked Hinckley-Big Rock edged Ridgewood 49-46 in overtime during semifinals at the state tournament on Friday, Feb. 26.

CAMBRIDGE—Henry County is the sixth healthiest county in Illinois, according to a recent study ranking the health outcomes of nearly all the counties in Illinois. “It's unusual to see a rural community with such high health outcomes,” stated Gail Ripka, Health Department administrator.  “Most of the other high ranking counties are the affluent suburbs of Chicago."

BLOOMINGTON—Third-ranked Ridgewood defeated ninth-ranked Colfax Ridgeview 70-58 in the super-sectional game on Monday, Feb. 22, at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. The win qualified the Spartans for the state tournament on Friday, Feb. 26, and Saturday, Feb. 27.

BUSHNELL—Brian Norberg of Ridgewood qualified for the state 3-point shooting contest with his performance in the sectional finals on Friday, March 5, at Bushnell-Prairie City High School.

BUSHNELL—Brian Norberg of Ridgewood is one of the eight shooters in the sectional finals of the 3-point shooting contest tonight at Bushnell-Prairie City High School in Bushnell.

BLOOMINGTON—Cambridge graduate Craig Anderson is joining the Illinois High School Association staff as an assistant executive director. Anderson graduated from Cambridge in 1987. He will finish the school year as the athletic director at Washington High School. The IHSA board approved Anderson’s hiring in a conference call on Monday, Feb. 22, according to executive director Marty Hickman.

BLOOMINGTON—The Ridgewood Spartans will play in the semifinals at the state girls basketball tournament on Friday, Feb. 26, at Redbird Arena, Normal.

CAMBRIDGE—A new local land grant entity, if it comes about, could further nature conservation and help prevent sprawl. Efforts are under way to form a new local land grant agency to help landowners who want to give up development rights on property.