By Marianne Mueller REPORTER In 2009 brother and sister Gavin and Taytm Mylin were diagnosed with Alport Syndrome. Alport affects one in 50,000 children and is an inherited and progressive disease. Kidney disease, hearing loss, and loss of eyesight are all symptoms found in carriers. Eyesight issues may be […]
Volunteers are needed to walk the shorelines, and others with canoes, kayaks or boats to pull out the trash that inevitably finds its way into the Rock River during the Rock River Sweep from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 10. It does seem we are having an effect, […]
By Jean Seegers REPORTER Roscoe Trustees continued to debate moving forward on approving the village police department at the July 19, village meeting. Village Administrator Pat DeGrave urged the board members to make a decision or file the plans away for the future. Trustee Lindsey Swanson wanted to know […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER At the July 18 South Beloit City Council meeting, commissioners were addressed by resident John Fitzsimmons regarding “the unlawful discharge of firearms” in his neighborhood, which borders the South Bluff Mobile Home Park. He said he had made a complaint in 2012 also, and believes […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER On July 16, Deputy Council General Jae-woong Lee addressed approximately 45 Korean War veteran and their spouses at the Korean War Veterans Association Annual State Reunion held this year at the Holiday Inn and Hoffman House in Rockford. Deputy Council Lee had this to say in […]
Beginning, construction crews were scheduled to begin construction on a new multi-use path along Alpine Road Monday, July 25. Path improvements will be constructed along the west side of Alpine Road starting behind Lowe’s and running south to an area just north of the Schnuck’s at Harlem and Alpine […]
On Friday evening, Loves Park Police were dispatched to the Mobil gas station at E. Riverside Blvd. and Clifford Ave., after an observant member of the community called police. When officers arrived, they met with two men in a vehicle. During the encounter, officers searched the vehicle, and a loaded […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER On the evening of May 2, police officers in Loves Park and fire department personnel all responded to a what could possibly have been a fatal situation at a multi-family complex on fire. Personnel entered the smoke filled building and saved a family of eight that […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR On Monday, July 18, Kim Krawczyk, of Poplar Grove, started a new journey by opening her own coffee shop: Poplar Grind. “My first day was wonderful,” Krawczyk said. To commemorate the opening of her new business, Krawczyk held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, July 23 […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER The General Assembly has taken a first step by approving a temporary budget. State Rep. Joe Sosnowski, R-Rockford, said that includes a full year of funding for K-12 education and money to keep various state departments going until January 2017. After that, from the Boone […]