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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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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.
On Tuesday, July 26, Ogle County Sheriff’s Detectives arrested Richard E Burtch, age 46 of Davis Junction, for Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child a Class X Felony. The arrest stems from joint investigation with Winnebago County Sheriff’s Detectives for an incident which occurred in 2015 at a residence […]
