By Marianne Mueller, REPORTER Every year ‘Christmas at the Cabin’ provides the perfect prelude to Christmas shopping. In late November shoppers got a jump start on Christmas shopping with a mission of helping others behind the event’s premise. As Christmas tunes played in the background, shoppers browsed through two rooms […]
By Jean Seegers, REPORTER One of Hononegah High School’s (HHS) top female athletes, Taylor Smith signed a National Letter of Intent to play volleyball at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. Clarke University teams are members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes (NAIA) and the Heart of America Athletic Conference.Girls […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER The beat goes on as far as Harlem’s Boys Bowling Team is concerned. At their recent Huskie Invite, the Huskies set a new Illinois High School Association three-game series record with a 3,554 pinfall, during the morning session. The previous standard was 3,540, set by downstate […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Village officials are moving ahead with the acquisition of nine more vacant properties along or near Shore Drive. Public Works Director Chad Hunter told the Administration and Finance (A&F) Committee at its Nov. 21 meeting, that the opportunity to acquire those lots came through a Winnebago […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER There will be some new faces in the official Village family following the April 2017 municipal election. But the Nov. 21-28 official filing period didn’t bring out anyone other than those who earlier announced their candidacies for six upcoming vacancies. Incumbent Mayor Jerry D. Bolin is […]
By Margaret Downing, REPORTER At the Nov. 28 Loves Park City Council meeting, aldermen approved a resolution “authorizing the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement” between the City and the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk’s office for “an electronic citation program.” According to Police Chief Chuck Lynde, the program won’t be up […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Tournaments at Burlington Central and LaSalle-Peru gave Harlem’s Boys and Girls Basketball Teams a look at out-of-the-area squads, while opening the 2016-17 varsity season. They did pretty well while away from home, combining for a 6-2 record. The Lady Huskies took on some successful programs […]
By Margaret Downing, REPORTER April’s election is looking to be a busy time for Loves Park. Two candidates have announced they were running for Mayor (John Pruitt and Greg Jury). Bob Burden and John Danielson are running for re-election as City Clerk and City Treasurer, respectively. Pruitt’s four-year term as […]
Belvidere Tuesday, Nov. 15 Around 3:23 p.m., BPD Officers conducted tobacco compliance checks of local retailers in partnership with the Boone County Health Department, who received a grant for such compliance checks from the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. Twenty-five retail establishments were checked and all 25 were in compliance. Thursday, […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR On Monday, Dec. 5, action recommenced at Concordia Lanes, located at 1205 Logan Ave. in Belvidere, as the junior bowlers returned to the lanes after one week of rest. The break in between the bowling days must have been a good one, for the bowlers came […]