Archive for: August, 2016

Stateline Fury 16U Red wins national championship

Stateline Fury 16U Red wins national championship

Stateline Fury’s 16U Red fast-pitch softball team battled 100 degree temperatures in Overland Park, Kansas to win the 2016 USSSA (United States Specialty Sports Association) National Championship this past weekend. The team went 11-1 and outscored their opponents with a combined score of 87-20 including six shutout victories. The tournament […]

 
 

School supply collections first sign of changing of seasons

  By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Summer seems to have moved at an extremely quick pace and it is odd to be thinking of the start of a new school season. It is even stranger to think that this weekend will commemorate me being out of high school for 30 years. […]

 
 

Chemo Cargo expanding, providing services in new larger location

  By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Six-year Papillary Cancer survivor April Kunzelmen has been reaching out to others in a unique fashion for the past six years. Inspired by her own personal experience Kunzelmen started Chemo Cargo  to help others facing what can result in long, boring and stressful days of […]

 
 

Tyler’s birthday bash celebrated life of eight-year-old fighting cancer

Tyler’s birthday bash celebrated life of eight-year-old fighting cancer

  By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Tyler Levine just celebrated his eighth birthday on July 16. This particular birthday proved to be extra special. At age six Tyler was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma on Dec. 18, 2014. Levine endured radiation and Chemotherapy treatments. He finished his treatments in August of last […]

 
 

Village sides with residents, rejects plan to build duplex

Village sides with residents, rejects plan to build duplex

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Plans to build a duplex on Wayne Drive once again have brought varied opinions from decision-makers in the village. This time it was the village board in the spotlight and it voted 4-2 July 18, on first reading and with one absent, to deny a rezoning […]

 
 

‘Pink Heals’ offers support to those with a serious disease

‘Pink Heals’ offers support to those with a serious disease

By Margaret Downing REPORTER Connie and Jim Lynch met and started dating when they were students at Harlem High School. Jim, later an assistant principal at the school, graduated in 1962, Connie in 1964. The couple married after getting out of school and went on to become parents to three […]

 
 

Stateline Fury 16U Red wins national championship

Stateline Fury 16U Red wins national championship

Stateline Fury’s 16U Red fast-pitch softball team battled 100 degree temperatures in Overland Park, Kansas to win the 2016 USSSA (United States Specialty Sports Association) National Championship this past weekend. The team went 11-1 and outscored their opponents with a combined score of 87-20 including six shutout victories. The tournament […]

 
 

Police promote community relations with kids in Wantz Park

Police promote community relations with kids in Wantz Park

Loves Park Police Officers stopped by Wantz Park on Tuesday, July 26 to deliver popsicles that one of the officers donated. With all the negative news about police officers over the recent past, it was remarkable to see dozens and dozens of excited kids rush the police car. Excited to […]

 
 

OCSWMD Oil and Antifreeze Recycling Event takes place Aug. 13

Automobile and lawn equipment maintenance have gotten much more complicated over recent years, however, changing the oil is something many do-it-yourselfers still do. But what do you do with the used motor oil and filters? The Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department (OCSWMD), is working with the Illinois Recovery Group, […]

 
 

Wounded Warrior Project Benefit 2016

The Wounded Warrior Project flag attached to a military vehicle during the Wounded Warrior Project Benefit 2016, held in Mount Morris at Sharky’s Sports Bar & Grill on Saturday, July 23. The benefit is a fundraiser for wounded Veterans.

 
 
 
 
 
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