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By Margaret Downing REPORTER At the March 18 Loves Park bi-monthly city council meeting, aldermen were busy approving expenses through resolutions, which all passed: *A resolution was passed releasing Executive Session Minutes. *A resolution to authorize the Chief of Police to purchase five 2025 Ford Police Utility vehicles from Rock […]
Ogle County Farm Bureau leaders are excited to call the Ogle County Board an “Ally in Agriculture” after the board’s adoption of a Pro-Agriculture Resolution, demonstrating local elected officials’ support for farmers. “Our farming community would like to thank members of the Ogle County Board for showing their […]
The following is a news release from the Rockford Police Department: On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at approximately 1:14 p.m., Rockford Police officers responded to multiple addresses in the area of Holmes Street, Winnetka Drive and Cleveland Avenue. We are currently working through the details of the investigation and […]
By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT After opening the season with a bang, the Belvidere North Blue Thunder suffered a pair of close losses in back-to-back games. North opened their season on Tuesday, March 12, when they hit the road to take on Woodstock North. The Thunder brought their bats with them […]
1970s mystery renewed; Discovery of car, bodies inside reignites a cold case By Margaret Downing REPORTER On March 11, after 47 years, the mystery of what happened in 1976 to two missing area men has been renewed. Thanks to an area fisherman, who, through the use of his […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Roscoe Middle School’s cast and crew told the heartwarming and thought provoking story of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” the weekend of March 8-10. Dialogue flew off the pages in two acts, based on the Peanuts comic strip which is familiar to many, and was […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER Crandall Stats and Sensors, 9918 N. Alpine Road, a family-owned hometown company in Machesney Park celebrated their business location in the village this past week. According the Mayor Steve Johnson, the company “originated through the old Barber Colman Company in Loves Park. It was later purchased […]
